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Organised crime

Paradigm change

To protect people from harm, the Global Commission argues that drugs should be regulated not prohibited

World Bank Report on work, social protection and taxes

State action to facilitate market dynamics

SDGs

Fragile statehood deserves special attention

Fragile statehood makes Sustainable Development Goals harder to achieve

Finance

The SDGs and the private sector

Study of German civil-society organisations claims that the 2030 Agenda needs to be safeguarded against corporate interference

In defence of the SDGs

Excessive suspicion of private-sector interests does not help

Multilateral bank

Reform gone wrong

The World Bank’s social and environmental standards have been weakened significantly

Poverty targeting

Six main methodologies

How to identify poor people for the provision of support

Poverty alleviation

Costs and benefits of poverty targeting

The more accurate a poverty-targeting strategy is, the more expensive it is

The IPCC, Bolsonaro, Trump and Kavanaugh

Climate change and the rise of right-wing populism

International relations

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

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