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Latin America and the Caribbean
Sustainable forestry
Thomas Jaeschke
Heike Friedhoff

Rainforest and climate protection

How to protect the Amazonian rainforest

Poverty reduction
Dominik Hartmann

Meaningful help for self-help

Conditional cash transfers complement microcredit schemes in Brazil

Prejudice
Veronika Deffner

Second class citizens

Brazilian Favelas’ reputation for crime is overblown and undeserved

Post-conflict society
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Excellent work for women

The advantages of having many women in Nicaragua’s police force

Technological competitiveness
Lívia Fioravanti
Fabiola Vásquez
Karen Rivas
Janaína César

“New knowledge and new contacts”

Efforts to boosting innovation in Latinamerika

Press clippings

Lost credibility

International media on elections in Haiti: Lost credibility

World affairs
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

“I’m not sure the G20 will survive”

Brazililan economist: „I am not sure the G20 will survive“

Aid effectiveness
Jeffrey Matuella

Well intended, yet harmful

Unless local people assume ownership, development projects are meaningless

Democracy and human rights
Bettina von Dungen

Include the indigenous

Perus economy is growing, while ecological aspects are neglected. This affects especially indigenous people

Comment
Klaus Schaeffler

Rigged elections

Gerrymandering has hurt Venezuela’s opposition in recent elections

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery