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Latin America and the Caribbean
COP25

Civil unrest: Costs and benefits

Losing the privilege of hosting COP25 on Chilean soil in 2019 was not all bad

Climate change
Waldo Soto Bruna

Why Chile can set an example in environmental protection

Chile lost the chance to host COP25 on its soil in 2019, but could shine at COP26

Urban life
Thuany Rodrigues

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime

Marginalised communities
Thuany Rodrigues

Where Brazil's neglected people live

Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities

Identities
Ulrich Goedeking

Pulling the levers of power in Bolivia

With or without representation parliament, political movements have long influenced Bolivian politics

Chile’s constitutional referendum
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Revolt of the masses

Aiming for a more egalitarian society, Chileans will revise their constitution

Chile
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Concepción in lockdown

Constitutional referendum amidst coronavirus restrictions raises questions

Lifestyles
Thuany Rodrigues

Facing a global challenge

Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic

Chile
Rainer Schröer

An energy transformation without subsidies

Since 2014, Chile has recorded one of the world’s largest percentage expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector

Domestic workers
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

On the home front

Domestic workers in Chile fight for better working conditions and more respect

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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