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Sub-Saharan Africa
Preventive action
Agnes Abuom

Making peace

Civil society organisations in Kenya strive to prevent election violence in the future

Comment
Raphael Mweninguwe

Escaping economic malaise

Budget support to resume after Malawi’s new President Banda mends fences with donors

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Snail-pace reforms

It’s up to Mugabe to determine Zimbabwe’s next election dates

Self-employment
Anthony Mulowa

A car of my own

Nowadays: Anthony Mulowa knows the personal dream of a Zambian cab driver

Emerging power
Melanie Müller
Anna Cavazzini

Coal, solar or nuclear power?

Energy: South Africa is torn between fossil, renewable and nuclear options

West Africa
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Parents’ wishes

In Francophone Africa, state schools often serve neither social needs nor cultural values

Private sector
Peter Hauff

“Manageable risks”

Productivity in many emergent countries is hampered by poor infrastructure and private investment would help

Urban life
Jedida Oneko

Nairobi’s dividing river

Nowadays: Jedida Oneko writes about Nairobi’s dividing river

UN mission
Floreana Miesen

Withdrawal in frustration

Unrest in the DR Congo

Africa and Latin America
Pedro Morazán
Marie Müller

Fair gold

Ways to improve small-scale miners’ tough fate in Peru and the DR Congo

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
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

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.

ODA under attack
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

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
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