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Sub-Saharan Africa
New security index
Peter Hauff

Somalia scores worst

New security index: Somalia scores worst

Comment
Raphael Mweninguwe

Summer of discontent

Malawi’s president is defying donors as well as civil society organisations

Development and environment
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

African perspectives

Supporting environment-friendly development in Africa

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Gender policies
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

Women’s rights
Larisa Brown

Double-edged reform

Extending maternity leave in Kenya was a double-edged reform

Renewable Energy
Joseph Miller

African wind farms

Decentralised wind farms for Africa

Social protection
Bernd Schubert

Consistently inconsistent

Internationally, cash transfer programmes are accepted as important means to fight poverty

Public-finance management
Stephan Klingebiel
Timo Mahn

In the fast lane

Rwanda’s public-finance management is improving fast

Niger
Yahouza Sadissou

The impact of the Libyan crisis on Niger

Migrants are fleeing from Libya to desperately poor Niger

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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.

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