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Sub-Saharan Africa
Development and the arts
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Novelist, activist, martyr

The lasting legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Nigeria

Comment
Helmut Danner

Balance of Power

Delicately balanced power in Keny’s awkward coalition

Interview
Madiambal Diagne

“Prudent conditionality”

Senegalese publisher elaborates quality papers’ role in development

Meaningful aid
Eduardo Araral

“A helping hand, not a grabbing one”

Lessons learned from Asian success

Disscussing the merits of aid
Volker Seitz

Less would be more

Less aid might deliver more to Africa

Disscussing the merits of aid
Helmut Danner

Questions of heart and mind

African development debate takes little interest in Dambisa Moyo’s critisim of donors

Water
Christoph Lüthi
Elizabeth Tilley

Focussing on people’s needs

How to bring santiation to marginalised urban settlements

Women’s rights
Rita Schäfer

Overburdened judiciary staff

South Africa struggles to enforce modern family legislation

Matrimonial and family law
Atuki Turner

Harmful tradition

Women’s rights in Unganda in view of the bride-price burden

Dept
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Vulture fund drains Congo’s life blood

Vulture fund is exploting DR Congo

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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