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Sub-Saharan Africa
Liberia
Till Blume

Liberia’s difficult reconstruction

Success and failure of President Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia

Administrative reform
Tom Pätz
Günther Taube

Service orientation and transparency

Ethiopian civil-service reform

Civil service reform
Ian Mamuya

What has gone wrong?

Tanzania’s disappointing reform programme in the public sector

Zimbabwe
Meike Scholz
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Country without hope

Mugabe sworn in again after violence

Civil service reform
Antoinette Sayeh

“Remain faithful to principles"

Liberia's progress in civil service

Donor harmonisation
Tobias Kahler

“Make national systems the default option”

Donor harmonisation: “Make national systems the default option”

Comment
Jens Blank

Nothing new, only worse

South African roots of xenophobia

Elections
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

“Observers, not diplomats”

Lessons EU election observers learned in Kenya

Relevant reading
Gero Erdmann

The power of elections

Review essay: the power of African elections

AIDS prevention
Eleonore von Bothmer

Safe sex subsidy

Conditional cash transfers in support of safe sex

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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