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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

On the edge of chaos

Ben Ramalingam criticises aid agencies' 19th century world view and wants them to rise to the challenges of complexity

European Union
Floreana Miesen

In need of harmonisation

Scholars warn that European development efforts are not sufficiently coordinated

Letters

Public responses

D+C/E+Z Feedback from our readers

Scholarship
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New challenges

Stephan Klingebiel argues that development policy must adapt to a changing world

Disaster relief
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Building back better

Natural catastrophes are terrible for the people affected, but reconstruction efforts can improve lives

Multilateral cooperation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Think global, act local

Why governments tend to shy away from the global-public-goods challenge

Climate protection

Preparing for action

Involving indigenous peoples in REDD+ projects seems promising – in Bolivia even more so than in Ecuador

Health

Systemic failure

Health is a global public good and must figure among the post-2015 development goals.

Global Governance
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

The rise and fall of the G20

The emergence of the G20 as a forum of the world’s most important leaders raised great expectations in late 2008. They have been disappointed.

News

In brief

Unrest in South Sudan, Nelson Mandela memorial, Gerd Müller is the new BMZ leader and ICC eases pressure on Kenyatta

Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack