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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.

Eco-friendly farms

Organic potential in Europe’s poorest country

In Moldova, organic farming has many advantages. It is labour intensive, environmentally friendly and yields high-value products.

International civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Five principles

Civil-society organisations from around the world demand UN development agenda with more bite

Energy
Sandra Abild

Low-cost climate protection

Asian Development Bank suggests introducing carbon taxes in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and says climate protection need not thwart growth.

Military
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Weapons in areas of conflict

Two years after the revolutions – western arms for the countries of the Arab Spring

Traffic
Hans-Heinrich Bass
Thanh Trung Nguyen

Imminent gridlock

Vietnam needs to tackle urban-traffic congestion

Land grabbing
Sandra Abild

Damaging investments

Oxfam warns of increasing land grabbing and wants the World Bank to halt investments

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Appropriate business environment

The beautyful but challenging vision of integrated rural development

Value chains
Christina Gradl
Christiane Ströh de Martínez
Diana Hollmann
Juliane Schmidt
Christina Kükenshöner
Till Rockenbauch

Promising agribusiness

Smallholder farmers and retailers benefit from intelligently designed value chains

Bangladesh
Najma Rizvi

Enduring misery

Bangladesh does not guarantee food security as demanded by its constitution

Food industry

Loss and waste

Lots of food is wasted worldwide, but aid-agency efforts to improve matters hardly help the poor

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018

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.

“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
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“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
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities