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Sustainability
Schools
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

More must happen

Literacy rates have risen in sub-Saharan Africa, but reality is probably worse than official numbers suggest

Public health
Benjamin M. Kagina
Hannah Hussey
Rudzani Muloiwa
Gregory D. Hussey

Immunising Africa

Immunisation programmes are making a huge difference in Africa

Global data
Homi Kharas
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“We can end extreme poverty”

Tracking global poverty on a daily basis

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Longer and better lives

Why nationalism and zero-sum thinking add up to a recipe for disaster

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

It is still too early to assess the future of NAFTA

Trump exaggerates what USA has achieved in talks with Mexico

Demographic change
Alisa Kaps
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Lives are now 20 years longer

Birth rates go down as standards of living improve

Change of government
Afshan Subohi

Flamboyant icon of the past

In his first TV address as Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan did not comment on the most pressing challenges

Environment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Endangered hippos

Humans invade hippos’ habitat at Lake Tanganyika

MDG results
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Improvement in many fields

The success story of the Millennium Development Goals

Economic history
Jorge Saborido

Always returning to square one

Argentina’s economic meltdown of 2001/2002 still overshadows new developments

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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
Why you might find our newsletter useful

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