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Sustainability
Policymakers’ dilemma
Renata Buriti

Lessons from Mariana

Brazil should learn lessons of Mariana disaster and make economic development environmentally sustainable

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Technocrats don't appreciate democratic deliberation

Yugoslavia's civil war was triggered by structural adjustment

Comment
Gina dos Reis
Jürgen Kaiser

Debt crisis ahead

Mozambique’s most recent corruption scandal shows where excessive dependency on commodity exports leads

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Market dynamics ­versus human rights

Not much progress on improving occupational safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry

Relevant reading
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

More organic farming in sub-Saharan Africa

Despite obstacles, organic farming makes more sense in sub-Saharan Africa than conventional cultivation

Sustainable development
Bruno Wenn
Bruno Wenn
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Investment in skills training pays off

Why investment in vocational training matters

Paris Declaration
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau

Keeping up the momentum

Revisiting the principles of aid effectiveness

Comment
Ibrahim Mohammed

Hard time to be president

Nigeria’s economy is in deep crisis

SDGs
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau

More effective partnerships

The OECD offers advice on how to improve international cooperation

Education
Niaz Asadullah
Zaki Wahhaj

Marriage instead of graduation

Girls’ school enrolment figures are good in Bangladesh, but drop-out rates are worrying

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Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
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