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Sustainability
Food security
Dagmar Milerova Praskova

Struggling smallholders

Despite living in a stable economy, half of all Kenyans are poor

Letters

Public responses

D+C/E+Z Feedback from our readers

Multilateral agencies
Leelananda de Silva

Less foreign, more local

Tasks and action areas of the UN Development System have changed – and its policies need reform

Farms
Barbara Mayrhofer

Feeding the world

Eco-friendly sustainable agriculture is what the world needs, according to some experts

 Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Judging the judges

Judging the judges:­ independent branch of government must not be beyond criticism

Global Governance
Kai Ambos

Misguided criticism

Criticism of International Criminal Court being too focussed on Africa is misleading

News

In brief

No peace agreement for DRC, Afghanistan most dangerous for women, declining child mortality, climate summit in Warsaw and deadly impact of pollution

Eco systems
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Dangerous dams

Mekong dam projects endanger eco systems as well as people's livelihoods

Development agencies

Donor obligations

Donor agencies must not only promote the rule of law, they must also be held accountable to it

Interview
Iwan J. Azis

Missed opportunity

Iwan Azis explains what difference high interest rates in the rich world make in emerging markets

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
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

Governance

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

Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”

Sustainability

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

Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”