Poverty Reduction

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

Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

In countries with high incomes, governments’ spending on international development normally does not have a good reputation. Many conservatives and market-orthodox liberals tend to consider it wasteful, ineffective and dysfunctional. Their claims that official...

Global agenda

Global public goods matter for global development

The international community must address urgent worldwide challenges with full determination

Village savings and loan schemes

Credits save life and promote resilience

Credit and savings from the village savings and loan schemes are used by Malawians for several purposes. For many, it provides money for common groceries in times when agriculture harvests decline.

Multilateralism

How both the G7 and the BRICS are failing the world

Neither established economic powers nor big emerging markets are providing the kind of global leadership humankind needs.

Multilateral agenda

Walk the talk regarding SDGS

The international community has sensible goals, but needs a coherent policy framework to achieve them.

Informal business

Hard working female head porters in Ghana

In Ghana, many rural, poor women are left with no option but to take up labour-intensive blue-collar jobs, such as carrying heavy loads with pans on their heads.

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Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

Economy

Prolonged hardship in Malawi

Many Malawians are disappointed with their government, abandoning the hope that their economic situation will change for better

Corporate social responsibility

Why the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) matters very much

Sustainable development would be hampered internationally should European legislation regarding supply-chain management fail, and Germany’s reputation would suffer too.

Ecological transition

Energy partnerships for the ecological transition

The so-called just transition is expensive. Rich countries need to support poorer ones.

Governance

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

Sustainability

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