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Poverty Reduction

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

Arjuna Ranawana

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Tourist arrivals have increased rapidly in Sri Lanka in the past two years, and experts expect a still larger influx in this year’s tourism season. An upturn in the hospitality industry would support the national economy.

Poverty reduction
Rigmar Osterkamp

Lessons from failure

Disappointing basic-income-grant project in Namibia

Nowadays
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Direct aid

Grassroots initiative supports Syrian refugees in Beirut

Water
Daniel Bernet

Fleeing drought

Climate change: In Nepal, entire villages must relocate because water scarcity is getting worse

Debt relief
Sandra Abild

Historical model

Debt report by German NGOs reconsiders West German past and assesses current risks in developing world

International civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Five principles

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

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

Food
John Ulimwengu
Josée Randriamamonjy
Cleo Roberts

Need in a land of plenty

In spite of the DRC's huge agricultural potential, many people lack vital nutrients

Nowadays
Anthony Mulowa

Escaping poverty

Nowadays: a grassroots entrepreneur escapes poverty

Poverty Reduction

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

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

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

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions