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Poverty Reduction

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Patents
Max Klein
Jörg Schaaber

Intellectual property versus health care

Insistence on medical patents costs lives, especially in the global south

Covid-19
Raphael Mweninguwe

Malawi refuses expired vaccines

Malawi says ‘no’ to WHO advice to hold on to expired Covid-19 vaccines

Our view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Foundations of broad-based prosperity

How the middle class matters in a country’s development

Growing prosperity
Homi Kharas
Aviva Freudmann

Middle-class lifestyles start with $ 10 per person and day

The middle class is expanding, particularly in developing countries

Foreign doctors
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Looking for a job

Chile’s health system attracts waves of foreign doctors but many can’t find jobs

Social stratification
Duncan Green
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

Oxfam strategist Duncan Green explains why the economic paradigm seems to be shifting internationally

Price negotiations
Aviva Freudmann

Paying over the odds

Thrashing out a vaccines pricing deal with multiple players

Intellectual property
Marion Lieser

INGO opposes vaccine patents

Oxfam explains how current pricing and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines highlight global inequality

Street beggars
Raphael Mweninguwe

Changing hearts and minds

Government tries ‘mind-set change strategy’ to clear Malawi’s streets of beggars

Rural health care
Sumeya Issa

Medicines and supplies are difficult to find in rural Malawi

Rural Malawians are poorly served by clinics lacking medicines and expertise

Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
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

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