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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.

Economic policy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19
Hans-Joachim Preuss

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Pandemic
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Scientific mind-set versus covidiots

Religious obscurantism is making it harder to prevent Covid-19

Human rights
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Humanity or barbarism

EU refugee policy raises doubts that the EU takes human rights as seriously as it preaches to others

Covid-19
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Global action urgently needed

An incomplete selection of important statements concerning global response to Covid-19

South Asia
Richa Arora

Rule-bound governance matters

As civil-society space is shrinking in India, ODA agencies should consider their stance

Demographic dividend
Samir Abi

Demographic change as a driver of economic growth

Will Africa really profit from a demographic dividend?

Population growth
Samir Abi

Global challenge

Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend

Agriculture
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

Corona virus
Shora Azarnoush

Suddenly overwhelmed health sector

Why Iran is struggling to come to girps with the new corona virus

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.

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
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

Sustainability

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
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