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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.

Health care
Frank Bliss

Free access for the extremely poor

The Health Equity Fund is improving access to health care for the poorest people in Cambodia

Social cohesion
Roli Mahajan

Good progress with further room for improvement

How well India is doing in terms of fighting poverty depends on what yardstick is applied

Food security
Katie Cashman

Pioneering urban agriculture

How “production in the community, by the community, for the community” became the paradigm of agricultural policy in Cuba

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In defence of the SDGs

Excessive suspicion of private-sector interests does not help

International finance institution
Korinna Horta

Dangerous transformation

World Bank can do more lending – and charges more interest rates

Multilateral bank
Korinna Horta

Reform gone wrong

The World Bank’s social and environmental standards have been weakened significantly

Poverty targeting
James G. Bennett

Six main methodologies

How to identify poor people for the provision of support

Poverty alleviation
James G. Bennett

Costs and benefits of poverty targeting

The more accurate a poverty-targeting strategy is, the more expensive it is

International relations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

Education
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

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