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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

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.

Government revenues

Why UN probably cannot deliver more on taxes than OECD

Multilateral action should contribute to boosting government revenues

Novel

A father-son relationship in crisis

Nassir Djafari’s debut novel illuminates a father-son relationship

Development studies

Why development depends on a national elite’s shared vision

Oxford scholar rehabilitates the much-maligned term “aid”

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Governance

Kenyans have taken to the streets

In recent months, demonstrators have protested against the sharp rise in the cost of living and tax increases. Thirty people have already died

Horn of Africa

The multiple layers of drought

Communities in the Horn of Africa are affected by complex and interrelated crises

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Political economy

How Xi Jinping is exacerbating China’s economic misery

Market dynamism requires the rule of law and freedom of speech, so authoritarianism limits economic growth

Food crisis

Shortage of maize meal in Zambia

In Zambia, there is currently a critical shortage of maize, as external demand for the grain in East Africa is rising

Nutrition

Boys face undernutrition too

While research indicates that girls and women are particularly affected by hunger, boys and men must not be forgotten too

Global Governance

Why “global south” is not a useful term

Some powerful nations – especially China – do not fit into the dichotomy of a global north and south

Flooding

The city of millions that is being flooded every day

Chittagong in Bangladesh is one of the ten fastest-sinking coastal cities in the world.