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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.

Inequality
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

World economy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Climate change
Feisal Rahman

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Skills training
A.K. Ghosh

Empower India’s climate refugees

Skills training would help people from India’s Delta islands to cope with the impacts of global warming

Coastal communities
Nnimmo Bassey

Fish species are disappearing

In West Africa, coastal communities’ livelihoods are at risk because of overfishing and oil production

ODA
Frank Bliss

Cash transfers help the extreme poor

The idea of social protection is gaining momentum in development aid

Comment
Nassir Djafari

Maghreb at risk

Closer economic cooperation could bring more stability to North Africa

Resilience
Usche Merk

The rise of a concept

Resilience has become a new buzzword in development circles – the impacts are not always positive

Infrastructure
Parach Mach

No access to clean water

Clean drinking water is hard to get in South Sudan

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