Articles by region:

Elasticsearch Mini

Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

We'd like to modernise our digital outreach in ways that suit your needs.
Please support us and do take part in this anonymous online survey regarding our users’ preferences.

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.

Broadcasting
Linda Vierecke

Village voices

Why community radios matter so much to indigenous people in Bolivia

Loans

Challenges ahead

The aspiration of TYM, Vietnam's leading microfinance institution, is to become a full-blown bank

Participation

Better qualified

Juan Ordoñez Caetano: Indigenous people in Bolivia learn radio skills in order to contribute to local radio programmes

Multilateral affairs
Jens Martens

Sharing global burdens

Rich nations want to modify the UN principle of common but differentiated responsibility

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Questions of ownership

Development success depends on national ownership

Relevant reading
Rainer Thiele

Reduced inequality in Latin America

Rainer Thiele: Relevant reading on Latin America's reduced income disparities

Social programmes
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Escaping need

Bolivia’s social programmes have considerably reduced extreme poverty

Measuring success
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics

Dynamic growth
John Wesley Kabango

Remarkable Progress

Rwanda has prospered under the determined leadership of President Kagame

Bangladesh
Marianne Scholte

No “basket case”

Bangladesh is a development success, not a basket case

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