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Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How Europe can benefit from Asia's rise

EU needs to speak with one voice

International exchange
Eva-Maria Verfürth

African-German Youth Initiative launched

Germany and African Union cooperate in African-German Youth Initiative

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Technocrats don't appreciate democratic deliberation

Yugoslavia's civil war was triggered by structural adjustment

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The great ironies of Erdogan’s career and ideology

Populist triumph can only destabilise Turkey further

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Distorted rhetoric at ADB conference

Why the general public often does not properly understand multilateral affairs

Democracy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Undermining Turkey’s democracy

Erdogan’s tragedy

Winter Olympics
Jane Buchanan

Troubled legacy

IOC promises to learn lessons from human-rights abuses in Sochi

Asia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Multilateral banks honeymoon

The first co-financing effort looks promising, but ADB and AIIB may yet become fierce adversaries

Social and environmental standards
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Let’s race to the top

NGOs praise ADB for environmental and social safeguards but want better implementation

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

ADB and AIIB share interest in infrastructure

Changing landscape of development finance

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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
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

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.

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Sustainability

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

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery