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Southeast Asia and Pacific
Asia
Floreana Miesen

Growth, equity and sustainability

As Asian growth picks up, equity and sustainability are major concerns

Comment
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Thai-style democracy

Almost a year after the putsch in Thailand, the military clings to power

Ethnic minorities
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski
Johannes Kaltenbach

The world’s most persecuted people

Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as citizens, as NGO expert elaborates in our interview

Sex tourism
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Dubious reputation

Cambodia is seen as a heaven for paedophiles and sex tourists

Orphanage tourism
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Orphanages: sites for abusive tourism

Tourists and volunteers fuel an exploitative system

Loans

Challenges ahead

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

Sustainable Development Goals
Tetsuro Yoshida
Noriko Shimizu

The global dimension

Japanese scholars say international community must support shift to renewable energy in the developing world

Renewables
Do Thi Bich Ngoc

Rural network must improve

Vietnam has ambitious objectives of using up to 30 % of renewable energy until 2030. For this it needs donor help

Leather

“Stricter than in Germany”

Uwe Hutzler: Setting sustainability standards in the tanning industry in Asia and the USA

Crimes against humanity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

At least and at last

Justice after 40 years: leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Camodia have been sentenced for crimes against humanity

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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