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Southeast Asia and Pacific
Labour rights
Edith Koesoemawiria

Unachievable targets

Female workers particularly at risk on Indonesian palm oil plantations

Climate change
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Devastating consequences

Climate change may undo Asian development success

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

A bad situation turned worse

Myanmar’s Rohingya community on the run

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

History repeating itself

Hun Sen cracks down on critics

Extrajudicial killings
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

The deadly impact of lawless “security” forces

Manila correspondent expresses his anger at lawless police action

Agriculture
Frank Bliss
Karin Gaesing

Indispensable legal certainty

Legal certainty in land-ownership questions is decisive for the battle against poverty

Urban development
Sun Narin

Once there was a lake

Land conflicts in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh

Registration matters
Sun Narin

Land titles help to prevent conflict

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do not over-emphasise the role of ISIS in Mindanao

Fighting in Marawi has been going on for three weeks

Climate-change adaptation
Daniel Nordmann
Till Below

Documentation by drones

New form of water management in Thailand is relying on the participation of everyone involved

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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