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Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

KfW
Klaus Gihr
Friederike Bauer

Time for change – but how?

The majority of developing countries and emerging economies still lack quick, safe and affordable transport

Climate change
Walter Kälin
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Deciding whether to migrate and where to go

Law professor assesses links between climate change and migration

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why Theresa May could never negotiate a better Brexit deal

Pooling sovereignty is not surrendering sovereignty

International organisations

A reform agenda for the ILO

The tripartite setting of the ILO was useful in the past, but it does not represent the world of work adequately today

Global governance
Raymond Saner

Labour is not a commodity

The ILO was established to promote social justice 100 years ago – and that mission stays relevant

World Bank
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Good enough governance

According to the World Bank, the quality of governance depends on people’s policy acceptance

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Time to put words into practice

Climate summit success will depend on political will to act upon scientific findings

Development Investment Fund
Christoph Kannengießer

Linking policies on development and trade

Private-sector involvement is vital for Africa’s world-market integration

Syria
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Insights into a war-torn country

Journalist lets the victims of the war in Syria tell their stories and the history of the country

Public finance
Monika Hellstern

African countries at risk

Both borrowers and lenders must contribute to preventing debt crises in sub-Saharan Africa

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system