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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...

Finance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The SDGs and the private sector

Study of German civil-society organisations claims that the 2030 Agenda needs to be safeguarded against corporate interference

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In defence of the SDGs

Excessive suspicion of private-sector interests does not help

International finance institution
Korinna Horta

Dangerous transformation

World Bank can do more lending – and charges more interest rates

Multilateral bank
Korinna Horta

Reform gone wrong

The World Bank’s social and environmental standards have been weakened significantly

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The IPCC, Bolsonaro, Trump and Kavanaugh

Climate change and the rise of right-wing populism

International relations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

Urban Development
Monika Hellstern

Inclusive cities

The state needs to support active citizens to make South African cities more inclusive

International relations
Sabine Tonscheidt

A call for global engagement

Germany enjoys worldwide respect as a guardian of Western values

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In human history, opium was always an important commodity

This drug is both blessing and curse

Migration
Lea Diehl

Shared standards

What the global migration agreement is worth remains to be seen in everyday life

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