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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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...

Turkey
Timur Tinç

One-man state

The policies of Turkish President Erdogan are destroying trust in Turkey both at home and abroad

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

Agriculture
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

Information technology
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital forces and ethical challenges

India must prepare for dramatic digital change

Nuclear Deal
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Protecting the Iran deal from Donald Trump

UN leaders laugh at US president in New York

Kofi Annan
Friederike Bauer

Special relationship with Africa

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan cared deeply about Africa

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Human rights are universal, not western

Reconsidering democracy promotion

Digitalisation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Four important tech trends

The meanings of artificial intelligence, automation, big data and blockchain

Technology
Benjamin Kumpf
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Generating broad-based wealth

UNDP innovation expert assesses pros and cons of new digital technology

Demographic change
Karim Okanla

Progress may not be sustained

Life expectancy has improved in Benin, but poverty remains a serious challenge

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