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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...

Industry 4.0
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The digitalisation of world trade

Digitally-enabled trade on the agenda of G20 summit in Buenos Aires in late November

Environment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Burundi bans plastic bags

Boom of biodegradable materials expected in Burundi after plastic is banned

Technology
Wilfried Lütkenhorst

Digital disruption

The digital revolution may make low-wage industrialisation less likely

United Nations
Michael Windfuhr

70 years of human rights policy

How human rights gained traction in the past 25 years

Human rights
Michael Windfuhr

A worrisome trend reversal

In order to resist the trend towards authoritarian populism, it is important to un-derstand what is driving it

Skills training
Nassir Djafari

Low standard, wrong content

Why the MENA region lacks domestically trained ICT experts

Youth unemployment
Nassir Djafari

Focused agenda needed

The MENA region needs economic growth and targeted interventions to get to grips with youth unemployment

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The west is not adhering to its values

Europe should take a leading role in dealing with refugees worldwide

Rural poverty
Humphrey Nkonde

Inefficient agency

Maize farmers in Zambia are stuck in poverty because a government agency is not doing its job properly

Global affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do what you preach

Mahbubani’s criticism of the west deserves attention; his praise for authoritarian Asian leaders does not

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