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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...

SDG finance
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Carbon pricing for sustainable development

For certain low-income countries, carbon pricing could be an option to finance the 2030 Agenda

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The dangerous downward spiral of Turkey’s economy

Erdogan and Trump are both acting recklessly

Agriculture
Raphael Mweninguwe

Smoking kills

Malawi is a tobacco-growing country, yet smoking is a health hazard

MDGs
Belay Begashaw

Think globally, act globally

Millennium Development Goals shaped new global partnership

Communication
Esther Dopheide

Highlight hardship – but point out progress as well

Charity organisations need to show achievements, not just suffering

Global trends
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The future of development and development policy

BMZ study identifies global trends for 2032 and beyond

Global trends
Imme Scholz
Katja Dombrowski

“Change can be measured, the reasons for it cannot”

Developing countries now have more room for manoeuvre – industrialised countries do not always see that as a positive

Research
Tilman Altenburg

How green industrial policy can boost prosperity

Why environmental protection can lead to more employment in developing countries

Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“The world is slipping off track”

Numbers of HIV infections are on the rise

Green industrial policy
Tilman Altenburg

Reducing poverty whilst transitioning to a green economy

The double challenge of generating growth and transitioning to clean economies

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.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance