Sustainability

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

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...

Sustainability

Energy shift

Carbon pricing can drive international transformation to sustainability

Investment climate

Budding businesses

In Burundi, SMEs want to make a difference

Horn of Africa

Huge challenge

To bring reconciliation to his troubled nation, Ethiopia’s new prime minister will need stamina

Letter to the editor

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

Reader continues discussions of our focus section “Tax disputes”

Argentina, financial turmoil and the AIIB

Central Bank in Buenos Aires raises interest rates to 40 %

Agriculture

Local seeds resist climate change better

Farmers in Malawi realise that traditional local seed varieties are better suited to withstand droughts

Poverty

Poor conceptions

There is a mismatch between poor people’s perception of poverty and academic concepts

Straight talk on economics

Things economists should admit more often and policymakers should consider

International trade

Killing donkeys

Too many donkeys are slaughtered in Ghana in order to export their meat and skins

Multilateral affairs

Volatile scenario

In late April, important trade issues remained unresolved

Governance

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

Sustainability

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