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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...

Global trade
Iwan J. Azis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“I do not know whether the WTO will survive”

Indonesian economist explains why unpredictable policymaking hurts global trade

IMF and China
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

IMF and China join hands to tackle looming debt problems

Why Beijing’s Belt-and-Road loans could cause harm

SDGs
Drake Jamali

New development finance

New financing methods may help to achieve development goals

Business activity
Michael Konow

Surveys with potential

Meaningful business reporting can be introduced even with limited resources, as an example in Ghana shows

2030 Agenda
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Improvable partnerships

SWP study reveals many gaps in partnerships for the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda

School feeding
Frank Bliss

Contribution to nutrition security

Schools are serving healthy food from local suppliers

School feeding
Frank Bliss

A shared morning meal

School feeding helps pupils focus on their lessons in Cambodia

EU policy
Nassir Djafari

Tackling trade and migration

In North Africa, EU trade policy is not reducing migration so far, but actually adding to the problem

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Overwhelmingly positive progress

Steven Pinker shows that humankind has made dramatic progress and suggests what to do to achieve even more

Financing of terrorism
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Dangerous cash flow

How so-called Sharia states influence the west through business and finance the export of their radical ideologies

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