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Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Autocratic governance
D+C / E+Z

Decades of military rule

A brief history of military rule in Pakistan

South Asian armed forces
Christian Wagner
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

They get along well unless they must shoot one another

SWP scholar explains why Pakistan’s military leaders have more political influence than their counterparts in India and Bangladesh

Child soldiers
Dirk Bathe

Jobs instead of arms

The international community must end profiteering with child soldiers

Governance
Edith Koesoemawiria

High-risk balancing act

President Joko Widodo wants the military to do more than protect Indonesia from external threats

Democratic governance
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

A mixed bag

ECOWAS is setting an example in terms of democratic governance, but challenges persist, according to Ghanaian scholar

Non-governmental organisations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Rising to a global health menace

NGO activism must drive whole-of-society response to non-communicable diseases

Letters to the editor
A.K. Ghosh
Eva-Maria Bruchhaus

Issues that have contributed to African poverty

Readers respond to our D+C/E+Z print edition 2017/11-12

Climate change
Raphael Mweninguwe

Coal against blackouts

In order to manage its current energy crisis, Malawi turns to coal

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

France is leading the free world, but cannot fill void

Human Rights Watch assesses western countries internal struggle with populists and the global repercussions

SDGs
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

China’s efforts

China is keen on promoting sustainable development

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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