Sustainability

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

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.

Foreign policy

Paradigm shift in the EU

Instead of stabilising and transforming neighbouring countries, the EU’s foreign policy is now focusing on building resilience at home

Preventive action

Employers’ strategic advantage

A “call to action” urges employers in low- and middle-income countries to promote healthy lifestyles in the workplace

Tunisia’s young democracy deserves western support

Seven years after Arab spring, Tunisia’s socioeconomic situation remains bleak

International law

Don’t let them off the hook

Quitting the ICC does not protect a country’s violent leadership from prosecution

Tax agreements

The true price of management fees

How a country’s tax base can be eroded by tax treaties

Global development

Ways in which the world has recently been getting better

Reasons to be optimistic about global development

Tax havens

Applying double standards is wrong

Oxfam points out that EU list of tax havens omits EU member states

Public finance

Incentives to become formal

Even if rates are kept low, more formal businesses will mean more tax revenue in Benin

National revenue services

Broaden the base; close loopholes

GIZ adviser warns that tax exemptions often do not lead to the desired results

Reasons for trusting D+C in the era of “fake news”

Our contributors’ network is large, and does not add up to an echo chamber

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.