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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 farmers 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.

Agriculture
Frank Bliss
Karin Gaesing

Indispensable legal certainty

Legal certainty in land-ownership questions is decisive for the battle against poverty

Urban development
Sun Narin

Once there was a lake

Land conflicts in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh

Registration matters
Sun Narin

Land titles help to prevent conflict

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Eminent scholar
Korinna Horta

Marked by displacement

Michael Cernea – a leading public intellectual from the World Bank

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Of using and owning

Conflicts concerning land are growing

Africa
Thomas Silberhorn

No development without tax revenue

A new partnership with Africa to improve domestic resource mobilisation

Wildlife
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Stray lions

Stray lions devour livestock in Zimbabwe, but farmers are not allowed to kill them

Non-violent action
Armando Mussa Sani
Jasmina Barckhausen

Their grandparents’ legacy

Three examples of how peace activists use non-violent means to settle land conflicts in Guinea Bissau

Civil peace service
Armando Mussa Sani
Jasmina Barckhausen

Theatre sheds light on conflicts

Guinea-Bissau must finally apply its land law in order to resolve conflicts

Philanthropy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Praise individuals, not the trend

The growing influence of philanthropy in public affairs is worrisome

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian farmers 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
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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.

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data

Sustainability

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

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data