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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.

USA – Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

The fence is already up

Trump’s call for a wall is straining the relationship between the US and Mexico

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Worthless promises

Populists deny the legitimacy of diverging interests

Globalisation
Jürgen Wiemann

Growing inequality and environmental dangers

Joint EADI-Nordic conference will assess challenges of globalisation in Bergen in August

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Don’t forget the Yemenis

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen keeps worsening

Political foundations
Frank Priess

Civil society’s shrinking space

Civil-society organisations are under pressure in many countries – and so are their international partners

Nigeria
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A country at rock bottom

Nigeria’s multiple crises and how Germany can help

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gambia: ECOWAS assuming responsibility for region's problem

Why West Africa differs from other African regions in regard to democratic principles

Fishing
Ali Shaaban Juma

Local fish production does not meet Tanzania’s demand

Fisheries offer investment and business opportunities in East Africa

Call for papers

Inequality – and how to deal with it

Annual PEGNet conference to focus on inequality in Zürich in September

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Pay particular attention to the poor

Impact of extreme weather is set to get worse, so vulnerable countries must expect national incomes to decline, ADB warns

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.

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Sustainability

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

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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