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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.

Colonial history
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The dark side of European enlightenment

Oppressive imperial powers claimed to be spreading civilisation whilst promoting racism

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Imagine Donald Trump’s name was Ali Ibrahim

Trump’s election victory is legally valid, but his legitimacy is challenged

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Bridge schools are designed to teach world’s bottom billion

Controversy over low-cost private primary education offered by multinational group

Technology
Tobias Knobloch
Julia Manske

Responsible use of data

Opportunities and risks of user-generated and automatically-compiled data

African Union-European Union Summit
Maria Klatte

Give civil society more space

The results of the fifth EU-AU summit fell far short of expectations

New book
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A difficult ally

A new book sheds light on Saudi Arabia’s role in the Middle East’s conflicts

Comment
Frank Masanta Jr.

Future at risk

Youth unemployment remains a key challenge in Zambia

Syrian refugees
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Women at risk

CARE demands legal routes and more protection for women and children fleeing Syria

Disabilities
Esther Dopheide

Inclusion counts

New CBM book proves that disability-inclusive development makes economic sense

Agriculture
Theresa Krinninger

Big palm oil is making the rules

Growing demand for palm oil is changing agriculture in countries as far apart as Ghana and Indonesia

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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