Sustainability

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

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.

Minorities

The power of sports

Playing in a team fosters disabled athletes’ health, self esteem and social integration

Relevant reading

Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development

Law

Everyday violence against the poor

How everyday violence locks poor people into poverty and what needs to be done about it

Extremist threats

Tunisia deserves attention and support

Tunisia’s young democracy deserves support in its struggle against extremism and poverty

Innovation

Mobilising and motivating investors

GIZ’s lab of tomorrow allows experts to develop new digital solutions for developing countries’ problems

Human rights

“A situation of bonded labour”

Many Bangladeshi migrants are exploited abroad

Commodity prices

Explosive issue

Unless commodity exporting countries diversify their economies, crises loom

World Bank rhetoric contributes to distorted public image

World Development Report shies away from serious conflicts of interest

Multilateral banks

New players with handicaps

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) are changing the landscape of international financial institutions

2030 Agenda

Ambitious minimum goals

Experts consider SDGs more ambitious than MDGs but often too vague

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.