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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.

Middle East
Sebastian Sons

End of generosity

Saudi Arabia has supported Egypt’s economy for decades but those days now seem to be over

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To prosper, small African countries must cooperate closely

Taking stock of regional integration

Internet
Lisa Feldmann

Networking people and knowledge

Web-based energypedia allows users to share knowledge on energy issues in developing countries

Internet
Lisa Feldmann

Spreading development-relevant information

Why energypedia matters

Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Building a democratic order

When elections cause more problems than they solve

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Harmful competition

World Bank and AIIB must not only pay lip service to social and environmental standards

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Don’t blame the west for everything

Ethnocentric illusions in Europe and North America

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Rolling back protection

The World Bank plans to dilute its social and environmental standards

Free trade
Frederico Füllgraf

Better without the TPP

Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is growing

Global economy
Iwan J. Azis

Deepening uncertainty

New and old international financial institutions are likely to be tested in 2016

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful