Sustainability

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

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Sovereign default

Sri Lanka’s reform agenda is intimidating

To get IMF support, Sri Lanka must achieve the restructuring of existing loans

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Agriculture

Empowerment of female smallholders

An agroecological community project in Mexico has empowered women and achieved a major mindset change of the residents towards them

IMF

The role of the IMF in the global debt crisis

How the IMF is delaying the debt crisis with its practice – a reform of debt policy is needed

Government revenues

How to increase the fiscal space

The budgets of many developing countries and emerging markets are far too constrained

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Global governance

G20 leaders are “not in a state of denial”

Indonesian economist assesses results of Bali summit in November 2022

Our view

More fiscal space is needed when states prove too “small”

In response to multiple crises, governments must be able to invest assertively

Government revenues

Kenya’s new president wants to collect more tax money

Kenya’s huge public debt is choking public spending and undermining the economy

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Social media

The billionaire’s blue bird is in trouble

Lessons to be learned from Twitter’s current crisis

Our view

UN climate summit in Egypt did not deliver on mitigation

In spite of land mark decision on loss and damage, COP27 was a disappointment

Business

Small loans for rural women

Micro loans help rural women to start small businesses and to get more financially independent

Sustainability

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