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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.

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Economics is just another social science

Economic models are less accurate than their precise maths suggest

Global Monitoring Report
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Education for all not achieved

UN evaluates achievements and shortcomings of Education for All initiative

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Traveling in times of terror

Humanity cannot afford too much air traffic

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

USA should evaluate all government spending, not just ODA

Aid reform in the USA looks half-hearted

Greenhouse effect
Tomás Parker Cerda

Generating energy from waste

In Chile, scientists show how to convert solid waste into energy

Interview
Thomas R. Loster

“We are running out of time”

Many questions are still open after Paris climate agreement

India
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

India’s sensible, but insufficient crop insurance

Narendra Modi's scheme will hardly help the rural poor

Health care
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A short history of Indian pharma

How government action helped India’s pharma sector to grow

European Union
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Ostrich policy

Africans find the distinction between political and economic refugees absurd

Central Africa
Theresa Krinninger

Unprotected civilians

Inter-faith dialogue helps to bring about peace in CAR – but more must happen

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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.

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data

Sustainability

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

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data