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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

By agreeing to disagree, WTO inches forward

More smaller trade deals make economic sense, but there is a price

Post-war reconstruction
Fidelis Adele

“Ten exercise books for 50 pupils”

Why Sierra Leone did not achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary-school enrolment

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Perhaps the EU and USA never liked the WTO’s Doha round

Hardly any progress in 14 years

United Nations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Agreement to keep negotiating

The climate deal struck in Paris is ambitious, innovative and a bit awkward

Relevant reading
Romina Ranke

New transnational networks

NGOs are increasingly using the internet for international networking

Africans in Germany
Abdou Rahime Diallo

Drivers of change

Diaspora investors contribute to development in various ways

Energy
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Lower subsidies, more renewables

International Energy Agency speaks out against low oil prices and fuel subsidies

Comment
Stefan Rother

Migrants’ participation matters

The Global Forum on Migration and Development must change in order to adequately address challenges

International exchange
Abdou Rahime Diallo

Studying in Germany helped to tackle Ethiopian problems

Ahadoo tackles social needs with innovative technical solutions

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why the new giants could grow so fast

Emerging market multinationals need clever managers, but depend on support from their home countries too

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