Sustainability

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

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

Financial markets

Argentina and the vultures

Argentina’s new financial troubles result from a legal loophole in the international economic order

India

Creating new standards

KfW supports energy-efficiency in Indian buildings

Print edition

Contents July issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of July’s print edition with links to all contributions

Letters

Public responses

D+C/E+Z Feedback from our readers

Research

Tackling global problems together

Cooperation in research is necessary to make developing countries equal partners

Habitat development

“Future development will be urban”

With Connective Cities, a new Internet platform helps networking of municipalities worldwide

International civil society

Reaching out to young people

For two years, Engagement Global has been working for development on municipal level, and is drawing a balance

Private-sector development

Attracting investors

African economies have been doing well, but could – and should – do even better

Global warming

Be prepared

Climate change is challenging humanitarian aid in new ways

News

In brief

Disputed elections in Afghanistan and Argentina's new debt crisis.

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.