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...

Multilateral affairs

Value for money

Post 2015, the developing countries must improve governance, and the rich world must do more to provide global public goods

Print edition

Contents June issue

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

KfW

„It is not just about money“

Stephan Opitz: The governments of large emerging economies are interested in renewable-energy technology

Letter to the editor

Public response

Feedback from reader – issue 2014/06

Commodities

Escaping the resource curse

It is difficult, but not impossible to escape the resource curse

Migration

Touchy issue

Migrants are becoming more vocal in demanding human rights, but progress remains slow

Non-traditional agriculture

Caring about cannabis

Marihuana production is legal in Uruguay, offering farmers new sources of income

Civil society

Cooperation, not ­instrumentalisation

Support for civil society in developing countries is not a trivial matter

Comment

Fortress Europe

Samir Abi: The EU’s policies on asylum and migration reconfirm Africans’ perception of “Fortress Europe”

Election campaign

Lasting relevance of violence

Afghanistan’s two remaining presidential candidates share many policy ideas

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.