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Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

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...

Letters

Public responses

D+C/E+Z Feedback from our readers

Civil society
Ellen Thalman

G8 nations at fault

Human Rights Watch finds fault with USA, Russia and the EU

Corruption
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Stealing money from the needy

Illicit financial outflows hurt developing countries and emerging markets

Communication technology
Monika Hellstern

Job-hunting and prenatal classes in Ghana

Digital services are improving poor people’s standard of life in Ghana

Global public goods
Mathieu Régnier

The web of life

Biodiversity is eroding – and the impacts on human health are not understood

News

In brief

Unequal wealth distribution, Tunisia's new constitution, Syrian peace talks, opposition in SA, capital flight and election in Bangladesh

Germany’s Federal Government
Gerd Müller

“Humanity’s common future”

Gerd Müller, Germany’s new federal minister for economic cooperation and development, spells out the fundamentals of his policies

Banking
Kilasa Mtambalike

Money flows with M-Pesa

Financial transactions by mobile phone have radically changed African economies

Smallholder farms
Hendrik Knoche
HS Jamadagni
PR Sheshagiri Rao

Peer pressure

Smart-phone apps could boost productivity even of illiterate farmers

Print edition

Contents January issue

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

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

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.

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system