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...

Disaster relief

Building back better

Natural catastrophes are terrible for the people affected, but reconstruction efforts can improve lives

Multilateral cooperation

Think global, act local

Why governments tend to shy away from the global-public-goods challenge

Climate protection

Preparing for action

Involving indigenous peoples in REDD+ projects seems promising – in Bolivia even more so than in Ecuador

Health

Systemic failure

Health is a global public good and must figure among the post-2015 development goals.

Global Governance

The rise and fall of the G20

The emergence of the G20 as a forum of the world’s most important leaders raised great expectations in late 2008. They have been disappointed.

News

In brief

Unrest in South Sudan, Nelson Mandela memorial, Gerd Müller is the new BMZ leader and ICC eases pressure on Kenyatta

Op-ed voices

Dimensions of crisis

Op-ed voices on the Central African Republic’s crisis

Post-2015 process

Core concerns

EU considers the post-2015 process an opportunity to improve the provision of global public goods

Military

Global benefits, national motives

Why Bangladesh sends troops on UN missions and how the world benefits from such engagement

Aid

One boat, one direction

How the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation can make a difference

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.