Sustainability

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

Latin America is burning

Year after year, valuable ecosystems are destroyed by wildfires. This drives climate change and decimates biodiversity. Slash-and-burn agriculture is partly to blame.

Economic policy

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Labour market

Masses of young people, too few jobs

How governance matters for creating full employment in Africa

Covid-19

Global action urgently needed

An incomplete selection of important statements concerning global response to Covid-19

Our view

Lay the foundations

Global trends must be managed in ways to ensure that 11 billion people can live good lives on Earth

South Asia

Rule-bound governance matters

As civil-society space is shrinking in India, ODA agencies should consider their stance

Retirement provisions

From the iron rice bowl to the filial piety law

China’s one-child policy is having catastrophic consequences for millions of pensioners

Burundi-China cooperation

A beautiful friendship

China’s influence in Burundi has grown, while that of the EU has diminished

Blog

Two-pronged global crisis

Covid-19 requires global cooperation to protect human health and prevent economic depression

PEGNet Conference 2020

Call for papers

This year's PEGNet conference will deal with conflict and fragility in developing countries

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.