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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Global Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Setting the wrong example

Trump’s statement on Paris Agreement means renouncing claim to global leadership

International financial institutions
Korinna Horta

Concern for the most vulnerable

New World Bank Framework puts poor people at risk of displacement and marginalisation, ignoring lessons of the past

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In global affairs, zero-sum thinking is not enough

In Hamburg, Trump will personally experience just how complex and multilayered global affairs are

Agriculture
Frank Bliss
Karin Gaesing

Indispensable legal certainty

Legal certainty in land-ownership questions is decisive for the battle against poverty

Urban development
Sun Narin

Once there was a lake

Land conflicts in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh

Registration matters
Sun Narin

Land titles help to prevent conflict

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Eminent scholar
Korinna Horta

Marked by displacement

Michael Cernea – a leading public intellectual from the World Bank

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Of using and owning

Conflicts concerning land are growing

Africa
Thomas Silberhorn

No development without tax revenue

A new partnership with Africa to improve domestic resource mobilisation

Wildlife
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Stray lions

Stray lions devour livestock in Zimbabwe, but farmers are not allowed to kill them

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts