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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.

Weltwärts
Vidya Varghese

Shared norms

Young Indian psychologist writes about her exposure to Germany as a weltwärts volunteer

Social cash transfers
Bernd Schubert

Welfare payments are no longer taboo

Insights from Kalomo, Zambia revolutionise social protection in Africa

eHealth Africa

Fighting polio in spite of ­insurgency

Vaccination programme in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state

Recycling
Roli Mahajan

The Plastic Man

In India, good roads are constructed by using waste plastic

Africa
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla

Disasters waiting to happen

Failure to expand formal youth employment in Africa will mean more unrest, more migration, more crime and more religious extremism

Comment
Walter Wuertz
Glenn Brigaldino

Ray of hope for Antarctica

Protection of Antarctic waters can serve as a model for international environmental initiatives

Business leaders
Afshan Subohi

Uncertainty is the new norm

Pakistan’s business leaders worry about what President Trump will mean for the former close ally

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

International community should act to prevent atrocities

Signs of imminent genocide in South Sudan

Development policy
Claudio Maggi C.

Europe in Latin America

European development policy has achieved several successes in Latin America

Development policy
Claudio Maggi C.

Boosting innovation together

How European development policy could promote innovation in Latin America

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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

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