Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values

Humankind’s religions share a common core of values, as the Swiss theologian Hans Küng prominently argued. He called it the “global ethic”.

Comment

Bittersweet aftertaste

For Latin Americans, Busan summit’s aftertaste is bittersweet

Multilateral summit

Inclusive partnership

High Level Forum agrees on Busan Partnership for Effecitive Development Cooperation

Regional integration

Enabling Africa to develop

Africa needs infrastructure that links countries to one another

Letter
Impact assessment

Higher standard of living

Proof of higher standards of living: Cotton Made in Africa

Trade policy

A brief history of the WTO

A brief history of the WTO

Renewable energy

Europe’s appetite for wood

The pros and cons of large-scale biomass production in tropical forests

Editorial

December’s opportunities

Trade and climate: December’s opportunities

WTO

“Agree on a deadline: February 2012”

Jagdish Bhagwati says preferential trade agreements fly in face of reality

Financial services

Small servings save development

German municipal savings banks in defence of microfinance