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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.

Intercultural exchange
Will Swanson

A call for real leadership

An InWEnt-intern from California compares environmental attitudes in Germany and the USA

Higher education
Oliver Schmidt
N. V. Ramana

Mind the management gap

Higher education is becoming aware of microfinance's management needs

Social Networking
Wolfgang Zenker

Personal touch, international reach

Kiva.org’s P2P approach to raising funds for microloans

Debate
Antonio Tujan Jr.

“The North’s destructive model”

For sustainable development, humanity needs new paradigm, argues expert from the Philippines

Microfinance
Dubby Mahalanobis

Tricky challenges

The complex challenges of microinsurance administration

Microfinance
Hans Dieter Seibel

“Local roots”

Why microcredit programmes should be based on local savings

Climate policy
Juliana Radler de Aquino

Thank you, Copenhagen

Why Copenhagen meant progress for Brazil on climate matters

Elections
Phillip Kusch

Compulsory, but meaningful event

Upsides and downsides of Mali’s local-government elections in 2009

The arts
Stefan Rennicke

Stimulating societal development

The Art in Africa Foundation, a joint venture of UNESCO and Goethe Institut

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

More urgent, more difficult

Copenhagen climate conference

Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy

Sustainability

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy