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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.

Aid effectiveness
Julia Steets
Kristina Thomsen

Scope for better assessment

Scope for better country assessments at the World Bank

Global Governance
Jaleel Ahmad

New centres of gravity

A note on global-governance reform

World Bank
Qays Hamad

The World Bank’s comeback

World Bank business is expanding due to global crisis

Review
Ingar Düring
Dorothea Rischewski

Equal rights

Relevant Reading: disabilities and development

Infrastructure
Ronjon Chakrabarti
Rainer Mutschler-Burghard

Progress despite political instability

Progress made in monitoring Nepali rivers in spite of poltical turmoil

Comment
Peter Strack

Fatal politics

Fatal politics

Interview
Wolfgang Meyer

“The leadership is nervous”

China’s policy in the global finance turmoil

Inclusive society
Maria V. Reina

“Stigma matters a lot”

Enabling the disabled serves development in general

Health
David Whiting

Diabetes as a development issue

Diabetes is becoming ever more common in developing countries

Assessing results
Liane Asta Lohde

Complex set of factors

IFC evaluates developmental success

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.

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

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
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions