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Sustainability

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

Dasmani Laary

Ghana introduces emissions tax

Ghana has enacted a law that introduces an annual carbon levy on motor vehicles and industries. In doing so, the West African country becomes the third nation on the continent after South Africa and Mauritius to introduce a carbon tax.

Promoting democracy
Regine Reim

Important volunteers

Taking part in OSCE election observations

Elections
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

“Observers, not diplomats”

Lessons EU election observers learned in Kenya

Capacity building
Otto C. Scharmer
Hinrich Mercker
Christine Wank

“Innovations start small”

MIT scholar defines up-to-date capacity building

Interview
Vinod Thomas

“Interactive results”

World Bank expert discusses limits of evaluating complex developments in quantitative terms

Food security
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Ways out of the silent tsunami

How the international community can escape food scarcity

AIDS prevention
Eleonore von Bothmer

Safe sex subsidy

Conditional cash transfers in support of safe sex

News
Eleonore von Bothmer

Germany second most-important donor country

Germany second most important donor according to OECD

Afghanistan
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Donors criticised

International NGOs lambast donors’ performance in Afghanistan

Religion and development
Charlotte Schmitz

Imams and women’s rights campaigners

GTZ organises debates of Muslim spiritual leaders and women’s rights organisations

IMF
Ellen Thalman

Reform at last

IMF finally reformed

Poverty Reduction

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

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
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

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