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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.

Pharmacists in development cooperation
Christian Splett

Essential experts

Pharmacists without borders do important work in aid missions and projects worldwide

Plastic
Genesis Ehimegbe
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Balancing profits and staff welfare in Ivory Coast

Coliba is a young formal-sector company that specialises in the recycling of plastic waste in Abidjan

Cancer
Max Klein
Jörg Schaaber

Unaffordable treatment

For people in developing countries, most cancer drugs are unaffordable

Patents
Max Klein
Jörg Schaaber

Intellectual property versus health care

Insistence on medical patents costs lives, especially in the global south

Our view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Foundations of broad-based prosperity

How the middle class matters in a country’s development

Recession
Karim Okanla

Growing dependence on Benin’s informal sector

In Cotonou and Porto Novo, economic slump has hit middle class hard

Financial sector
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Financial sector: important allies for net-zero strategies

For good reason, central banks are increasingly paying attention to climate risks

Social stratification
Duncan Green
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

Oxfam strategist Duncan Green explains why the economic paradigm seems to be shifting internationally

Industry strategies
Krupali Patel

Repurposing offers rays of hope

How finding new uses for established pharmaceuticals matters in the fight against Covid-19

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

G7 takes tiny steps in the right directions

To claim world leadership, the G7 must do more than what its members agreed in Carbis Bay

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