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Sustainability

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

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.

Environment

Running dry

Zimbabwe’s drought drags on, causing severe hardships across the population and with no end in sight

Buen Vivir

The good life

The indigenous development concept of Buen Vivir aims to ensure material, social and spiritual satisfaction for all

Dysfunctional policy

Under-performing ODA darling

Despite under-performing governance, Kenya is still a donor darling

Official development assistance

Why taxation matters

Conventional ODA has often proved counterproductive, but there are alternative approaches

Solar energy

Power from the sun

Zambia increasingly is relying on solar power and developing a related industry

SDGs

No reason to sit back and relax

Pakistan has met SDG 13 on climate action but must continue its efforts

Our view

The crucial development challenge

To achieve the SDGs, humankind needs strong and competent institutions at national as well as supranational levels

Participation

Valuable resource

New book about participatory methods in development projects has the makings of a standard

Global trends

In urgent need of development

If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast

Development discourse

Unsustainable western exceptionalism

For environmental reasons, western Europe and North America cannot be models of development