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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.

Infrastructure

Destructive biomass demand

Many Ugandans still rely on traditional biomass for energy purposes

Employment

The urgency of public works programmes

Labour-intensive public employment schemes build vital infrastructure and alleviate poverty at the same time

Power shortages

When the lights go out

Power cuts hit Zambia’s economy hard

Development finance

Africa’s private sector needs support

In Covid-19 crisis, EDFI members can ease the plight of private-sector companies in low-income countries

Family planning

Fast population growth

Pakistan’s fertility rate is declining, but at a very slow rate

Energy policy

Water over the dam

Zambia’s dependence on hydropower is becoming increasingly problematic

Blog

Covid-19 as seen by World Bank board member

Covid-19 crisis provides clues on how global governance must improve

Ageing and social protection

Africa’s demographic transition

For the care and social protection of Africa's aging population, governments must now take action

IDPs

Greater international commitment is needed

A study calls for a sharper international focus on the problem of internal displacement

Teenager

What sex education is really about

Pakistan shows why comprehensive sex education would improve young people’s lives