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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.

Neglected and underutilised species
Silke Stöber

Important for a sustainable diet

Malnutrition would decline if people ate a greater variety of plants

Social enterprises
Linda Engel

Finding finance

Digital platforms can act as matchmakers for social entrepreneurs and investors

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

More than the sum of its parts

The European Union has global relevance

Brexit
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

English populism and Scottish nationalism

What if Scottish nationalists lead their country back into the EU eventually?

Regional integration
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

Irish peace at risk

It is not obvious that Irish peace can survive the UK’s exit from the EU

KfW
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Help with digital technology

KfW supports targeted and efficient disbursement of transfer payments in Malawi using digital technology

Fragile statehood
Moutaz Ali
Walid Ali

Disappointment in EU leaders

European policymakers contributed to creating Libya’s security chaos

European Union
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An increasingly important ­late-comer

Historian Kiran Klaus Patel assesses why EU rose from humble beginnings to the dominant alliance in Europe

Digitalisation
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Low and high-tech applications

VENRO study shows chances and limits of digital instruments in development aid

Climate change
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Engulfed by the lake

Fishermen on Zambia’s Lake Kariba are drowning in growing numbers

Poverty Reduction

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
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

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
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

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities