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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.

Market power
Lucien Silga

Public-private cooperation in the agricultural sector

Multinational seed companies are working with the government hand in hand

Crops
Lucien Silga

Traditional seeds are under threat

Industrial and genetically modified seeds are on the rise in Burkina Faso

IPCC Special Report
Floreana Miesen

Sounding the alarm

IPCC report paints a bleak picture of the state of the world’s oceans

Infrastructure
Shenggen Fan
Ousmane Badiane

Policy recommendations

Rural revitalisation is essential for transforming rural areas, not only in Africa

Rural development
Shenggen Fan
Ousmane Badiane

Rurbanomics

Revitalising rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting people’s opportunities

KfW
Helmut Gauges

Cooperation with Africa has never been this exciting!

Africa has many resources and opportunities, says Helmut Gauges, head of the head of KfW’s Africa Division

Food
Peter Njonjo
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Re-engineering the value chain

Twiga is improving livelihoods by linking smallholder banana growers to informal urban retailers in Nairobi

Development strategy
Getachew Diriba
Marianne Scholte

Attitudinal change

In view of poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation, Ethiopia urgently needs comprehensive rural reforms

Poverty
Katie Cashman

Urban food insecurity

Urban hunger is an under-rated problem, for example in Nairobi

Municipal governance
Katie Cashman

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

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