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Regierungsführung
Labour rights
Niaz Asadullah
Zaki Wahhaj

Minimum wage attracts girls to factories

Higher wages in Bangladesh’s garments sector mean better income but push girls into work as child seamstresses

International donors
Raphael Mweninguwe

Health sector in coma

Donors bypass the Malawi government in support of health sector

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Declaring Gambia an Islamic Republic is irresponsible

President Jammeh is grandstanding

Governance
Rozina Islam

Defining corruption

Ideas about corruption diverge, so the term needs to be defined clearly

Journalism
Rozina Islam

Media struggle with corruption

Why the media do not provide an unfiltered image of reality, for instance in Bangladesh

Comment
Clara Osei-Boateng
Kristina Rehbein

Back in the credit trap

Supposed model country Ghana is one again struggling with foreign debt

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Myanmar is heading towards unconvincing elections

The power of the military remains strong, and it does not have democratic legitimacy

Public finance
Moutaz Ali

No more cheap bread

In Libya, the government will soon become unable to fund fuel and food subsidies

Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Old insight borne out by Tanzanian and Ivorian elections

"Illusion of stability"

Rule of law
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Recent atrocities

UN rapporteur condemns the violation of Lumad communities’ human rights in the Philippines

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Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

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

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts