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Cultural loss
Carlos Albuquerque

National disaster

The devastating fire at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro symbolises the desperate political situation in Brazil

Industry 4.0
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The digitalisation of world trade

Digitally-enabled trade on the agenda of G20 summit in Buenos Aires in late November

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

China’s aid lending is neither entirely good nor totally bad

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The dangerous downward spiral of Turkey’s economy

Erdogan and Trump are both acting recklessly

IMF and China
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

IMF and China join hands to tackle looming debt problems

Why Beijing’s Belt-and-Road loans could cause harm

Public finance
Mick Moore

High time to get organised

On their own, the rich nations are no longer able to regulate tax issues internationally

New Silk Road
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Clean at home, dirty abroad

China massively invests in coal power in the Belt and Road countries

Political science
Jonathan Sullivan

Access denied

Springer Nature’s decision to block access to politically controversial content in China has global ramifications

Racism
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Daily discrimination

Most Mexicans are keenly aware of racism and class divides

Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Who are we?

Spain’s colonial rule has left marks on Mexico

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving

Sustainability

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving