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Sustainable development

Bengali doctor says pandemic proved validity of SDG agenda

Covid-19 caused hardship in Bangladesh, but proved less devastating than initially feared

Women’s rights

Partnering with women’s groups can curb gender violence

Local women’s rights groups are often overlooked when global aid organisations plan responses to humanitarian crises. This should change

International trade

The WTO has not collapsed, but it does look shaky

The big promises of the Doha Development Round did not come true

World economy

Multilateral order faces toughest test since World War II

Why Ukraine war may sound death knell for world-market integration

Food security

“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

Research must pay more attention to family farms, says Hildegard Lingnau of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

Financial transparency

USA tops this year’s Financial Secrecy Index

According to the Tax Justice Network, G7 members are slowing down global progress regarding financial transparency

Relevant Reading

On the way to a multipolar world order

China's rise means the US and Europe need to adjust their foreign policy to avoid losing geopolitical influence

Human rights

Legal frameworks to protect disabled people

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN’s 2030 Agenda guarantee rights to protection and participation

Blogpost

Why Putin’s imperialist war must be condemned

Russia’s attack on Ukraine fundamentally differs from recent western-led military campaigns

Covid-19

Position of the WHO at the beginning of the pandemic

Nationalist and authoritarian tendencies call into question the principle of human rights-based multilateralism

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Sustainability

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