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Sustainability
Aid effectiveness
Claudia Schwegmann

A call for openness

Why donor agencies should grant open access to their data

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Pave the way to the green economy

Europe must pave the path to the “green economy“

Comment
Raphael Mweninguwe

Summer of discontent

Malawi’s president is defying donors as well as civil society organisations

Aid effectiveness debate
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Demanding democratic ownership

A call for democratic ownership of development programmes

Development and environment
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

African perspectives

Supporting environment-friendly development in Africa

KfW Development Bank
Uli Brunner
Jens Drillisch

Appropriate grids

New grid infrastructure is needed to make full use of renewable energies

Multilateral politics
Liane Schalatek

Another opportunity

Ahead of the UN climate summit in Durban, the Green Climate Fund is taking shape

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Global governance
Henning Melber

“To save us from hell”

The lasting lecagy of UN General-Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld 50 years after his death

Advice to Germany’s Federal Government
Benno Pilardeaux
Karin Boschert

Roadmap to a green society

German government’s advisory board on global environmental change demands world-wide transition to Green Society

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

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
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court