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Gender
Shireen Lateef

“Broaden women’s  choices”

Asian women deserve broader choices

Renewable Energy
Joseph Miller

African wind farms

Decentralised wind farms for Africa

Good governance
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

Tricky benchmarking

The challenge of assessing measures designed to promote better governance

Crime
Joseph Miller

Borderless illegality

Global crime is a global challenge

Interview
Andris Piebalgs

The troops may leave, but the EU will stay

Europe’s Development Commissioner Piebalgs on aid to Afghanistan and other crisis countries

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A less than perfect candidate

In spite of evident weaknesses, Lagarde was appointed IMF managing director

Workers’ rights
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A victory for household helpers

ILO passes convention to protect household helpers

Public Finance
Omari Issa

“Taxes don’t bother investors much”

Why investors do not worry much about developing countries’ tax rates

Central Asia
Hannelore Börgel

In the shadow of Afghanistan

The precarious socio-economic situation is undermining stability in Central Asia

Malawi
Raphael Mweninguwe

Lower fish prices

Malawi: Lower fish prices

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

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

Why Kenya is on fire
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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