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Sustainability
The arts
Stefan Rennicke

Stimulating societal development

The Art in Africa Foundation, a joint venture of UNESCO and Goethe Institut

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

More urgent, more difficult

Copenhagen climate conference

Research
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Work is not everything

Researches focus on decent work

War crimes
Claudia Isabel Rittel

The string-pullers

Germany-based masterminds of Congolese war crimes

Biodiversity
Èric Belvaux
Linda Ghanimé
Mathieu Régnier

Mainstreaming starts at home

Biodiversity is a cross-cutting challenge for development agencies

Comment
Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Guantánamo failure

Four crucial contradictions in Obama’s Guantanamo policy

Private sector
Heike Bürskens
Denise Engel
Dorothe Nett

African opportunities in gobal crises

InWEnt alumni assess African opportunities in global crises

Germany’s Federal Government
Dirk Niebel

“A core issue, not a side issue”

Germany’s new development minister discusses policy in an interview

The arts
Peter Musa

Becoming active

The merits of cultural entrepreneurship in Africa

Novelists
Anant Kumar

“In the constituency, it doesn’t matter”

The significance of India’s authors of international bestsellers

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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.

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
Turning point in sanctions policy

Sustainability

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

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
Turning point in sanctions policy