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Sustainability
Afghanistan
Brigitte Sadzik

Loans for small businesses

Microfinance schemes are making a difference in Afghanistan

Slow-motion modernisation
Winfried Borowczak
Friedrich Kaufmann

Encourage entrepreneurs

Enduring rent-seeking mentality stifles entrepreneurship in Mozambique

Illegal employment
Veronica Frenzel

Life in the shadows

Economic crisis hurts illegal migrants in Spain

Sustainability
Klaus Töpfer

“Tackle two crises at once”

Former head of UNEP puts financial crisis, climate change and mega-city development into context

Relevant reading
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa
Jean Bourdon

Struck by crisis

Review article: The global financial crisis impact on universal primary education

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Overblown argument

Dambisa Moyo’s anti-aid argument is completely overblown

Digital divide
Claudia Isabel Rittel

A new era dawns on Africa’s east coast

Faster internet access in eastern Africa

Comment
Hermann E. Ott

A call to collective action

Only heads of states and governments can lead the way out of climate impasse

Renewable energy
Ernst Rauch

Saharan sun to power Europe

Desertec plans to generate power from Sahara sun

Climate
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Final sprint at snail's pace

Climate negotiations inch forward slowly ahead of Copenhagen

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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