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Sustainability
Gerd Müller

From free trade to fair trade

Gerd Müller, German minister for international cooperation and development, demands fair rules for sustainable export industries

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Niche market: fair trade

Consumers’ purchasing choices can have an impact on how goods are produced

Technology industry
Nanjira Sambuli

Making Africa a better place

Why Nairobi’s innovative start-up community needs global links

Senior citizens
Raphael Mweninguwe

Witchcraft murders

Many people in Malawi believe that witchcraft causes death

Policymakers’ dilemma
Renata Buriti

Lessons from Mariana

Brazil should learn lessons of Mariana disaster and make economic development environmentally sustainable

Relevant reading
Nassir Djafari

Oil and development

Oil wealth does not necessarily prevent democratic development, researchers find

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Technocrats don't appreciate democratic deliberation

Yugoslavia's civil war was triggered by structural adjustment

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Gina dos Reis
Jürgen Kaiser

Debt crisis ahead

Mozambique’s most recent corruption scandal shows where excessive dependency on commodity exports leads

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Market dynamics ­versus human rights

Not much progress on improving occupational safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry

Comment
Ibrahim Mohammed

Hard time to be president

Nigeria’s economy is in deep crisis

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood