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Zivilgesellschaft
Globalisation sceptics
Martina Sabra

Many open questions

World Social Forum in Tunis boosts leftist, secular and feminist forces in the Arab world

Interview
Mark Pyman

Transparency is feasible

Transparency International assesses 82 governments’ defence-related corruption risks for the first time

International Finance Institutions
Korinna Horta

Most relevant review

The World Bank is reviewing its social and environmental Safeguards – and civil society organisations fear dilution

Local government
Monica Huber
Wolfgang Kaiser

Mixed feelings

Peru’s NGOs want government decentralisation to serve social goals and public participation

Arab spring
Yasser Alwan

“Jobs are hard to find”

An eyewitness assesses Egypt's situation two years after the uprising against Hosni Mubarak: "Tough and confusing times"

Sustainability
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

Conferences of consequence

Global environment summits like Rio+20 trigger new initiatives in China

Digital activism
Sonja Peteranderl

Live from the favela

Internet opens windows on life in Brazilian favelas

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Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts