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Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

300 pages, 250 years, 8 generations

Yaa Gyasi’s first novel explores the brutal history of how the slave trade shaped West Africa and North America

Anti-democratic policies
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

The threatening danger of fascism

Former US Secretary of State warns that democratic values are being undermined incrementally

Violent strife
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Rekindling the war on drugs

Why destroying Colombian coca fields with pesticides may backfire terribly

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Left-wing populists cause hardship too

What Venezuela and Zimbabwe have in common

Economic doctrines
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Mutual obligations

Paul Collier's new book is a response to the twin shocks of 2016: Brexit and Trump

Disinformation
Ika Ningtyas

Fighting false information

To prevent conflicts during the upcoming elections, Indonesian journalists aim to fact-check online information

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a backward-looking leader

Bangladesh's recent elections were neither free nor fair

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Involve the people

Good legislation must reflect people’s views and contribute to solving their problems

Media
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Brave professionals

By hounding the Rappler website, President Duterte of the Philippines is intimidating journalists in general

Human rights
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Limited freedom of expression

Media is increasingly under pressure all over the world

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
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

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.

Junk food in school
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

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
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