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Political environment
Christoph Kannengießer

Stability promotes economic development

Upswing requires the right environment in a developing country

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

State of lawlessness in the Philippines

President Rodrigo Duterte’s iron fist won’t make Filipinos safer

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gabon needs total recount

Autocratic rule is an important reason people flee from African countries

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Rough path

Why economic development is linked to export diversification

Sexism
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Media can foster or fight ­violence against women

Media needs to fight stereotypes when reporting about women

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

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Rural urbanisation

How to push rural development

Terrorism
Niaz Asadullah

Look beyond private schools

Not only in view of terrorism, Bangladesh needs better schools and better governance

Summer special
Eva-Maria Verfürth

A girl walks home alone at night

A vampire western in Farsi was produced in the USA and is attracting international attention

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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