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Gender

Women’s shadow councils in Palestine

Women’s shadow councils lend support to Palestinian councilwomen

Editorial

All politics is local

Devolution of government powers to sub-national levels deepens democracy and serves long term stability

Sanitation

Access to better toilets

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements

Liberia

Appointed by the president

Why elected local governments would be good for Liberia

Kenya

The new tier  of government

Kenya's new counties give people more say at the local level, but governance challenges persist

Local government

Meet Mayor Erap, the former president

More than a mere rerun? Joseph Estrada, the Philippines former president, is now running his nation’s capital city

Manila

Dysfunctional complexity

Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual

Faith-based activism

Essential matters

Why human rights depend on civil-society activism and what role the churches can play

Comment

Second chance

Nepal cannot thrive on tourism alone and needs more diverse opportunities

Development cooperation

Fewer soldiers, more jobs

Beyond ISAF: German government announces cooperation plans for Afghanistan up to 2017

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Sustainability

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