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In brief
Inequality
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Self-serving middle classes

Hopes that rising incomes automatically lead to more activism for good governance are probably exaggerated

Print edition

Contents June issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of June’s print edition with links to all contributions

Commodities
Gerrit Wiesmann

Escaping the resource curse

It is difficult, but not impossible to escape the resource curse

Migration
Stefan Rother

Touchy issue

Migrants are becoming more vocal in demanding human rights, but progress remains slow

News

In brief

Military coup in Thailand, Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin, new momentum in climate talks, Egypt's presidential elections and a recent ILO report

Sports event
Ellen Thalman

Economic frustration

With World Cup looming, Brazilians are protesting because of economic frustrations

Print edition

Contents May issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of May's print edition with links to all contributions

Development research
Linda Kleemann
Maximilian Neumann

Untapped potential

Researchers admit they should do more to reach out to policymakers and professionals from development agencies

Health
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Cooking stoves kill

Over 7 million deaths annually are caused by air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation

Armament
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Many conflicts – many weapons

Mixed messages in the latest SIPRI yearbook assessing global military expenditure

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

Sustainability

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

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets