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In brief
Mafia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Gangsters colluding with governments

Brazilian scholar warns that prohibition is compounding drug-related problems

Urban Development
Monika Hellstern

Inclusive cities

The state needs to support active citizens to make South African cities more inclusive

Agriculture
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital farming

How digitisation can benefit commercial farms in India

Kofi Annan
Friederike Bauer

Special relationship with Africa

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan cared deeply about Africa

Education
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Cultural change

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation

Digitalisation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Four important tech trends

The meanings of artificial intelligence, automation, big data and blockchain

Industry 4.0
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The digitalisation of world trade

Digitally-enabled trade on the agenda of G20 summit in Buenos Aires in late November

United Nations
Michael Windfuhr

70 years of human rights policy

How human rights gained traction in the past 25 years

Skills training
Nassir Djafari

Low standard, wrong content

Why the MENA region lacks domestically trained ICT experts

Neglected tropical diseases
Monika Hellstern

Forgotten patients

Neglected patients need better healthcare systems

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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