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In brief
Nansen Initiative
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda on what to do about disaster displacement

Infrastructure
Kacana Sipangule

Trade needs ports

Landlocked developing countries struggle with high trade costs and depend on transit countries

Adapting to climate change
Linda Engel

Valuable protection

The WAVE initiative calls attention to the value of ecosystem services that are provided by mangroves and coral reefs

Inequality
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

World economy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Adapting to climate change
Feisal Rahman

The way forward

Bangladesh has made progress on adapting to climate change, but more must be done

Civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Inadequately regulated

In both Pakistan and India, legislation fails to ensure that NGOs meet minimum standards of transparency and accountability

EU trade policy
Theresa Krinninger

Same rules for all

Experts demand change of course in international trade policy

Corruption Perceptions Index
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Populism boosting corruption

Transparency International urges government to break vicious circle

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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.

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.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”