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In brief
Internet
Lisa Feldmann

Spreading development-relevant information

Why energypedia matters

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Harmful competition

World Bank and AIIB must not only pay lip service to social and environmental standards

Orthodox economics
Iwan J. Azis

Beyond structural reforms

The standard IFI stance on structural reforms is neither totally wrong nor entirely correct

Business
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Risks can be minimised

Experts encourage companies to invest in Africa despite risks

PEGNet: call for papers

Regional integration in theory and practice

PEGNet: call for papers

IMF
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

European discomfort

The IMF’s role in the euro crisis is awkward

Climate change
Ellen Thalman

Loss and damage gets a boost

Experts call for a global market price for carbon emissions

Myanmar
Ellen Thalman

“Suu Kyi must extend power”

Expectations run high as Myanmar’s first freely elected parliament convenes

Poverty
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau

New poverty line better reflects reality

World Bank updated key indicator for measuring poverty

Islam
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Neglected heritage

What people should know about Islam’s pluralistic legacy

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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.

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”