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Academia
Michael Bohnet

Hidden links

Bridges from scholarship to policymaking

Wastage
Mirja Michalscheck

Thirsty city

Private households in Amman could use much less water

Donor harmonisation
Peter Nunnenkamp
Hannes Öhler
Rainer Thiele

Not much progress

Donors have not made much progress on harmonisation

Growth scepticism
Barbara Unmüssig

Another attempt to save the planet?

Rio+20: Another attempt to save the planet?

Urban slums
Somsook Boonyabancha
Diana Mitlin

More inclusive cities

Why it is actually not very difficult to tackle urban marginalisation

Infrastructure
Sunita Narain

Why cities cannot simply flush

Indian cities have a sanitation problem

Growth scepticism
Petra Pinzler

Happiness is a child with a popsicle

Happiness economics: growth has its limits

Ecology
Melaku Worede

“Smallholders matter most”

The world community depends on African smallholders and their landraces

Official development assistance
Henning Andresen

Less is more

Why less development aid might sometimes deliver more

Facilitating engagement
Gabriela Büssemaker

“A solid shared roof”

”A solid roof“

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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.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Sustainability

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

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges