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Public Finance
Omari Issa

“Taxes don’t bother investors much”

Why investors do not worry much about developing countries’ tax rates

Central Asia
Hannelore Börgel

In the shadow of Afghanistan

The precarious socio-economic situation is undermining stability in Central Asia

Taxation
Astrid Templin
Matthias Witt

Trust in the state

A good tax system promotes people’s trust in the state

Safe drinking water
Frank Bliss

400 wells for 20 ethnic groups

Digging wells is quite demanding in a setting of great ethnic diversity

Authoritarian rule
Chief K. Masimba

Technology is not the answer

It takes courage, not only facebook, to topple an autocratic government

Aid effectiveness
Harald Leibrecht

Trilateral cooperation makes sense

Why triangular cooperation of advanced nations with emerging-market and developing countries makes sense

Government revenue
Horatius Egua

Ambitious reforms, good results

Nigeria is moving forward on enforcing tax laws

Technological progress
Jan Peter Schemmel
Saskia Nagel

Debating consequences

Technologial innovations’ risks and benefits

Faith-based politics
Maren Zeidler

Divided nation

Irritating Turkish AKP – religious rhetoric and liberal reforms

Sustainable forestry
Thomas Jaeschke
Heike Friedhoff

Rainforest and climate protection

How to protect the Amazonian rainforest

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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.

Reimagining African folktales
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

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