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Common pool resources
Eduardo Araral

Overcoming a tragedy

Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom’s contribution to develpment theory and policies

Public-sector reform
Andreas Foerster

Donors must be patient

Harmonised donors need patience concerning public-sector reform in Zambia

OECD
Sebastian Paulo
Helmut Reisen

Old habits, new donors

How the OECD should engage China in debate on aid

Elections
Susanne Giese

Democracy prevails in Ghana

The reasons for Ghana’s success at holding democratic elections

Pharmaceuticals
Christian Splett

Life-threatening plagiarism

The global trade in fake pharma

Africa
Lorenzo Cotula
Sonja Vermeulen

Precious soil

The pros and cons of large-scale land purchases by foreign investors in developing countries

Climate Change
Ann-Kathrin Schneider

Unaware of risks

Huge Dam projects in the Himalayas pay no attention to global warming

Electric power
Sandip Chattopadhyay

Rural self-sufficiency

South Indian village is self-sufficient in terms of power generation

Regional integration
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Out of touch

Slow progress on regional integration in Africa

Higher education
Ved Kumari

Justice matters

Law schools must teach students complex notions of justice

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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