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Hintergrund
Multilateral agenda

Unprecedented – but underfunded

The SDGs cannot be achieved unless that agenda is properly financed in low-income countries

ODA

The end of certainties

The dominance of migration targets is the defining change in development policy

South-South cooperation

Cooperation of the future

South-south and triangular cooperation are important for achieving the SDGs

Global affairs

Pecking order of nations

Arrogant US approach is boosting nationalism in China and undermining multilateral policymaking

Public finance

Improving African tax revenues

Better revenue services in Africa hinge on national action as well as a facilitating international environment

Impact investing

SDGs offer business opportunities

Expert from Brookings Institution assesses different sources of SDG funding

Climate finance

Ambiguity instead of accountability

The international community urgently needs a clear definition of what exactly counts as climate finance

Elections

Democracy in West Africa

Troublesome trend: recent elections in Senegal, Benin and Nigeria have revealed serious problems

Global policymaking

Time to face the challenge

Why the market of SDG finance is immature, according to the OECD, and what should be done about it

Traditional healers

Respect the local context

In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

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