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WTO
Fabian Bohnenberger

No signs of sweeping reform

Why developing countries should become more assertive in international trade talks

Change of government
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Restart needed

Mexico’s new president has promised a new policy on security and drugs-related crime

Organised crime
Steve Rolles
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Prohibition empowers gangs”

Why the war on drugs is making SDG achievement more difficult

Afghanistan
Janet Kursawe

A sad record

Most illegal opiate profits accrue outside Afghanistan

Drinks and drugs
Ridwanul Hoque
Sharowat Shamin

Cracking down on the disadvantaged

Alcohol and drugs are prohibited in Bangladesh, but enforcement is biased against the poor

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Free trade” in the 19th century

Illegal drugs and politics: current problems and the historical background

Rule of law
Edith Koesoemawiria

President Widodo’s war on drugs

In 2015 and 2016, Indonesia executed 18 drug offenders

Narcotics
Julian Quintero
Julia Jaroschewski
Sonja Peteranderl

“Drugs are in our country’s DNA”

Drugs permeate all levels of society in Colombia

Donor action
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Bismarck’s tools for nation-building

Social protection is a driver of healthy economic development

Childhood
Frank Masanta Jr.
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Education as key to overcome inequality

Social activist assesses the situation in Zambia concerning education and unequality

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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.

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

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”