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International relations
Sabine Tonscheidt

A call for global engagement

Germany enjoys worldwide respect as a guardian of Western values

Migration
Lea Diehl

Shared standards

What the global migration agreement is worth remains to be seen in everyday life

Turkey
Timur Tinç

One-man state

The policies of Turkish President Erdogan are destroying trust in Turkey both at home and abroad

Social media tax
Edward Ronald Sekyewa

Negative impacts

Social media use in Uganda is now being taxed, affecting businesses in a negative way

Information technology
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Digital forces and ethical challenges

India must prepare for dramatic digital change

Manufacturing
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Automation in a low-wage country

Whether the robots replace workers depends on complicated cost calculations in Mexico

Digitalisation
Patrick Ruether
Vikrom Mathur
Urvashi Aneja

#AIforAll

Digitalisation offers opportunities, but also goes along with huge risks in India

Technology
Benjamin Kumpf
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Generating broad-based wealth

UNDP innovation expert assesses pros and cons of new digital technology

Technology
Wilfried Lütkenhorst

Digital disruption

The digital revolution may make low-wage industrialisation less likely

Human rights
Michael Windfuhr

A worrisome trend reversal

In order to resist the trend towards authoritarian populism, it is important to un-derstand what is driving it

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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”