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Poverty Reduction
Youth movements

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before.

Teenagers

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

That masses of young people around the world only get information about sexuality online is dangerous.

Youth movements

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Respectful tourism

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Sri Lanka

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

More tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka after multi-pronged crisis

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Elections

Mexico’s first female president

The result of Mexico’s recent election was historical for several reasons

German ODA

Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Why Svenja Schulze, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, should reject the utilitarian slogans of market-orthodox liberalism and populist nationalism.

Sustainable development

Nepal must grasp opportunities that tourism offers

Himalayan nation can benefit from foreign visitors, but must control cultural and environmental harm.

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Our View

Make tourism environmentally and socially sustainable

Around the world, tourism is rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic, and there are negative consequences too. Global tourism must be made more compatible with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Democracy

Modi won, but no longer looks invincible

Because masses of India’s left-behind people voted against the incumbent government, its leading party, the Hindu-supremacist BJP, now depends on allies, no longer enjoying a parliamentary majority of its own.

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Sustainability

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