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Poverty Reduction
Measuring success
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics

Dynamic growth
John Wesley Kabango

Remarkable Progress

Rwanda has prospered under the determined leadership of President Kagame

Bangladesh
Marianne Scholte

No “basket case”

Bangladesh is a development success, not a basket case

Infectious diseases
Andrea Holzäpfel

“We need staying power”

How KfW Development Bank is fighting infectious diseases

China
Ayumi Konishi

“The leaders want to solve problems”

An ADB expert assesses China’s developmental success

Global challenge
Lea Ferno

The right to health

Lea Ferno: Civil-society organisations want global health care to become a cross-cutting topic that concerns all government departments

Market analysis
Marlis Kees

Measuring sustainability

GIZ has developed a method to assess the market potential of fuel-efficient cookers

Development assistance
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Tapping new sources

For the world to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, more money will be needed – a new OECD report shows were to get it from

Education
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

The difficulties of becoming an artist

Many African artists find it difficult to get vocational training

Subsidies
Anthony J. Jude

Counter-productive policy

ADB expert spells out why subsidies for fossil fuels are bad policy

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions