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Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Billionaire philanthropists mustn't set policymakers' agenda

The pros and cons of the Gates Foundation’s involvement in development affairs

UN 2030 Agenda
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Data look harder than they are

The Gates Foundation’s new report series in support of SDGs needs to become more detailed

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Indispensable public sector

In spite of record ODA level, aid trends are worrisome according to ONE Campaign

Colonial legacies
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An era of darkness

Shashi Tharoor refutes the idea that British imperialism was on a civilising mission in India

Colonial past
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Remembrance and retributive justice

Reconciliation requires more than an acknowledgement of genocide

Social entrepreneurship
Bettina Meier

Companies financing foundation

Togolese company processes organic pineapples that French importers do not want

Social entrepreneurship
Bettina Meier

A balancing act

NGOs are founding companies in order to fund themselves with profits

Terrorism
Moutaz Ali
Farah Waleed

Struggling to survive

Libyan areas that were retaken from the terrorist group ISIS are still not safe

Latin America
Carlos Albuquerque

Dysfunctional governance

Brazil’s democracy is in crisis

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why I find Kurdish independence aspirations worrisome

Sovereignty is part of the problem, not the solution

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders