Poverty Reduction

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

Whose development?

“Global development” is a standard term in international affairs. It roughly stands for improving people’s standard of life. Scholars and policymakers in former colonies, however, like to ask the question: “Whose development?” The point is that the former colo...

Haiti

Dangerous camps

Haiti: Sexualised violence in refugee camps

Journalism

Disaster reporting

Journalists’ job in disaster prevention

Comment

An irony of poverty reduction

MDG 1 remains the greatest challenge

Development goals
Social protection

Ways out of old-age poverty

Societies are ageing in many countries

Fair-trade travelling

Complex issues

Development opportunities and ethical challenges of tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsible tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility in the tourism industry

Comment

A historical step

International Labour Conference acknowledges rights of domestic workers

Global statistics

Careful data management

Disasters and the challenges of database management

Poverty reduction

Goals that make a difference

Accurately assessing the MDGs and meaningful goals beyond

Governance

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

Sustainability

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