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Urban environment
Mohit Ray

Old mirrors

Ponds belong to Kolkata’s heritage and must be protected to the benefit of future generations

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

All politics is local

Devolution of government powers to sub-national levels deepens democracy and serves long term stability

Twin cities
Stefan Wilhelmy

Tackling climate issues

Local governments in Germany draft and implement climate policies with twin cities in the Global South

Sanitation
Isabel Günther
Alexandra Horst

Access to better toilets

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements

Liberia
Samwar S. Fallah

Appointed by the president

Why elected local governments would be good for Liberia

Kenya
Agnes Abuom

The new tier  of government

Kenya's new counties give people more say at the local level, but governance challenges persist

Local government
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Meet Mayor Erap, the former president

More than a mere rerun? Joseph Estrada, the Philippines former president, is now running his nation’s capital city

Manila
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dysfunctional complexity

Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual

Migration
Christina Stobwasser

Torn life

What China's migrants aspire to and how they cope with daily challenges

Employment

Transcultural training

German managers learn about informal vocational training and slum life in Mumbai

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Poverty Reduction

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

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient

Sustainability

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

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient