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Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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The climate crisis leads to more severe weather events like flooding, destroying harvests worldwide.

Our view

Integrated rural development matters more than ever

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by Hans Dembowski
Restricted trade means higher prices: grain ship from Ukraine near Istanbul.

Global governance

How to safeguard food security in climate crisis

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by Joachim von Braun
An illustration prepared on behalf of One Health Colombia, a non-governmental initiative, for a conference.

Evidence-based policy

Global One-Health debate is not properly balanced

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by Christina Pettan-Brewer
In South Asia, bats transmit the Nipah virus.

Our View

Environmental destruction exacerbates health needs

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by Hans Dembowski
UN World Water Development Report 2023.

Basic needs

At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved

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by Prince Thompson
UN secretary-general António Guterres is keen on a multilateral tax agreement.

Government revenues

Why UN probably cannot deliver more on taxes than OECD

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by Hans Dembowski
Deng Xiaping’s personal authority mattered less than competent administration based on evidence and a shared vision: poster in Shenzhen in 2019.

Development studies

Why development depends on a national elite’s shared vision

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by Hans Dembowski
A doctor measures the arm circumference of a severely malnourished baby in Somalia.

Nutrition

Boys face undernutrition too

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by Michael B. Krawinkel
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then Sri Lanka’s president, with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo in early 2022.

Global Governance

Why “global south” is not a useful term

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by Hans Dembowski
Livestock farmers in Ethiopia feel the impact of prolonged drought.

2030 Agenda

Sustainable Development Goals "almost unachievable"

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by Sabine Balk
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