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...

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

Schools

Formal education must be of practical relevance

Higher school enrolment in Africa is leading to new challenges

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.