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Comment
Martin Khor

Asserting UN authority

The South Centre's Martin Khor applauds the recent UN summit on the global economic crisis

Sustainability
Klaus Töpfer

“Tackle two crises at once”

Former head of UNEP puts financial crisis, climate change and mega-city development into context

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Farewell, G8

G20 summit only took small step in the right direction

Multilateral institutions
Ronny Bechmann
Gerhard Ressel
Oliver Lerbs

Lessons from the past

The visions of World Bank chief economist Justin Yifu Lin

Food Security
Ellen Thalman

FAO summit with scant results

Food Security: FAO summit with scant results

Rising giants

Rising giants

World trade

Liberalisation has done Africa more harm than good

Liberalisation has done Africa more harm than good

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Poverty Reduction

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

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?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

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.

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
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

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
Pakistan’s politically assertive women