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Interview

Transparency is feasible

Transparency International assesses 82 governments’ defence-related corruption risks for the first time

International Finance Institutions

Most relevant review

The World Bank is reviewing its social and environmental Safeguards – and civil society organisations fear dilution

Local government

Mixed feelings

Peru’s NGOs want government decentralisation to serve social goals and public participation

Arab spring

“Jobs are hard to find”

An eyewitness assesses Egypt's situation two years after the uprising against Hosni Mubarak: "Tough and confusing times"

Sustainability

Conferences of consequence

Global environment summits like Rio+20 trigger new initiatives in China

Digital activism

Live from the favela

Internet opens windows on life in Brazilian favelas

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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.