The sustainable development goals will be ratified by the United Nations next week but there are a few lessons it should learn from the failed millennium development goals.
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Whenever the crisis in Burundi is discussed, the economy is often overlooked, even though it is central to understanding the backdrop to the most severe crisis since the end of the civil war.
Science and technology is seen as a key driver of a nation’s economic fortunes. How is the African continent faring a decade after the first major global survey on countries’ performance?
After decades held by Peru’s Maoist guerilla rebels, a clutch of indigenous hostages face a whole other attack on their way of life.
Doctoral studies are valued as an engine for development in Africa. If doctoral graduates are to meet this challenge, the very structure of the doctoral programme must change.
I recently noticed a tweet from @CareersatBAT about how British American Tobacco South Africa had packed 200,000 meals of donated food for the Million Meal Challenge being run by Stop Hunger Now Southern…
Globally, evidence points to children becoming less active because they would rather play computer games than be outdoors.
Africa needs to protect the Sibudu cave from development.
For decades, higher education in developing countries has not been a priority for international aid donors. That is now changing.
The world needs an alliance of leading well-being economies, a WE7, to lead it in the 21st century. It would be the first step towards a global network committed to a sustainable future for the planet.
Investment for profit and development should lie at the heart of a solution for the imbalances in Greece and Europe.
The Global South will be left out in the cold if trade deals go ahead.
The White Paper on Developing Northern Australia represents the most comprehensive attempt yet to think through the development possibilities of the north.
In our study, it was the comparison groups of children who showed a visual learning style, not the children with autism.
Pakistan’s crackdown on foreign charities isn’t just security paranoia – it’s an attempt to stamp out bad PR.
A new method measures the hard data that makes it possible to distinguish which governments actually deliver results from those that don’t.
Who cares more about environmental issues: people in rich countries, or not-so-rich countries? A survey suggests it’s those in poorer places who are more vulnerable to issues like climate change.
Bjorn Lomborg’s “consensus” approach involves ranking global development policies by their ratio of benefit to cost. But this hard-headed economic rationale can actually end up entrenching inequality.
The relationship between Nepal and the international development industry has long been difficult. But the work of Nepalese youth groups gives grounds for hope.
The G20 has pledged to spend more than US$60 trillion on new infrastructure in the next 15 years, much of which will affect pristine areas. Without a solid plan, the environmental toll could be huge.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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