The 2030 Agenda has successfully set a normative framework for global cooperation. Yet, the implementation of this agenda is characterised by power struggles and unresolved contestations.
The meetings were designed to examine, from a Southern perspective, the implications of COVID-19 on the effectiveness of international development cooperation.
We joined forces to respond to the social crisis resulting from the economic losses and the public health emergency that affected Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Focusing on the issue of gender equality is not only a necessity but an emergency for Pakistan.
In Nigeria, children of poor households are forced to quit school and support their families as COVID-19 leaves their parents jobless. I
This new year is a good time to reflect on the public policies that have been implemented or proposed to deal with the social and economic impact of COVID-19, but also with the institutional and political effects.
If the Danish Prince would have been around today, he would have possibly called upon Bangladesh not to"suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", but to "take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them".
A mother of three in Kampala is quoted saying “Hunger will kill us even before we die of this virus.”
The hardest-hit sectors by the pandemic have been those that require more intense interaction between people. Four such sectors account for two-thirds of women's job losses.
Africa's shift to green/renewable energy has been relatively sluggish compared to the global average. The slow adoption of green energy on the continent is attributed to many factors, outlined in this article.
