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Mygration Story: From destruction to empowerment
30 September 2016
I was born in Aachen, a child of a German mother and a Palestinian father. As a German, I am the owner of the most ‘powerful passport’ in the world -- a passport that grants me the freedom to travel and visit the most beautiful places around the globe. Yet, my Palestinian roots were s...
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My Internship at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27 September 2016
Master's student Nassim Abba recently completed an internship at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We asked him and his internship supervisor Ms. Nicole Maes how the Master's programme in Public Policy and Human Development prepares students to take up positions as interns, trai...
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SDG+1: Turning Words and Plans into Concrete Budgets
22 September 2016
The world is an unfair, unequal, insecure and unhealthy place for about half its population. Around 30% of ‘us’ have no access to adequate healthcare when needed, and 40% face a complete or near-complete loss of income security when a personal or a national economic crisis strikes. At...
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SDG+1: Will Raising Taxes Cover the 2030 Agenda?
20 September 2016
A country’s ability to close the fiscal gap is based on its tax revenue, and there are three clear reasons for this. First, since the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda, implementation is mainly the responsibility of the countries themselves, not NGOs or the priva...
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The end of migrants as we know them?
19 September 2016
The upcoming UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants holds the promise of progress. But ahead of the summit, communications staff are pushing a warped view of migrant diversity. Even the International Organization of Migration (IOM) is straying from its mission to uphold the human dignity...
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Why It’s Time to Get Serious about Migration and Development
19 September 2016
This is the sixth post in our series ahead of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, 19 September 2016. The full series covers several key aspects of migration: from governance and health, to environment and culture, to development and forced migration. A round-up post will follow s...
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SDG+1: How Much Will the Education Goal Cost to Realise?
16 September 2016
On the education front, the MDGs were no paradigm-shifters -- but from a policy perspective their sheer scope did help drive the global development agenda for education. Some 15 years after the Millennium Declaration, how much progress has there been across the development indicators ...
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SDG+1: How Much Will the Health Goal Cost to Achieve?
14 September 2016
Health is one of the core elements in human capital development and is explicitly presented under Goal 3, which aims to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. This goal is far more inclusive than its predecessor and seeks to put the issue high up on the 203...
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How International is Maastricht and UNU-MERIT?
13 September 2016
How international is Maastricht? According to the City Council of Maastricht, there were 16,933 non-Dutch residents registered in the city, as of 31 December 2015 — making up 13.8% of the population. Non-Dutch citizens living in Maastricht come from a diverse range of countries....
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