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D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Contraceptives
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A global public good

Individual choices and the common good: challenges of family planning

Urbanisation
Ellen Thalman

Slums and gated communities

Global community must rise to challenges of rapid urban growth

Print edition

Contents March issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of March's print edition with links to all contributions

Nowadays
Patricia Galicia

Eco-tourism helps community

A village in Guatemala invites eco-tourists to its river in order to boost its municipal budget

Technology
Christina Stobwasser

Assessing global costs

IT purchasers must pay attention to social and environmental standards, since demand has an impact on supply

World Bank
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Martin Kipping

Reforming root and branch

World Bank goes through sweeping reforms to maximise development impact

Information technology
Tayo Akinyemi

“Huge potential”

Information technology has the potential to contribute to economic growth in Africa

War stories
Ellen Thalman

Narrating the unspeakable

Why even professional media coverage of wars tends to be increasingly distorted

Beyond aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Regaining solidarity

Critics want aid to be re-designed in order to promote international solidarity

News

In brief

Homophobic law in Uganda, the freedom of press and the number of wars

Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts