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Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

by D+C / E+Z

18.03.2026

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Civil society

Global reach

by Helene Wolf

06.11.2013

Latin America shows good scores on the Global AgeWatch Index – and Chile scores best: Family of Mapuche Indians.

Social policy

First Global AgeWatch Index

by Michael Bünte

05.11.2013

China’s New Rural Pension Scheme reaches 133 million people over the age of 60: elderly Chinese men.

Demographics

Pensions for all elderly people

by Charles Knox-Vydmanov

04.11.2013

Interviewees discussing on questionnaires in Tajikistan.

Development cooperation

Ethical conduct

by Frank Bliss

30.10.2013

Control room of a Kenyan geothermic power plant that was built with loans from KfW and other financial institut..

Interview

Crisis-induced expansion

28.10.2013

Where the cultivation of bio-fuel crops competes with other export crops, food security is not at risk: Tanzanian sugarcane farm.

PEGNet

Challenging complexity

by Hans Dembowski

22.10.2013

News

In brief

21.10.2013

The Asian Development Bank's Social Protection Index

Infrastructure

Not for everyone

by Ipsita Sapra

14.10.2013

Consultation room in a Bolivian community bank.

Microinsurance

Healthy clients

by Caroline Sölle de Hilari

11.10.2013

The revenue service has gained more bite: tax officers at work.

Budget support

Tax-induced independence

by Monika Hellstern

10.10.2013