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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Digital monthly

11/2024

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South Asia
Muhammad Nawfal Saleemi

In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy

After 77 years of independence, Pakistan’s society, economy and politics are still marked by institutions established by the British Empire.

Our view
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

History did not end

To this day, colonial legacies mark many world regions. Former colonial powers thus still bear a responsibility for the fate of peoples they subjugated in the past.

Illicit drugs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How opium became a pillar of the British Empire

Britain’s East India Company ran a highly profitable, but brutally exploitative narco-state in the Gangetic plains and exported highly addictive opium to China.

Poverty Reduction

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

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Gender Equality

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

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Governance

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

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Sustainability

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

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains