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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Christoph Sommer

christoph.sommer@idos-research.de

is a researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

All articles of Christoph Sommer

Global governance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Yabibal M. Walle
Christoph Sommer
Sabine Laudage Teles

Reforming development finance

Proposed solutions include debt restructuring and cancellation, reform of multilateral development banks and mobilisation of domestic resources

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Mexico’s first female president
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Hugh Williamson
The internet is crucial
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How South Africa negotiated its new government
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Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
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African responsibility for climate justice
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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
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Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
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Alphonce Shiundu
There are many ways you can be scammed on the web in Africa
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Markus Loewe
Financing health systems for informal workers
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Hildegard Lingnau
From GFAR to GFAiR
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David Mfitumukiza
Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
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Achim Steiner
After Covid-19 pandemic, "build forward better"
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Marva Khan
Tangible action needed in Pakistan
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Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
When qualifications don’t decide your career
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Aditi Roy Ghatak
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
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Imran Mukhtar
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged
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Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Mahwish Gul
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
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A powerful role model for African girls
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Ndongo Samba Sylla
Giving voice to the voiceless
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Sheila Mysorekar
Promoting pluralistic discourse
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André de Mello e Souza
Why BRICS+ may prove weaker than expected
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Women, climate and chocolate
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Kathrin Berensmann
Reforming development finance

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework

Gender Equality

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

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
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged

Sustainability

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged