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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.

Hans Dembowski

Hans Dembowski

euz.editor@dandc.eu

is editor-in-chief of D+C/E+Z.

All articles of Hans Dembowski

Digitalisation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Four important tech trends

The meanings of artificial intelligence, automation, big data and blockchain

Technology
Benjamin Kumpf
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Generating broad-based wealth

UNDP innovation expert assesses pros and cons of new digital technology

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What The Economist gets wrong about liberalism

175 years of praising free enterprise

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The USA is in constitutional crisis

In the USA, even conservative media pundits consider Trump dangerous

Global affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do what you preach

Mahbubani’s criticism of the west deserves attention; his praise for authoritarian Asian leaders does not

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

China’s aid lending is neither entirely good nor totally bad

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Financial markets
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Turkey’s lira in downward spiral

Trump has not caused Turkey’s financial problems, but he is compounding them

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Longer and better lives

Why nationalism and zero-sum thinking add up to a recipe for disaster

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

It is still too early to assess the future of NAFTA

Trump exaggerates what USA has achieved in talks with Mexico

Demographic change
Alisa Kaps
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Lives are now 20 years longer

Birth rates go down as standards of living improve

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Financing development and climate goals
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Reforming development finance
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How South Africa negotiated its new government
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African responsibility for climate justice
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Disagreement between China and the Paris Club
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Tangible action needed in Pakistan
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Financing health systems for informal workers
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Why many Africans must rely on informal health care
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Aditi Roy Ghatak
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
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Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
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There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Giving voice to the voiceless
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Colonialism and environmental preservation in Brazil
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Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
Boro Baski
Boro Baski
Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

Poverty Reduction

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges

Sustainability

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges