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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dwindling food security in East and Central Africa

“Fighting the reasons of flight” is a long-term challenge

Civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Inadequately regulated

In both Pakistan and India, legislation fails to ensure that NGOs meet minimum standards of transparency and accountability

US politics
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A populist party and its unpresidential president

Seven weeks of Donald Trump in office

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Germans’ unwitting racism

UN panel assesses situation of people of African descent in Germany

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

South Sudan’s famine is entirely human-made

The world is watching a country on the road to genocide

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kolkata is making progress, but slower than I had hoped

Judges play a role in urban development in India

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dhaka – a fast changing agglomeration

Dramatic urban development in Bangladesh

Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Setting the right example

Why ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, is becoming a beacon of democracy

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Revolutionary romanticism is misleading

Why Costa Rica beats Cuba

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Worthless promises

Populists deny the legitimacy of diverging interests

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African responsibility for climate justice
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Mexico’s first female president
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India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
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Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
When qualifications don’t decide your career

Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders