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Contributors

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Kathrin Berensmann

Kathrin Berensmann

kathrin.berensmann@die-gdi.de

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2022 as senior researcher and project leader at the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

All articles of Kathrin Berensmann

Trade policy
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Clara Brandi

After the financial crisis

New trade barriers hurt least developed countries

Global leadership
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Thomas Fues
Ulrich Volz

Informal power centre

The G20: an informal power broker with growint developmental relevance

Macroeconomic trends
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Things could have been worse

African economies are rebounding after financial crisis

Development finance
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Preventing unsustainable debt

Due to global crisis, over-indebtedness looms large

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When qualifications don’t decide your career
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Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Marva Khan
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Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Kathrin Berensmann
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There are many ways you can be scammed on the web in Africa
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Imran Mukhtar
Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
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Virginia Mercado
Mexico’s first female president

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

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Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
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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.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
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Sustainability

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
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Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust