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Leon Valentin Schettler

leon.schettler@uni-potsdam.de

contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring 2018 as research associate of the University of Potsdam project mentioned in the essay. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG) and directed by Professor Andrea Liese. Field research was conducted in Haiti, Niger, Colombia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire.  

All articles of Leon Valentin Schettler

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

Building trust

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International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

The dark side of aid

The time is ripe to reform development cooperation with Haiti

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

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