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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.

Sabine Balk

Sabine Balk

euz.editor@dandc.eu

is a former member of the editorial team of D+C/E+Z. She is currently working for us as a freelancer.

All articles of Sabine Balk

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Less is more

Meat must be produced in an animal- and environment-friendly way

European Report on Development
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Linking finance to policies

Ahead of Addis summit, the European Report on Development focuses on finance for development

Trade
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Opportunities to be grasped

There are ways to boost trade between industrialised nations and sub-Saharan Africa

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Equal rights for all

Discrimination is a global phenomenon – but some places are worse than others

Disability and inclusion
Lara Reiser
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“Blind people have little hope of finding a job”

As a weltwärts volunteer, the blind Lara Reiser is currently working at a school for blind and visually impaired children in Cameroon

Poverty
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Many metrics

There are a lot of new approaches to measure poverty, wellbeing and development

Food security
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Not enough for a healthy life

Malnutrition affects 2.5 billion people and can impair physical and mental development

State revenue
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More taxes, more development

Effective property taxation would benefit Africa’s municipal governments

Ebola epidemic
Margret Gieraths-Nimene
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New challenges

Margret Gieraths-Nimene heads a clinic for less fortunate in Monrovia and set up two Ebola isolation units last summer

Development finance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Hopes and illusions

How the new BRICS bank could change international development finance

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A powerful role model for African girls
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Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
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India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
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There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Financing health systems for informal workers
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Giving voice to the voiceless
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Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
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After Covid-19 pandemic, "build forward better"
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Women, climate and chocolate
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Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
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Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
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Whose development?
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Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
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Kathrin Berensmann
Reforming development finance
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From GFAR to GFAiR
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Walk the talk regarding SDGs
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African responsibility for climate justice
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The internet is crucial
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Promoting pluralistic discourse
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Ben Ezeamalu
Why many Africans must rely on informal health care

Poverty Reduction

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

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
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Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Financing development and climate goals

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.

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
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust

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
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust