Development and
Cooperation

Governance

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

After sovereign default, Ghana’s economic challenges persist

After a sovereign default in 2022, Ghana currently depends on IMF support. The government implemented debt restructuring with domestic creditors. The principal outlines of a restructuring deal with external debtors have been agreed on, but not finalised yet. T...

Informal market

Up in smoke: Ghana’s Kantamanto market

Informal traders start reconstruction immediately

Global trends

Around the globe, inequality regarding happiness is deepening

According to the World Happiness Report 2024, holistic, people-centred policies are conducive to a nation’s sense of cheerfulness.

Global environment

Irreversible climate disaster

Earth is in a perilous state because bad-faith propaganda of interest groups tends to outweigh good-faith research by scientists

Uganda

Kampala’s urgent road infrastructure challenges

Uganda’s capital has ambitious plans to become a “smart city.” Recent events have proved how tough it will be to achieve these aspirations, however. The city still faces the daunting task of fixing its road infrastructure.

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Service

International conferences in 2025

Important international conferences in 2025 in the field of global development

Research

Why and how we should question growth

Debates on the feasibility of continuous economic growth have increased. Thinking about degrowth models to reduce material consumption and production in richer countries must strongly involve lower-income countries to avoid a neo-colonial agenda.

Overcoming colonialism

Cooperation, not assistance: overcoming colonial patterns

What would it look like to engage in fair international cooperation that does not uphold colonial structures? That is the question that participants considered at a BMZ event in Berlin. Many called for a new approach to improve partnerships.

Workplace sexual harassment

“If you refuse, he threatens to cut your pay”

Gender-based violence (GBV) in the workplace is still widespread worldwide. In Tanzania, there are several initiatives aimed at empowering female workers. However, there are still challenges, especially in the huge informal sector.

Social media

European democracies under attack from North America

The time has come to apply the EU’s Digital Services Act with determination