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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Poverty Reduction

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

Ravi Khetarpal
Roli Mahajan

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security

To date, agricultural research has been mostly geared to issues relevant to high-income nations. Developing countries’ national agricultural research systems (NARS) deserve much more influence – and a new consortium is being established to serve that purpose. ...

Psychology
Floreana Miesen

Standardised suffering

Mental diseases are spreading, and must be understood in their cultural context

Street vending
Raphael Mweninguwe

Eyesores and livelyhoods

Unemployed youth populate streets of Malawi’s towns

Print edition

Contents May issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of May's print edition with links to all contributions

Humanitarian assistance
Emily Haber

The dilemma of neutrality

State Secretary Haber sees triple role for Germany's Foreign Office in humanitarian aid

Urban slums
Somsook Boonyabancha
Diana Mitlin

More inclusive cities

Why it is actually not very difficult to tackle urban marginalisation

Humanitarian aid
Jedida Oneko

Hunger in the Horn of Africa

The worst of the east African famine is over – for now

Haiti
Vera Dicke

Reconstruction in slow motion

Two years later, Haiti continues to suffer from the effects of the earthquake in January 2010

Financial services
Peter Hauff

Small servings save development

German municipal savings banks in defence of microfinance

Safety nets
Vera Dicke

Beyond charity

Social security must not stay a luxury item

Comment
Ursula Schäfer-Preuss

Close the gaps

Why development policymakers must not neglect Asia

Poverty Reduction

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

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Gender Equality

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

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
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A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
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Sustainability

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

History did not end
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful