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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Turkey’s government cracks down on Cumhuriyet

Silencing the media is a sign of weakness

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How Europe can benefit from Asia's rise

EU needs to speak with one voice

International exchange
Eva-Maria Verfürth

African-German Youth Initiative launched

Germany and African Union cooperate in African-German Youth Initiative

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Technocrats don't appreciate democratic deliberation

Yugoslavia's civil war was triggered by structural adjustment

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The great ironies of Erdogan’s career and ideology

Populist triumph can only destabilise Turkey further

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Distorted rhetoric at ADB conference

Why the general public often does not properly understand multilateral affairs

Democracy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Undermining Turkey’s democracy

Erdogan’s tragedy

Winter Olympics
Jane Buchanan

Troubled legacy

IOC promises to learn lessons from human-rights abuses in Sochi

Asia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Multilateral banks honeymoon

The first co-financing effort looks promising, but ADB and AIIB may yet become fierce adversaries

Social and environmental standards
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Let’s race to the top

NGOs praise ADB for environmental and social safeguards but want better implementation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers

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
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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.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy