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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

ADB and AIIB share interest in infrastructure

Changing landscape of development finance

Interview
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

“Pool and share knowledge”

The role of the Asian Development Bank and other IFIs in the eyes of Germany’s BMZ

Comment
Timur Tinç

Peace must be top priority

Why many Turkish citizens feel that Erdogan is part of the problem, not the solution

Identity politics
Theresa Krinninger

Dangerous polarisation

The humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine challenges civil society

Civil strife
Conrad Schetter

“Bandits in uniform”

In view of ISAF withdrawal, violent conflicts are intensifying in Afghanistan

Wool
Sabyr Toigonbaev

“The finer, the better”

Cashmere from Kyrgyzstan is distributed on global scale – the primary producers, however, do not get a fair price

Radicalisation
Theresa Krinninger

A better life in the caliphate

ISIS is recruiting fighters in Central Asia

Tuberculosis
Vera Dicke

Saving lives through discipline

Tuberculosis remains a huge challenge in Central Asia

Peacebuilding

Committed journalists

Building democracy in Afghanistan requires international support. In the media, the groundwork has been done

Election campaign
Conrad Schetter

Lasting relevance of violence

Afghanistan’s two remaining presidential candidates share many policy ideas

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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