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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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South Asia

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

Pakistani dilemma

Internationally, people seem to have tiered of Pakistan’s problems

Journalism
Christina Kamlage
Dirk Asendorpf

Disaster reporting

Journalists’ job in disaster prevention

Representative democracy
Cathrine Schweikardt

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

The army must not do too much

The army must not reconstruct too much in Pakistan’s rebel areas

Afghanistan
Jörn Rossberg

A late realisation

Illusions about Afghanistan’s statehood

Financial inclusion
Laura Ceresna

Banking the rural poor

Financial services have yet to reach the rural masses in India’s Karnataka

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Civilised military doctrine

US military is more geared to civilian goals in Afghanistan than is generally assumed

Jobs for young people
Jinnat Ara
Syed Abdul Hamid

Moving ahead in Bangladesh

Giving young Bangladeshis a chance to find a livelihood

Farmers' rights in India
Suman Sahai

The way it always was

India’s law on plant variety protection and farmers’ rights

Afghanistan

Engaging with the Taliban

Afghanistan conference in London: talking to the Taliban

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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