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Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

In brief
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

News of the week

Relevant news – 25 April to 1 May

Private sector
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Coherent business promotion

GIZ and German chamber of commerce cooperate closely in Maputo

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Equal rights for all

Discrimination is a global phenomenon – but some places are worse than others

Conservation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Tourism protects

Mountain gorillas are the only great apes whose numbers are growing

Relevant reading
Nina Eschke

Protecting and promoting minorities

Relevant reading: how to protect minorities

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 18 April to 24 April

Disability and inclusion
Lara Reiser
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“Blind people have little hope of finding a job”

As a weltwärts volunteer, the blind Lara Reiser is currently working at a school for blind and visually impaired children in Cameroon

Multilateral affairs
Erik Solheim

“Tax holidays are counter-productive”

DAC Chair Solheim says it makes sense to use aid to improve tax revenues in developing countries

Sexual minorities
Rebecca Renz

Look through “LGBT glasses”

German development agencies could do more in support of sexual minorities

The German Chamber Network
Winfried Borowczak
Friedrich Kaufmann

Linking business and development policy

New Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mozambique wants to engage private-sector companies for development goals

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Gender Equality

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

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
Why you might find our newsletter useful
The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance