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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

Technology
Christina Stobwasser

Assessing global costs

IT purchasers must pay attention to social and environmental standards, since demand has an impact on supply

World Bank
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Martin Kipping

Reforming root and branch

World Bank goes through sweeping reforms to maximise development impact

Information technology
Tayo Akinyemi

“Huge potential”

Information technology has the potential to contribute to economic growth in Africa

War stories
Ellen Thalman

Narrating the unspeakable

Why even professional media coverage of wars tends to be increasingly distorted

Beyond aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Regaining solidarity

Critics want aid to be re-designed in order to promote international solidarity

News

In brief

Homophobic law in Uganda, the freedom of press and the number of wars

Letter

Public response

D+C/E+Z Feedback from our reader

Global challenges
Gerd Müller

Common goal, shared responsibility

Policies on climate protection and international development must be coherent

International Cooperation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Lessons not learned

Mutual distrust in climate and development matters

Municipal climate partnership

Renewable energy for Nicaragua

Bielefeld is supporting climate-relevant projects in its Nicaraguan twin city Estelí

Poverty Reduction

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

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.

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system