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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Interview
Barbara Unmüssig

“Step in the right direction”

What remains to be done after the climate summit in Cancún

Microfinance
Oliver Schmidt

Tragedy in Andhra Pradesh

The reasons for the microfinance tragedy in Andhra Pradesh

World affairs
Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

“I’m not sure the G20 will survive”

Brazililan economist: „I am not sure the G20 will survive“

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Lasting challenge

MDGs are already a success

Environment
Cathrine Schweikardt

Opportunities of climate protection

International community must rise to global challenge of environmentally sustainable growth

Economic growth
Heike Bürskens

Private sector crucial to Millennium successes

For a successful poverty reduction and climate protection the private sector is required – urgently

Macroeconomic trends
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Things could have been worse

African economies are rebounding after financial crisis

Municipal cooperation
Peter Hauff

Grassroots of democracy

Development policy needs local partners

European Union
Cathrine Schweikardt

A wake-up call for less arrogance

Africa-EU-Partnership JAES needs revitalisation

Private sector
Stefanie Bauer

Building peace

A strong private sector makes lasting peace more likely

Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students
The hard lot of old people

Gender Equality

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

The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving

Governance

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue

Sustainability

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue