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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.

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.

IMF
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

The IMF’s huge loan to Argentina was not fit for purpose

The IMF made many mistakes in its $ 57 billion loan programme in Argentina. Here are some lessons learned

Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Safety and new jobs for displaced scholars

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative helps at-risk researchers to come to Germany

Water
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Boreholes to nowhere

Groundwater resources in Zimbabwe are being depleted through over-use

Climate justice
Praveen Jha
Praveen Jha

Climate justice cannot be left to market dynamics

There is an international trend to draft green deals, but they are not up to task

German Policymaking
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Towards an equitable world

Svenja Schulze, Germany’s new federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has told D+C/E+Z what her priorities are

Nationalist warfare
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Putin’s attitude is imperialist and his mindset paranoid

Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is totally unacceptable

Livestock farming
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Fodder for the dry season

Planting cattle-feed crops saves many heads of cattle from death due to drought

Transformation to sustainbility
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Outdated paradigms
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

Development cooperation
Conrad Schetter
Katja Mielke

In spite of the Taliban, Afghanistan deserves help

To support Afghanistan’s people, international community should restart development cooperation

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.

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”

Sustainability

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

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”