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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Latin America is burning

Year after year, valuable ecosystems are destroyed by wildfires. This drives climate change and decimates biodiversity. Slash-and-burn agriculture is partly to blame.

Cassava
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

The little tuber that could

Industrial users of cassava are opening new vistas for Zambia’s farmers

Horn of Africa
Markus Rudolf

Who is caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia’s recent conflict

In Ethiopia’s ongoing Tigray conflict, Eritrean refugees are especially at risk

Senior citizens
Jürgen Focke

A mobilising force

Older People’s Associations organise social security, financial support and political influence for older people

Biodiversity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Digitalisation undermines profit sharing

Gene databases facilitate scientific research, but questions arise regarding the ownership of natural resources

Tourism
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Travelling close to home

Zambia’s travel industry is pinning its hopes on building up domestic tourism

Social media
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Tackling disinformation

Humanitarian workers are confronted with dangerous disinformation regarding health and vaccinations

Humanitarian aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A time of reckoning

Humanitarian agencies are assessing what privilege, racism and inequality mean within their own ranks

One Health
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Holistic approach

To fight zoonotic diseases, KfW development bank endorses the One Health strategy

Macroeconomics
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Keynesianism – then and now

What Keynesianism means, and why it matters today

Macroeconomic policy
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Another Bretton Woods moment

The IMF wants governments to increase their debt in order to respond decisively to Covid-19 and global warming

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