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Development and cooperation

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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.

Debt sustainability
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Buying time

Argentina has dodged a bullet with a debt restructuring deal – for now

Africa-Europe partnership
Bernd Bornhorst

Building bridges

VENRO is calling for more participation from local actors in the AU-EU partnership

Our view

Fighting for democracy

The EU should do more to promote democracy around the world

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

No ethics, no sustainability

Why financial stability hinges on investors taking into account environmental and social impacts

International cooperation
Luiz Ramalho

New partners, global goals

New players have entered the arena of international cooperation and new patterns of partnerships have emerged

Sociology
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconciling diversity and the common good

Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good

Informal sector
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Devastated businesses

Zambia’s informal sector has been hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

SDGs
Christiane Rudolph
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Indispensable private sector

DEG assesses development impacts precisely and intends to promote women more

Development lending
Leny van Oijen
Christian Penda Ekoka

Consider the quality of debt

Even during a global pandemic, debt relief should not be granted across the board

Mobile phones
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Ringing up sales

Little-known Chinese brands are taking over the smartphone market in Zambia

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