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Development and cooperation

D + C

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.

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Business incubation
Ely Manel Faye

Building digital nations

Tech hubs are proliferating all over the world, but face particular challenges in Africa

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Security-focused modernisation has failed in Afghanistan

An attempt to build peace in Afghanistan – with the Taliban

Health services
Andreas Wulf

Good care for all

The debate on what kind of health care best serves the poor

Our view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Systemic market failure

Poverty and poor health are closely interrelated, so public health care is indispensable

Staff and infrastructure
Martin Rohacek

Emergency care in rural Tanzania

Emergency care in rural Africa can be delivered even with limited resources

Marginalisation
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Stranded in the slums

Zimbabwe’s urban population is growing fast, and many of the new arrivals end up in slums with disastrous living conditions

Trade and migration
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Fighting the causes of flight

SWP report examines the links between trade policy and migration

ECOWAS
Karim Okanla

Mere first steps

Not everyone is happy about West Africa’s CFA Franc being set to become the Eco

SMEs

Innovative drivers of sustainable development

The Up-Scaling programme of DEG, the German development finance institution

Private-sector development
Christiane Laibach
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The right balance”

Innovative start-ups make a difference in Africa, but on their own they cannot generate enough jobs

Poverty Reduction

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

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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.

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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?

Governance

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

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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds

Sustainability

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds