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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.

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values

Humankind’s religions share a common core of values, as the Swiss theologian Hans Küng prominently argued. He called it the “global ethic”.

Civic participation
Michael Konow

Grassroots matter

In Niger, civil society needs support at the grassroots level

Good governance
Maria Elisabeth Rotter

Sensible but insufficient

Plans for the European Endowment for Democracy are heading in the wrong direction

Multilateral summit
Antonio Tujan Jr.

“A rather solid  foundation”

Civil society leader finds Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation promising

Brief History
Vera Dicke

New paradigms in a new millennium

From Rome to Busan: a brief history of the High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness

Africa
Mamadou Lamine N’Dongo

Regional cooperation

Why development results depend on regional integration in Africa

Policy ownership
Karin Slowing Umaña

“We must learn to say no”

Guatemalan leader wants donors to pay more attention

Policy advice
Fabian Scholtes

Bridging the gap

How to interest aid agencies adn policymakers in research

Aid effectiveness
David Booth

Subtly distorted

Responsible policy ownership of developing countries is a goal and must not be taken for granted

Print edition

Contents January issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of January's print edition with links to all contributions

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Assume responsibility

Too little, too late – the Durban agreement on climate protection

Poverty Reduction

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy