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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.

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”.

Trade policy

Opening markets is not enough

EPAs: Why free trade alone doesn’t make an economy grow

Safety nets
Vera Dicke

Beyond charity

Social security must not stay a luxury item

Comment
Jayati Ghosh

Summit? What summit?

G20 language does not paper over disagreement

West Africa
Mohamed Gueye

The long road to emancipation

Why Africans do not worry about slow EPA progress too much

Regional Integration
Kiranne Guddoy

Caribbean challenges

The EU's Economic Partnership Agreement with Cariforum has not made much progress yet

Climate protection
Peter Hauff

Difficult business

Challenging business: CDM application in Indonesia

Comment
Ursula Schäfer-Preuss

Close the gaps

Why development policymakers must not neglect Asia

Regional integration
Suvi Dogra

The politics of “congagement”

"Congagement" marks China's and India's approach to Asian neighbours

Sustainable development
Hans-Peter Repnik

Rio20+

Preparing for Rio20+

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Converging views

Views converging on developmental role of private sector

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