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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”.

Memories
Walter Scheel

“Germany no longer had colonies”

Walter Scheel discusses his time in office as German development minister

50 years
Gilles Carbonnier

The challenges ahead

A Swiss view on Germany’s development policy and the challenges of the future

Global governance
Leelananda de Silva

An outdated set-up

How to improve the UN Development System

Relevant reading
Johanna Bergmann

Indispensable imagination

Visions of a sustainable future

New security index
Peter Hauff

Somalia scores worst

New security index: Somalia scores worst

Franco-German development aid
Peter Hauff

A first in South Sudan

France and Germany bundle their resources to support the water sector in South Sudan

Comment
Anne Jung
Marie Müller

Appearances can be deceptive

Civil society representatives are disappointed in Kimberley Process

Aid effectiveness
Dirk Niebel

More than a passing fad

Ahead of the next High Level Forum on Aid effectiveness, Germany’s development minister emphasises the principle of managing for results

Mulitlateral policymaking
Melanie Müller

The myth of a global civil society

Too few NGOs from developing countries take part in climate summits

Aid effectiveness
Claudia Schwegmann

A call for openness

Why donor agencies should grant open access to their data

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