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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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Violence in the classroom is too common: a school in Uganda.

Training

Preventing teacher violence

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by Laura Hinze
Corporal punishment and humiliation are still part and parcel of schooling in many countries – as here in Benin.

Educational practices

The dire consequences of school violence

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by Laura Hinze
Autocratic leaders like Vladimir Putin felt encouraged by Donald Trump.

Blog

Democracy versus kleptocracy

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by Hans Dembowski
HDR 2020 includes the most latest edition of the HDI as well as the first ever edition of the PHDI.

Sustainability

Environmentally enhanced Human Development Index

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by Michael Steffen
This GIZ office building in Bonn was inaugurated in 2019.

GIZ

How the GIZ is learning from experience

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by Hans Dembowski
Students from around the world study in Cologne.

Universities

The merits of studying abroad

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by Sudeh Dehnavi

The economics of biodiversity

Completely rethinking economics

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by Katja Dombrowski
Staff member at a Ghanaian internet café in 2009.

Our view

Literacy empowers, so schools must do a good job

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by Hans Dembowski
Relevant science-based information is freely available on the internet: front page of Climate Analytics’ Australia report.

Scientific literacy

Why everyone should understand climate change

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by Carmel McNaught
Masses of people deserve better and cheaper connections.

Digital divide

National broadband plans for faster, affordable internet

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by Claudia Isabel Rittel