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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.

Raphael Mweninguwe

Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers

EcoGen, a Malawian start-up, transforms animal waste into biogas and bio-fertiliser, providing farmers with affordable energy and sustainable farming solutions. This innovation helps reduce reliance on firewood and chemical fertilisers.

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Precious common property

Global crisis hurts independent media in poor countries

Tax havens
Georg Stoll

“Rhetorical change”

Tax havens hurt development, says Georg Stoll of the Tax Justice Network

Media
Edward Girardet

Save lives and boost accountability

Humanitarian agencies neglect media duties in countries hit by catastrophes

Sustainability
Will Swanson

Learning to Be

UNESCO Conference on sustainability and education in Bonn

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Help Obama

Obamas initiatives deserve international support

Foreign policy
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Germany lacks an Africa strategy

Foreign-policy think tank bemoans lack of German strategy on Africa

Pakistan
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

“Obligations of Pakistan’s government”

Wieczorek-Zeul assess situation in Pakistan in interview with D+C

Target groups
Sören Scholvin

Prescribed independence

Pitfalls of the participation principle

Comment
Saleemul Huq

Grasp the opportunity of crisis

Global financial crisis opens opportunities for action on climate

Aid effectiveness
Nina Helm

Grassroots governance

Donors coordinate efforts on local governments and decentralisation

Poverty Reduction

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

Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
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Financing development and climate goals

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
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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.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust

Sustainability

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust