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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.

Focus
Reavis Hilz-Ward

Measuring donor performance

Donor-agency performance must be measured precisely

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Debating precision

Braod-based political discourse is the best approach to evaluation

Evaluation
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau

Involving independent experts

Involving independent experts in monitoring of poverty reduction strategies

NATO
Jürgen Lieser
Peter Runge

More weapons won't help

Military mindset will not solve Aghanistan’s woes

Impact research
Winfried Kalhöfer
Balthas Seibold
Markus Wauschkuhn

From snowball to avalanche

/ InWEnts IT-capacity-building-project in Southeast Asia illustrates the use of monitoring and evaluation

Amazon
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Brazil’s Supreme Court rules in favour of indigenous people

Brazil’s Supreme Court strengthens the rights of indigenous people

Arms trade
Jonas Wollenhaupt

New EU laws for exporting arms

German churches want EU guidelines on arms exports enforced fast

Relevant reading
Niels Keijzer
Gwénaëlle Corre

Rome was not built in one day

Relevant reading on evaluation approaches

Evaluation
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Rita Walraf

Dubious precision

Well considered mix of methods leads to goo evaluation results

Civil society
Miriam Schröder
Melanie Müller

Chinese paths to climate protection

Climate protection matters ever more to Chinese NGOs

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