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Development and cooperation

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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.

Farai Shawn Matiashe

Using WhatsApp to access health care in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean innovators have built a chatbot connecting pharmaceutical drug vendors and registered health-service providers to customers. It is used via the WhatsApp messaging application.

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Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Too little, too late

Too little, too late

Peacekeeping

An exceptional option of coercive force

Peacekeeping I: An exceptional option of coercive force

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Dangerous tragedy

Dangerous tragedy

NGOs in conflict situations: Good will alone is not enough

NGOs in conflict situations: Good will alone is not enough

Things are different now

Things are different now

No “race to the bottom”

No “race to the bottom”

Responsibility for people and markets

Responsibility for people and markets

Sierra Leone

No peace with blood diamonds

No peace with blood diamonds

Development assistance

Aid agencies warn of “flash in the pan”

Aid agencies warn of “flash in the pan”

Growth models

Wrong path

Wrong path

Poverty Reduction

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

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When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries
Hard working female head porters in Ghana

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts

Sustainability

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

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts