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Sustainability

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

International cooperation

New partners, global goals

New players have entered the arena of international cooperation and new patterns of partnerships have emerged

Sociology

Reconciling diversity and the common good

Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good

Informal sector

Devastated businesses

Zambia’s informal sector has been hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

SDGs

Indispensable private sector

DEG assesses development impacts precisely and intends to promote women more

Development lending

Consider the quality of debt

Even during a global pandemic, debt relief should not be granted across the board

Mobile phones

Ringing up sales

Little-known Chinese brands are taking over the smartphone market in Zambia

Germany’s Federal Government

Encouraging enthusiasm

In his new book, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development makes radical and relevant demands

Private-sector banks

No money for coal

Study demonstrates that private-sector banks are acting with "extreme irresponsibility" in relation to the climate crisis

Support pledges

Insufficient funding

Due to Covid-19, mid-Eastern crisis countries need more international support than ever

Syria

Difficult reconstruction

Reconstruction in Syria - challenges and possible courses of action