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Aid effectiveness
Julia Steets
Kristina Thomsen

Scope for better assessment

Scope for better country assessments at the World Bank

Global Governance
Jaleel Ahmad

New centres of gravity

A note on global-governance reform

World Bank
Qays Hamad

The World Bank’s comeback

World Bank business is expanding due to global crisis

Review
Ingar Düring
Dorothea Rischewski

Equal rights

Relevant Reading: disabilities and development

Interview
Wolfgang Meyer

“The leadership is nervous”

China’s policy in the global finance turmoil

Inclusive society
Maria V. Reina

“Stigma matters a lot”

Enabling the disabled serves development in general

Health
David Whiting

Diabetes as a development issue

Diabetes is becoming ever more common in developing countries

Debate
Jürgen Kaiser

“Decisions should not be made in Paris and Washington”

Global financial crisis will compound problems related to high sovereign debt

Budget support
Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff

Double strategy

Budgetary controls need to be improved in developing counries

Civil service reform
Michael Klein

“Achievements in less than perfect conditions”

Economic progess under less than perfect administration

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving

Sustainability

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving