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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Demokratisierung
International relations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reconsidering development cooperation

The aid system must adapt to a fast changing world and rise to new challenges

International relations
Sabine Tonscheidt

A call for global engagement

Germany enjoys worldwide respect as a guardian of Western values

Turkey
Timur Tinç

One-man state

The policies of Turkish President Erdogan are destroying trust in Turkey both at home and abroad

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Human rights are universal, not western

Reconsidering democracy promotion

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What The Economist gets wrong about liberalism

175 years of praising free enterprise

United Nations
Michael Windfuhr

70 years of human rights policy

How human rights gained traction in the past 25 years

Human rights
Michael Windfuhr

A worrisome trend reversal

In order to resist the trend towards authoritarian populism, it is important to un-derstand what is driving it

Global affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do what you preach

Mahbubani’s criticism of the west deserves attention; his praise for authoritarian Asian leaders does not

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

China’s aid lending is neither entirely good nor totally bad

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Junk food in school
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

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.

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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

Sustainability

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

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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