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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z
Demokratisierung
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

When elections cause more problems than they solve

Institutions matter at least as much as votes

Democracy
Ellen Thalman

A long way to go

Experts call for more western support for the democratic movement in Tunis

Elections
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Democratic shift to the right

Argentinian elections indicate Latin American trend towards conservative restoration

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal charges four more suspects

Tackling genocidal violence

West Africa
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Starting anew

Burkina Faso returns to democracy in presidential election

Rohingya
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Next wave of refugees looming

Report assesses the situation of Rohingya people in Myanmar

Terrorism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Roots of violence

D+C contributors assessed background of Islamist terrorism before Paris atrocities

Books
Katharina Borchardt

Confronting a trauma

Current Indonesian literature focuses on the terror of the Suharto dictatorship

Governance
Rozina Islam

Defining corruption

Ideas about corruption diverge, so the term needs to be defined clearly

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Great nations

What makes a nation great

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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