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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Demokratisierung
Democracy
Cathrine Schweikardt

Clear rules and methods

New IDEA handbook on electoral justice

Journalism
Tilo Grätz

Grassroots challenges

Benin’s community radios are struggling with many problems, but they are important nonetheless

Press clippings

Lost credibility

International media on elections in Haiti: Lost credibility

Interview
Peter Pedersen

“Schools without roofs”

Anti-corruption chief at Asian Development Bank assess experience in an interview

Comment
Klaus Schaeffler

Rigged elections

Gerrymandering has hurt Venezuela’s opposition in recent elections

Interview
Mana Neyestani

“Two sorts of red lines”

Exiled Iranian cartoonist reaches out to public on the web

Media
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

International voices

International media on constitutional referendum in Kenya

Interview
Peter Molt

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda”

“Democracy does not stand a chance in Rwanda“

Representative democracy
Cathrine Schweikardt

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Afghanistan’s female MPs lack unity

Comment
Mohammad Ali Khan

The army must not do too much

The army must not reconstruct too much in Pakistan’s rebel areas

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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