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Liberia
Till Blume

Liberia’s difficult reconstruction

Success and failure of President Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia

Zimbabwe
Meike Scholz
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Country without hope

Mugabe sworn in again after violence

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Double assessment

Editorial: Elections measure two things

Stolperstein Wahlen
Christian Strohal

Testing OSCE observations

Testing OSCE observations

Elections
Eldred V. Masunungure

Blocked democratisation

Zimbabwe’s blocked democracy

Promoting democracy
Regine Reim

Important volunteers

Taking part in OSCE election observations

Elections
Ghassan Atiyaah

Elections without reconciliation

Without reconciliation, there can be no democracy in Iraq

Elections
Kean Wong

Kingmaker Web 2.0

Web 2.0 and the transformation of the public sphere in Malaysia

Elections
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

“Observers, not diplomats”

Lessons EU election observers learned in Kenya

Relevant reading
Gero Erdmann

The power of elections

Review essay: the power of African elections

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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