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In brief
Development cooperation
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Fewer soldiers, more jobs

Beyond ISAF: German government announces cooperation plans for Afghanistan up to 2017

Urbanisation
Ellen Thalman

Slums and gated communities

Global community must rise to challenges of rapid urban growth

Print edition

Contents March issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of March's print edition with links to all contributions

Technology
Christina Stobwasser

Assessing global costs

IT purchasers must pay attention to social and environmental standards, since demand has an impact on supply

Governance
Christina Stobwasser

Mixed picture

Governance is improving in Africa, but still leaves much to be desired

Peace
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Mobilising resources for peace-building

Fragile states have to mobilise domestic resources for development

War stories
Ellen Thalman

Narrating the unspeakable

Why even professional media coverage of wars tends to be increasingly distorted

News

In brief

Homophobic law in Uganda, the freedom of press and the number of wars

Print edition

Contents February issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of February's print edition with links to all contributions

Civil society
Ellen Thalman

G8 nations at fault

Human Rights Watch finds fault with USA, Russia and the EU

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”

Sustainability

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

Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”