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In brief
News

In brief

Cyclone hits Indian coast, Lampedusa disaster, IPCC report on climate change, post-2015 debate and more

Budget support

Tax-induced independence

Richard Gerster: Fiscal reforms reduce Mozambique’s dependency on donor’s budget support

Civil war

Promoting democracy

Arab Reform Initiative sees three-front war in Syria and demands that pro-democracy forces get support

Food security

Wasting valuable grains

According to FAO, a third of all food produced worldwide is wasted

Print edition

Contents October issue

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

Media

Overcoming stereotypes

The image of Africa in Germany is often marked by stereotype

News

In brief

Death row for Indian rapists, support for Somalia, state of emergency in Egypt, the Trade and Development Report 2013 and the G20 summit

Forestry

Sustainable use

Governments and the private sector must make the timber trade more sustainable

Europe

Growing complexity

David Kleimann and other scholars argue that EU trade policy is over-ambitious

Public Health

“People shouldn’t go bankrupt when they fall ill”

Developing countries need universal health coverage, and they need support to achieve that goal

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Sustainability

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