Development and
Cooperation

In brief

Sea preservation

Preserving coral reefs and mangrove forests

In cooperation with KFW, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund supports marine conservation zones

Lacking opportunities

Emigration would help

Unlike young Europeans in past centuries, young Africans today are denied opportunities overseas

Occupation

Why the western model doesn’t work

Informal employment dominates in Africa – well-paying jobs with social-protection benefits are the exception

Health

An unhealthy tradition

The custom of spousal inheritance is causing HIV/AIDS infections in rural Zimbabwe

Development Effectiveness Rating

Measuring how good a job is

DEG uses new tool for assessing employment quality and developmental impacts

Labour relations

Nightmarish conditions

Workers in India’s informal sector use rather simple technology, so productivity is low

Climate change

Devastating consequences

Climate change may undo Asian development success

Chinese foreign policy

Silk road across the Indian Ocean

China is building trade-related infrastructure in Africa

Climate change

The lasting impacts of the “little ice age”

In the 16th century, global cooling triggered a comprehensive transformation of European society

IT

Development of African ­crowdfunding platforms

The development of national African crowdfunding platforms needs to be gradual

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