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Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Deutschlands
Summer special
Lebogang Mokoena
Linda Engel

"You need to find your feet in a new community"

Lebogang Mokoena, a 25-year-old journalist from South Africa, has been volunteering in Berlin in a nursery school based on Waldorf/Steiner education

Agriculture
Frank Bliss
Karin Gaesing

Indispensable legal certainty

Legal certainty in land-ownership questions is decisive for the battle against poverty

Africa
Thomas Silberhorn

No development without tax revenue

A new partnership with Africa to improve domestic resource mobilisation

Land grabbing
Djeralar Miankeol

Mafia-like networks

Land grabbing will not stop as long as officials are users and investors themselves

Letter to the editor
Winfried Pinger

Marshall Plan with Africa must succeed

African SMEs need better financial services and more competent vocational training, and Germany can help

Land rights
Gunther Beger

Disadvantaged traditional occupants

Secure land rights are a key factor for sustainable rural development

Civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Relevant players

Report offers insights into developmental role of German foundations, but does not provide real overview

Water supply
Anke Peine
Christian Grünhagen

Long-term structural development

Despite civil war in South Sudan, GIZ is working on infrastructure improvement to supply water to people

ODA
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Cross-cutting issues

German development policy report sums up activities and outlines programme for the future

Garment production
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Glimmers of hope

In Bangladesh´s garment industry there are entrepreneurs who are improving working condition for their staff

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Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

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

Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts