Articles by region:

Elasticsearch Mini

Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z
Meinung
Press clippings

Lost credibility

International media on elections in Haiti: Lost credibility

Interview
Barbara Unmüssig

“Step in the right direction”

What remains to be done after the climate summit in Cancún

Comment
Mathieu Régnier

Moving forward on biodiversity

CBD members agree Nagoya Protocol on access to genetical resources

Comment
Jayati Ghosh

Clueless in Seoul

G20-leaders proved clueless in Seoul

Interview
Peter Pedersen

“Schools without roofs”

Anti-corruption chief at Asian Development Bank assess experience in an interview

Comment
Klaus Schaeffler

Rigged elections

Gerrymandering has hurt Venezuela’s opposition in recent elections

Interview with Thomas Loster
Thomas R. Loster

“25 countries are not enough”

Possible results of Cancún’s climate summit in December

Comment

No time to catch one’s breath

Guatemala is increasingly struggling with freak weather

Comment
Liliana Rojas-Suarez

Serious exchange-rate stress

From a Latin American perspective, both the USA and China are to blame for the “currency wars”

Interview
Mana Neyestani

“Two sorts of red lines”

Exiled Iranian cartoonist reaches out to public on the web

Subscribe to Meinung

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.

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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