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BMZ
Michael Bohnet

Shifting paradigms

The BMZ must face global challenges

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Welcoming refugees is right response to Paris atrocities

West must counteract ISIS propaganda of clashing civilisations

Books
Katharina Borchardt

Confronting a trauma

Current Indonesian literature focuses on the terror of the Suharto dictatorship

Governance
Rozina Islam

Defining corruption

Ideas about corruption diverge, so the term needs to be defined clearly

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Great nations

What makes a nation great

Burundi needs institutions, not a strongman

Women’s empowerment
Khadija Farhana

Money for women’s businesses

Special grants help poor women in Bangladesh’s urban areas

Renewable energy
Boris Schinke
Conrad Schetter

The social dimension of “desert power”

Research project on the social impacts of a concentrated solar power station in Morocco

Online propaganda
Ute Schaeffer

Countering the media strategy of ISIS

Media must fight ISIS’ online propaganda

Refugees
Jana Jagalski

Last exit

How the EU is contributing to causes of flight

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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