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Governance
New media
Norbert Herrmann

Free and meaningful

Useful and unexpensive: zivil society organisations should use web-based social media

Safety nets
Vera Dicke

Beyond charity

Social security must not stay a luxury item

Comment
Eva-Maria Verfürth

The past returns

Central American countries on track towards traumatic past

Comment
Samwar S. Fallah

Election won, legitimacy dented

Johnson-Sirleaf’s less than splendid election triumph in Liberia

Interview
Ralf Melzer

“In Libya, the transition will be harder”

The transition will be harder in Libya than in Tunisia

Comment
Ursula Schäfer-Preuss

Close the gaps

Why development policymakers must not neglect Asia

Local communities
Jörn Geißelmann

The cultural dimension

UN agencies are supporting culture sensitive development in remote regions of China

Social security
Markus Bär

Protecting the poor

The PPP investment fund LeapFrog is promoting the micorinsurance sector

Climate protection
Nataly Jürges

Buying up emissions

Thanks to the CDM, more Nigerian families can afford to buy fuel-efficient cooking stoves

Strategic orientation

The discovery of secondary benefits

What German NGOs dislike about the Development Ministry's stance towards the private sector

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything

Governance

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court