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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z
Southeast Asia and Pacific
Makeshift shelters
Ridwanul Hoque
Ashraful Azad

Lives saved temporarily

As food and housing prices have skyrocketed after refugee influx in Bangladesh, host communities suffer serious hardship

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Limits of sovereignty

In view of China’s growing international engagement, we need a good definition of “south-south cooperation”

Disinformation
Ika Ningtyas

Fighting false information

To prevent conflicts during the upcoming elections, Indonesian journalists aim to fact-check online information

Media
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Brave professionals

By hounding the Rappler website, President Duterte of the Philippines is intimidating journalists in general

Water
Ika Ningtyas

Bamboo means water

Forests can store water for droughts – for example in Indonesian villages

Extra-judicial killings
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

“War against the poor”

Bishop Pablo David wants the Philippine government to stop its “cruel and simplistic“ campaign against illegal drugs

Rule of law
Edith Koesoemawiria

President Widodo’s war on drugs

In 2015 and 2016, Indonesia executed 18 drug offenders

Health care
Frank Bliss

Free access for the extremely poor

The Health Equity Fund is improving access to health care for the poorest people in Cambodia

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In human history, opium was always an important commodity

This drug is both blessing and curse

Technology
Benjamin Kumpf
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Generating broad-based wealth

UNDP innovation expert assesses pros and cons of new digital technology

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Poverty Reduction

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

BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women