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Editorial

»» Family law changes over time

Monitor

»» More than 1 billion people are suffering hunger

»» Putting research on HIV/AIDS vaccine in proportion

»» In brief

»» World Development Report calls for climate-related investments

»» China: Beyond censorship as we know it

Focus

»» Women’s rights in Unganda in view of the bride-price burden

»» South Africa struggles to enforce modern family legislation

»» Gender-neutral language clouds discrimination against women in India

»» The UK’s unacknowledged reality of legal pluralism

»» Experts discuss women's right in Muslim law

Tribune

»» Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom’s contribution to develpment theory and policies

»» The pros and cons of world-market orientation in India’s leather industries

»» How to bring santiation to marginalised urban settlements

InWEnt Forum

»» EPA talks are stalling, capacity building might help

»» Climate debate at Alumniportal Deutschland

»» Diplomats assess German-Asian cooperation

Debate

»» "Let's hope UN withdrawl from Pakistan is indeed temporary"

»» IMF has grown stronger, but long-term role remains unclear

»» 2oth anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Background

Rapper Smockey

The roles of creative artists

Artists tend to be irritating. Not only are many of them ambitious and vain; they also point out shortcomings and problems. If they hit the nerve of their time, however, they shape people’s view of the world.

Development & Cooperation

Current issue

No. 11 2009, Volume 50, November 2009

GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit