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  • Briefings
    • The forcefulness of political movements
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      • Political movements express discontent - and where civil-society space is limited, they become campaigns for democracy
      • Healthy nutrition is a matter of public awareness and political will
      • The coronavirus pandemic is affecting societies and economies around the globe
      • Capital markets' growing interest in investments' environmental, social and governance impacts
      • Re-assessing the controversial term "development"
      • National traumas can stand in the way of development
      • Forests are important ecosystems, deliver relevant resources and serve climate protection
      • Global warming and overuse are making access to water ever more precarious
      • Humanity urgently needs a transition to renewable energy
      • The world population is growing more slowly, but ageing fast
      • Health problems disproportionally affect econmically disadvanted people
      • Tech start-ups help, but much more is needed to generate millions of decent jobs in developing countries
  • Topics
    • New 07/01/2021 – by Sarah C. Schreiner

      Urban growth can cause water supply problems

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      • Civil society and local government
      • Sustainable business and sustainable environment
      • Democracy and the rule of law
      • Disasters and humanitarian relief
      • Employment and the fight against poverty
      • Food security and agriculture
      • International relations and cooperation
      • Peace and human security
      • Physical and social infrastructures
  • World regions
    • New 30/12/2020 – by Rahman Abbas

      My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing

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      • Sub-Sahara Africa
      • Southeast Asia and Pacific
      • South Asia
      • MENA Middle East North Africa
      • Latin America and the Caribbean
      • East Asia
      • Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia
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    • 22/12/2020 – by Dagmar Wolf

      Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

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      • Nowadays
        Daily life in developing countries (published on Mondays).
      • In brief
        Summaries of trends, conferences, studies and wiki-like briefs.
      • Opinion
        Comments and interviews concerning globally relevant developments (published on Fridays).
      • In depth
        Detailed assessments of developmental issues in the relevant context.
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        What is on our editor's mind.
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    • 14/12/2020 – by Markus Rudolf

      Who is caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia’s recent conflict

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New 16/01/2021 – by E+Z/D+C
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Deradicalisation
New 15/01/2021 – by Ahmad Mansour, Sabine Balk

“Teaching democracy is just as important as teaching maths”

Ahmad Mansour, expert in extremism prevention, calls for more democracy education in schools and integration courses
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Digitalisierung
New 14/01/2021 – by Julia Maria Fesser

Do not expect too much of digitised education

Digitalising education in developing countries is complex and requires individually tailored solutions
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KfW
New 13/01/2021 – by Sanna Stockstrom, Matthias Zilbauer

KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico

The “EcoCasa” project offers financial incentives and technical support to help real estate developers boost energy efficiency
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Energy efficiency
New 12/01/2021 – by Sanna Stockstrom, Matthias Zilbauer

Climate targets require energy-efficient buildings

Construction and operation of buildings account for almost 40% of the world’s energy-related CO2 emissions
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Informal vendors
New 11/01/2021 – by Raphael Mweninguwe

A battle for the streets

Informal vendors fight for the right to sell on the streets of Malawi
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Blog
New 10/01/2021 – by Hans Dembowski

German government officer assesses the limits of ODA

Competences needed for improving international aid efforts
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Urban development
New 08/01/2021 – by Sarah C. Schreiner

Why real-estate prices are rising fast in Istanbul

For the most part, Istanbul’s city council is giving real-estate developers free rein
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Urban development
New 07/01/2021 – by Sarah C. Schreiner

Urban growth can cause water supply problems

In Istanbul, drinking water has gone from being an affordable public good to a commodity
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Urbanisation
New 06/01/2021 – by Diana Mitlin, David Satterthwaite

Stages of improving neglected communities’ lives

There are many dimensions to upgrading an informal settlement, so improvement programmes operate at several levels
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Informal settlements
New 05/01/2021 – by Diana Mitlin, David Satterthwaite

Local ownership is crucial to making slums more liveable

Since informal urban settlements cannot be eradicated, the point is to improve living conditions there
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The forcefulness of political movements
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How political movements differ from formal organisations – and why non-violence often leads to success
Aiming for a more egalitarian society, Chileans will revise their constitution
West Africa: Why President Ouattara’s election victory remains controversial
Why the constitutional referendum did not end Algeria’s political crisis
Why Nigeria’s government found itself forced to disband a notorious police in October
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Recent blog contributions

German government officer assesses the limits of ODA
Why I fear Ethiopia’s new conflict may prove long and brutal

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Urban development
For the most part, Istanbul’s city council is giving real-estate developers free rein
Urban development
In Istanbul, drinking water has gone from being an affordable public good to a commodity

Briefings

  • Healthy diets
    • Our view
      In regard to healthy diets, all world regions need better education
    • Traditional crops
      In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons
    • Healthy nutrition
      Political will and raising public awareness are the basis for good nutrition
    • Lifestyles
      Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic
    • Food security
      In Zimbabwe, people increasingly worry not what, but whether they will eat tomorrow
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  • Covid-19 diary
    • Our view
      Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected
    • Digitalisierung
      Digitalising education in developing countries is complex and requires individually tailored solutions
    • Health
      Zambia’s rise in dead-on-arrival cases may result from misconceptions about Covid-19
    • Child brides
      Despite a law banning marriage under age 18, Malawi is seeing an increase
    • Corruption
      Thefts of Covid-19 medical supplies highlight Kenya’s corruption problem
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  • Sustainability and finance
    • Our view
      Why financial stability hinges on investors taking into account environmental and social impacts
    • Public finance
      African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability
    • Sustainable finance
      Sustainable financing is a precondition for mobilising private capital
    • Entrepreneurship
      Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability
    • Development lending
      Even during a global pandemic, debt relief should not be granted across the board
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  • Understanding development
    • Our view
      To achieve the SDGs, humankind needs strong and competent institutions at national as well as supranational levels
    • International relations
      Why stereotyped ideas of developed and developing nations are not helpful
    • UNDP
      UNDP chief explains how the concepts of “human development” and “sustainable development” are converging
    • Global trends
      If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast
    • Sociology
      Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good
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  • Traumatised nations
    • Our view
      Nations are nothing natural, but human-made “imagined communities”
    • International Criminal Court
      Demands for criminal accountability can be an obstacle to peace
    • Trauma
      An inadequate reckoning with the past is standing in the way of lasting peace in the DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
    • Sexual violence
      Nepal must urgently reform its sexual violence laws
    • Land restitution
      To make amends for colonial-era crimes, Germany should fund Namibian land restitution
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  • Indispensable forests
    • Our view
      Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways
    • Populist governance
      Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro falsely says deforestation is not a problem
    • REDD+
      REDD+ money is reinvested in forest protection and sustainable land use
    • Africa
      Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries
    • Nature conservation
      A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius
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  • Water supply and climate crisis
    • Water crisis
      The climate crisis and overuse of water put the water supply in many countries at risk
    • Urban life
      2019 Chennai suffered a terrible drought – after devastating flooding four years earlier
    • International cooperation
      How to improve urban water supply in sub-Saharan Africa
    • Water crisis
      Chile faces serious water shortages due to the climate crisis
    • Governance
      Mauritius’ water-supply problems result from faulty bad governance
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  • Energy
    • Our view
      Covid-19 has dramatically reduced energy consumption around the world, providing an opportunity for a rethink
    • Infrastructure
      Many Ugandans still rely on traditional biomass for energy purposes
    • Tumbling oil price
      The news went from bad to worse for OPEC in April
    • Wind and solar
      Africa is exposed to serious climate risks, but the continent contributes very little to global carbon emissions
    • Energy policy
      Zambia’s dependence on hydropower is becoming increasingly problematic
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  • Demographic trends
    • Our view
      Global trends must be managed in ways to ensure that 11 billion people can live good lives on Earth
    • Population growth
      Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend
    • Population trends
      Both ageing societies with declining populations and growing, youthful ones face serious challenges
    • Teenager
      Pakistan shows why comprehensive sex education would improve young people’s lives
    • Ageing and social protection
      For the care and social protection of Africa's aging population, governments must now take action
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  • The forcefulness of political movements
    • Our view
      How political movements differ from formal organisations – and why non-violence often leads to success
    • Chile’s constitutional referendum
      Aiming for a more egalitarian society, Chileans will revise their constitution
    • Power struggle
      West Africa: Why President Ouattara’s election victory remains controversial
    • Algeria
      Why the constitutional referendum did not end Algeria’s political crisis
    • Police misconduct
      Why Nigeria’s government found itself forced to disband a notorious police in October
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