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    • Diaspora communties
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      • Diaspora communties: potentially powerful drivers of change
      • The coronavirus pandemic is affecting societies and economies around the globe
      • Millions of people cannot afford more than a mere shelter – that has to change
      • 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
      • 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
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    • New 17/02/2021 – by Edith Koesoemawiria

      Jakarta’s lasting challenges

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      • Physical and social infrastructures
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    • New 09/02/2021 – by Timur Tinç

      Divided community with identity problems

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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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    • 01/02/2021 – by Jeffrey Moyo

      A question of life and death

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      Cleaner air for Punjab

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Agriculture

Pesticides are useful, but must be applied responsibly

Top story
New 26/02/2021 – by Patrick Ajwang
Africa is starting to catch up with other regions in the use of chemical pesticides to protect crops. The continent still has a long way to go to ensure that pesticides are used safely and effectively.
Our view
New 25/02/2021 – by Katja Dombrowski

Chemical intensification set to breach planetary boundaries

Only global cooperation can bring about sound chemicals management and sustainability
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Research
New 24/02/2021 – by Frank Bliss, Karin Gaesing

Pathways out of extreme poverty and hunger

Social protection, land ownership and promotion in the agricultural sector can alleviate ultra-poverty
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Health hazards
New 23/02/2021 – by Imran Mukhtar

In Pakistan, toxins put the poor particularly at risk

Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced
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Burundi
New 22/02/2021 – by Mireille Kanyange

Full classes despite Corona

Burundi’s schools stay open during pandemic, keeping a distance is not mandatory
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Immigrants
New 21/02/2021 – by Giselle Zenga, Sabine Balk

Highs and lows of immigrant life in Germany

Three immigrants in Frankfurt tell their story
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Military coup
New 18/02/2021 – by Katja Dombrowski

Where hope lies

The military coup is a major setback for democracy in Myanmar
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Immigrants
New 18/02/2021 – by Mariame Racine Sow, Sabine Balk

Highs and lows of immigrant life in Germany

Three immigrants in Frankfurt tell their story
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Urbanisation
New 17/02/2021 – by Edith Koesoemawiria

Jakarta’s lasting challenges

Even if Indonesia’s government relocates to Kalimantan, the problems of the former capital will deserve attention
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Immigrants
New 16/02/2021 – by Sengül Yalcin-Ioannidis, Sabine Balk

Highs and lows of immigrant life in Germany

Three immigrants in Frankfurt tell their story
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Child prostitution
New 15/02/2021 – by Jeffrey Moyo

Hunger and poverty make young girls sell their bodies

Zimbabwe is seeing a spike in child prostitution as poverty and hunger spread
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Diaspora communties
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Immigration benefits host countries and often also countries of origin
Burundi wants to improve its exchange with its citizens abroad
For many developing countries, reduced remittances and less foreign-direct investment are a double whammy
People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president
Masses of Filipino women live and work abroad
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World regions

Sub-Sahara Africa
Agriculture
Africa is starting to catch up with other regions in regard to pest control
Research
Social protection, land ownership and promotion in the agricultural sector can alleviate ultra-poverty
Southeast Asia and Pacific
Military coup
The military coup is a major setback for democracy in Myanmar
Urbanisation
Even if Indonesia’s government relocates to Kalimantan, the problems of the former capital will deserve attention

Briefings

  • Covid-19 diary
    • Our view
      Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected
    • Burundi
      Burundi’s schools stay open during pandemic, keeping a distance is not mandatory
    • Global governance
      In view of climate crisis, Covid-19 pandemic and computerised communication, we need more stringent global governance
    • Covid-19 vaccination
      Africa’s coronavirus statistics look comparatively good, but inoculation is needed urgently nonetheless
    • Climate protection
      Carbon emissions have gone down because of Covid-19, but that is no real transformation
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  • Urban housing
    • Our view
      Upgrading slums is one of the crucial issues to provide adequate housing for all
    • Urban master plans
      What difference successful urban master plans make
    • Marginalised communities
      Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities
    • Urban life
      The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime
    • Refugee camps
      Living conditions in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp are harsh and dangerous
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Diaspora communties
    • Our view
      Immigration benefits host countries and often also countries of origin
    • Burundi
      Burundi wants to improve its exchange with its citizens abroad
    • Labour migration
      For many developing countries, reduced remittances and less foreign-direct investment are a double whammy
    • Turkish immigrants
      People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president
    • Diaspora communities
      Masses of Filipino women live and work abroad
    Go to briefing
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