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Linda Kleemann, Maximilian Neumann

Researchers admit they should do more to reach out to policymakers and professionals from development agencies
Mona Naggar

In a Beirut workshop, Syrian women refugees are starting a new life
Katharina Braun, Anna Luisa Paffhausen

Mozambique hopes to stimulate its economy with the help of a new government-owned development bank
Sheila Mysorekar

Over 7 million deaths annually are caused by air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation
Thomas Kruchem

Small farmers in southern Africa cannot make a living from their inefficient slash-and-burn agriculture
Sheila Mysorekar

Mixed messages in the latest SIPRI yearbook assessing global military expenditure
Christoph Suess

IPCC says that climate change can be mitigated, and warns that action must be taken fast
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Presidential elections in Afghanistan, Minister Müller invites contributions to Future Charta, staff members of MSF killed, ADB bemoans inequality
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How experts assess the results of the High-Level-Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Mexico City
Sebastián Vargas

After the financial crash in Argentina in 2001, citizens organised direct democracy at the local level
Reham Alhelsi, Petra Schöning

Women’s shadow councils lend support to Palestinian councilwomen
Hans Dembowski

Devolution of government powers to sub-national levels deepens democracy and serves long term stability
Stefan Wilhelmy

Local governments in Germany draft and implement climate policies with twin cities in the Global South
Isabel Günther, Alexandra Horst

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements
Samwar S. Fallah

Why elected local governments would be good for Liberia
Agnes Abuom

Kenya's new counties give people more say at the local level, but governance challenges persist
Alan C. Robles

More than a mere rerun? Joseph Estrada, the Philippines former president, is now running his nation’s capital city
Alan C. Robles, Hans Dembowski

Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual
Hans Dembowski

Why human rights depend on civil-society activism and what role the churches can play

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Religious pluralism serves peace

Islam’s age-old schism

Women take on the patriarchy

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