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2018/09

2018/9 – by D+C

Monika Hellstern

Neglected patients need better healthcare systems
Gabi Waibel, Lutz Schrader

On mission, German development workers acquire skills, and better documentation would serve their careers
Hans Dembowski

Trump has not caused Turkey’s financial problems, but he is compounding them
Carlos Albuquerque

In similar settings, Brazil’s experience with the IMF was much better than Argentina’s
Alphonce Shiundu

Literacy rates have risen in sub-Saharan Africa, but reality is probably worse than official numbers suggest
Benjamin M. Kagina, Hannah Hussey, Rudzani Muloiwa, Gregory D. Hussey

Immunisation programmes are making a huge difference in Africa
Homi Kharas, Sabine Balk

Tracking global poverty on a daily basis
Hans Dembowski

Why nationalism and zero-sum thinking add up to a recipe for disaster
Alisa Kaps, Hans Dembowski

Birth rates go down as standards of living improve
Afshan Subohi

In his first TV address as Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan did not comment on the most pressing challenges
Mireille Kanyange

Humans invade hippos’ habitat at Lake Tanganyika
Sabine Balk

The success story of the Millennium Development Goals
Markus Kaltenborn, Reinhard Hermle

What difference a law on development policy could make in Germany
Jorge Saborido

Argentina’s economic meltdown of 2001/2002 still overshadows new developments
Jeffrey Moyo

The repressive stance of Zimbabwe’s government after recent elections fit the old authoritarian pattern
Lea Diehl

A new study examines how conflict and climate change are related in the Lake Chad Basin
Assane Diagne

Senegal is one of few African countries that have never experienced a military coup
Meekaeel Siphambili

Botswana has achieved great success in the fight against malaria
Dagmar Wolf

Former Al Jazeera correspondent assesses the situation in the Middle East from an Arabian perspective
Monika Hellstern

In 2017, KfW committed € 9.7 billion to new development projects worldwide
Lea Diehl, Janani Vivekananda

In the Lake Chad region, young people blame the older generation for problems – and the other way round
Katja Dombrowski

For certain low-income countries, carbon pricing could be an option to finance the 2030 Agenda
Hans Dembowski

Hans Rosling showed that humankind is in a better shape than generally believed
Belay Begashaw

Millennium Development Goals shaped new global partnership
Esther Dopheide

Charity organisations need to show achievements, not just suffering
Katja Dombrowski

BMZ study identifies global trends for 2032 and beyond
Imme Scholz, Katja Dombrowski

Developing countries now have more room for manoeuvre – industrialised countries do not always see that as a positive
Hans Dembowski

It looks like the Ebola outbreak in the DRC is under control

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