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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Belay Begashaw

bbegashaw@sdgcafrica.org

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in sommer 2020 as director general of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) in Kigali, Rwanda.
 

All articles of Belay Begashaw

Global trends
Belay Begashaw

In urgent need of development

If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast

Multiple crisis
Belay Begashaw

Falling back

Corona pandemic threatens development success in eastern Africa

Multilateral agenda
Belay Begashaw

Unprecedented – but underfunded

The SDGs cannot be achieved unless that agenda is properly financed in low-income countries

MDGs
Belay Begashaw

Think globally, act globally

Millennium Development Goals shaped new global partnership

Childhood and youth
Belay Begashaw

This matter cannot wait

African policymakers must do more than pay lip service to the Sustainable Development Goal to improve education at all levels

Manufacturing
Belay Begashaw

Asian lessons for Africa

To generate employment, African garment industry must become competitive

Farming
Belay Begashaw

Drought is the new normal

East Africa is now obviously a low-rainfall area, so the region must adapt to climage change

Multilateral affairs
Belay Begashaw

Global governance for SDGs

Peer pressure can contribute to achieving the SDGs – but more is needed

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“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Good education for everyone
Mexico wants to prevent teenage pregnancies
Libya lapses into Gaddafi nostalgia
How the pandemic promotes inequality
Benefiting from falling numbers of children

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

How Generation Z is changing the world of work in development
The fate of mothers with disabled children
Good education for everyone
Menstruation justice in Mexico
Mexico wants to prevent teenage pregnancies

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Ethiopia’s fragile peace
Mexico wants to prevent teenage pregnancies
To protect life on earth, we must cooperate
Libya lapses into Gaddafi nostalgia
The pros and cons of plastic water tanks

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Ethiopia’s fragile peace
Mexico wants to prevent teenage pregnancies
To protect life on earth, we must cooperate
Libya lapses into Gaddafi nostalgia
The pros and cons of plastic water tanks