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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

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.

Elaine Tweneboah Lawson

elaine_t@staff.ug.edu.gh

Institute for Environmental & Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana

Elaine Tweneboah Lawson co-authored and essay for D+C/E+Z in summer 2012 as a research fellow at the University of Ghana's Institute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies.

All articles of Elaine Tweneboah Lawson

Access to drinking water
Elaine Tweneboah Lawson

Promoting access to safe drinking water for all

While Ghana has made progress towards providing equitable access to safe drinking water, many people still lack this basic service

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Poverty Reduction

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

Close funding gaps
Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA
Developing Malawi’s food sector
Land-use conflicts undermine food security in Nigeria
A mobile app extends much-needed credit to smallholders

Gender Equality

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

Female farmers need more support in Ghana
Overview culture special
Pakistan is facing a looming water crisis
In Malawi, an NGO is helping victims of gender-based violence
The Taliban’s second emirate

Governance

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

“Focus on what is happening in the present”
Ugandan government prefers money over morality
Close funding gaps
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Sustainability

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

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Ugandan government prefers money over morality
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Social presidency in difficult times