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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.

Vera Dicke

mail@veradicke.de

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in winter 2014/2015 as a student of peace and conflict.

All articles of Vera Dicke

Tuberculosis
Vera Dicke

Saving lives through discipline

Tuberculosis remains a huge challenge in Central Asia

HIV/AIDS
Vera Dicke

Creating prospects

Activate! raises awareness for HIV/AIDS with KfW support in South Africa

Conflict regions
Vera Dicke

Women for peace

According to the OECD, gender relations must be addressed in fragile states because statebuilding and equal rights go hand-in-hand

OECD guidelines
Vera Dicke

Forgotten principles

The OECD’s Fragile State Principles are hardly being implemented

Haiti
Vera Dicke

Reconstruction in slow motion

Two years later, Haiti continues to suffer from the effects of the earthquake in January 2010

Brief History
Vera Dicke

New paradigms in a new millennium

From Rome to Busan: a brief history of the High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness

Democracy
Vera Dicke

Powerless foreign policy

Europe’s foreign ministers cannot do much about violence in Syria

Sub-Saharan Africa
Vera Dicke

Change people’s minds

Paradigm change needed in view of population growth

Safety nets
Vera Dicke

Beyond charity

Social security must not stay a luxury item

Food security
Vera Dicke

Dangerous volatility

Mixed messages from Global Hunger Index 2011

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How to increase the fiscal space

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
Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA
Social presidency in difficult times

Sustainability

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

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Close funding gaps
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Social presidency in difficult times