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Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

by D+C / E+Z

18.03.2026

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Kyrgyzstan is Central Asia’s only parliamentary democracy: soldiers taking part in independence-day celebrations in Bishkek, the capital, in 2018.

Civil liberties

Live up to the rhetoric

by Hugh Williamson

15.12.2019

President Ashraf Ghani wants to be re-elected: campaign billboard in Kabul.

Democracy

A matter of self interest

by Nawid Paigham

03.09.2019

If you want to start a business, you need money. In Afghanistan, the funds usually come from private loans and the informal sector.

Hotspot Afghanistan

Private sector needs suitable financing

by Bernd Leidner

17.04.2019

That was then: Trump and Ghani in New York in 2017.

Peace talks

Marginalised government

by Nawid Paigham

24.03.2019

Ecuador is struggling to service Chinese loans: President Lenín Moreno with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing in December 2018.

Aid

Limits of sovereignty

by Hans Dembowski

13.01.2019

Checking dollar bills at an exchange bureau in Ankara.

Financial markets

Turkey’s lira in downward spiral

by Hans Dembowski

05.09.2018

Social media

When the government spreads fake news

by Drake Jamali

23.03.2018

Asian economies

New cross-border competition policy

by Yasuyuki Sawada

by Cyn-Young Park

by Hans Dembowski

17.03.2018

Stroms are getting worse: typhoon-caused flooding in Hoi An, Vietnam, in November.

Global warming

The case against fossil fuels

by Shikha Jha

21.12.2017

Coal has become increasingly important in India – people near strip mine in Jharkand.

Public budgets

Harmful government expenditure

by Shikha Jha

20.12.2017