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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Crisis areas
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

State of conflict

Some regions in India face the same problems resource-rich fragile states have

Somalia
Peter Hauff

About-turn recommended

More promising approaches against piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Interview
Andris Piebalgs

The troops may leave, but the EU will stay

Europe’s Development Commissioner Piebalgs on aid to Afghanistan and other crisis countries

Central Asia
Hannelore Börgel

In the shadow of Afghanistan

The precarious socio-economic situation is undermining stability in Central Asia

Press clippings

Lost credibility

International media on elections in Haiti: Lost credibility

Relevant statistics
Jedida Oneko

Power in numbers

Kenyan women's rights activists base campaigns on statististics

Comment
Andreas Brunold

Political exclusion

Disparity-bred crisis in Honduras

Refugees
Mohammad Ali Khan

Incapable government

The tough fate of internally displaced people and Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Migration
Andrea Riester

Transnational opportunities

Diaspora communities often contribute to peace building in fragile states

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Poverty Reduction

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

BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women