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Institutionen
Technology
Christina Stobwasser

Assessing global costs

IT purchasers must pay attention to social and environmental standards, since demand has an impact on supply

World Bank
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Martin Kipping

Reforming root and branch

World Bank goes through sweeping reforms to maximise development impact

World Bank
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Social inclusion

World Bank study calls for social inclusion and proposes meaningful measures

World Development Report 2014
Barbara Mayrhofer

Grasping opportunities

World Development Report 2014 calls for effective risk management

Global Governance
Kai Ambos

Misguided criticism

Criticism of International Criminal Court being too focussed on Africa is misleading

OECD guidelines
Vera Dicke

Forgotten principles

The OECD’s Fragile State Principles are hardly being implemented

Civil society
Mareike Forchheim

Mutual understanding

More exchange in academia, the arts and sports might boost mutual understanding among Iran and the west

Institutions
Anja Strautz

From NGO to commercial bank

From NGO to formal bank: Acleda in Cambodia has a stunning success story to tell

Taxation
Astrid Templin
Matthias Witt

Trust in the state

A good tax system promotes people’s trust in the state

Climate
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Final sprint at snail's pace

Climate negotiations inch forward slowly ahead of Copenhagen

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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