Tag: Development policy
KfW: The state-owned bank is largely withdrawing from China – Economy
It started 40 years ago with a loan for the first two lines of the Shanghai subway: financial development cooperation between Germany and China via the state-owned KfW bank. Since…
Funds for development policy should be drastically cut – politics
In political Berlin, budget negotiations are traditionally synonymous with brutality. In the coming year, as Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner made it clear to his colleagues weeks ago, savings will…
Reforestation: “Instead of protecting the climate and nature, most valuable ecosystems are being destroyed on a large scale”
Three scientists are sounding the alarm: climate reforestation co-financed by Germany could do more harm than good. Tropical ecologist Kate Parr on the pitfalls of large-scale tree planting campaigns in…
Reforestation: “Instead of protecting the climate and nature, most valuable ecosystems are being destroyed on a large scale”
Three scientists are sounding the alarm: climate reforestation co-financed by Germany could do more harm than good. Tropical ecologist Kate Parr on the pitfalls of large-scale tree planting campaigns in…
Climate change: turning victims into saviors
People in poor countries often have good ideas when it comes to securing their homes and futures. What they need is trust and money for self-help. source site
Head of the aid organization Save the Children: “What I saw leaves me speechless” – Business
Inger Ashing, head of the aid organization Save the Children, about the shortsightedness of governments, her mother’s old car and the question of how to find hope in the midst…
Let’s talk about money: "What I saw leaves me speechless"
Inger Ashing, head of the aid organization Save the Children, about the shortsightedness of governments, her mother’s old car and the question of how to find hope in the midst…
China and the Silk Road: A Bumpy Anniversary – Politics
At the opening of the so-called Silk Road Summit, China’s state and party leader warned against a decoupling of the global economy. Without naming the US directly, Xi said: “We…
The World Bank is reinventing itself – economics
Pandemic, climate shock, inflation: What causes hardship, annoyance and sometimes even financial restrictions for citizens in western industrialized nations is quickly becoming a life-threatening danger for people in the world’s…
War in Israel: EU and Germany suspend payments to Palestinians – politics
Already in the first hours after the terrorist attack on Israel by the radical Islamic Palestinian militia Hamas, the federal government came under pressure on a sensitive issue. What should…