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Development policy

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Who really stands to gain from the World Bank?

By providing large-scale loans and consultancy services, the World Bank exerts enormous influence on international development policy. Switzerland too is now being asked to participate in capital increases.

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Turn out and vote for change!

The election of the new Parliament that will set the direction of Swiss politics for the next four years is now only days away. After a Legislature variously judged on either side as lost, messed up or wasted, there are new signs of hope.

Jai Jagat 2020

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Genuine development leaves no one behind

Development? Climate change? Equal rights? Human rights? Civil society everywhere is demanding to have a say. Rajagopal P.V. and Jill Carr-Harris aim to channel and network this movement worldwide. An interview.

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"Equality and social justice belong together"

Switzerland's highest ranking woman visited Rwanda on the 25th anniversary of that country’s genocide, then Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries. The President of the National Council Marina Carobbio was interviewed by Alliance Sud.

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Making policy despite the majority

Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis wants to realign Swiss development cooperation. Alliance Sud's central concerns, such as Agenda 2030 and the role of civil society in the global South, are hardly mentioned.

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The men left behind

It is a truism: without open-minded men there can be no progress in the gender debate. But what if, as in Mongolia, men are left behind in matters of education?

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Federal Council reined in

The weapons industry should not be strengthened through facilitated exports to countries undergoing internal conflict. Arms exports and development are hardly compatible.

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No development funds for dubious corporations!

The Federal Council wishes to involve Swiss companies more in Switzerland's development cooperation. A condition for this should be the full support of the responsible business initiative.

Massive contraction in Swiss development funding

Switzerland has clearly missed its own development assistance target. While the ODA quota remained just about stable across OECD countries, in Switzerland it dropped from 0.53% to 0.46%. A hefty 14% contraction.