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Contributions from
the Column
Books and Media
The state of the world
Regional integration in Africa: mainly a good idea so far
Poverty reduction – a cross-sectoral task
One thousand years of the world economy
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The state of the world
The state of the world is summed up by the annual report of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington DC – for 20 years one of the most important references on sustainability issues. The 2003 report takes up fundamental questions of safeguarding the future: global warming, loss of biodiversity, poverty. The individual articles – such as on development strategies for megacities and the role of religions in solving environmental problems – provide an overview of the current state of research and describe approaches for sustainable development. The publishers of the German edition, Germanwatch and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, contribute a portrayal of the ongoing debate on agricultural trade and an afterthought on the World Summit in Johannesburg.
Heike Ifland
Worldwatch Institute, Germanwatch, Heinrich Böll Foundation: Zur Lage der Welt [On the state of the world] 2003. Münster, Westfälisches Dampfboot 2003, 331 pp., Euro 19.90, ISBN 3-89691-537-1
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