Media

2024

Annabelle
Politikwissenschafter Fritz Brugger: «Spenden wir, um uns gut zu fühlen oder um etwas zu bewirken?»
December 2024
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NZZ
Parliament is currently deciding the extent of budget cuts for international cooperation over the next four years. In an NZZ article, Isabel Günther and Fritz Brugger discuss how these cuts could affect global poverty and security.
November 2024
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SRF News
Isabel Guenther discusses the effectiveness of development cooperation and the consequences of the proposed 250 million Swiss Francs cut.
November 2024
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SRF News
In a recent feature on SRF, Dr. Kenneth Harttgen from ETH NADEL sheds light on the multifaceted impacts of a significant decline in global population.
October 2024
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SRF News
SRF 10 vor 10 news program interviewed NADEL’s Chris Humphrey on 21 October about the efforts of China and the BRICS nations to "de-dollarize" the world economy, in advance of the upcoming BRICS summit.
October 2024
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Europamagazin
Dr Fritz Brugger interview as part of broadcast titled Switzerland/Ukraine: Is the country suitable as an honest peace broker?
June 2024
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Woz.ch
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey
June 2024
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Devex
Dr Chris Humphrey about what you need to know about the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings
April 2024
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Devex
Dr Chris Humphrey opinion piece on how callable capital can be used to grow MDB lending capacity
April 2024
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GlobalCapital
Dr Chris Humphrey opinion piece on how callable capital can be used to grow MDB lending capacity mentioned
April 2024
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SonntagsBlick
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey
April 2024
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Keystone-ATS
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey
April 2024
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NZZ
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey and how the Swiss overestimate how much Switzerland contributes to development spending
April 2024
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Blick
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey and how the Swiss want to increase development spending
April 2024
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Blick
Mention of Swiss Panel Global Cooperation Survey and how 58% of the Swiss population would prefer increasing development spending than spending on the army
April 2024
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Devex
Dr Chris Humphrey on World Bank overhauls
February 2024
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SRF
Dr Fritz Brugger interview about what the resource curse is and why poverty persists despite the abundance of raw materials
February 2024
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2023

Liechtensteiner Vaterland
Dr Kenneth Harttgen was invited by the Seniors Citizens' College in Liechtenstein to lecture on poverty as a multidimensional construct.
December 2023
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Views and News with Clarence Ford
Solar power light in townships
June 2023
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GroundUp
There’s a way to sort out lighting in informal settlements
June 2023
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Friktal24
Press release about the ETH Swiss Panel Global Cooperation survey results
March 2023
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Alliance Sud
Press release about the ETH Swiss Panel Global Cooperation survey results
March 2023
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Swissinfo
Dr Medinat Malefakis on the presidential election in Nigeria
February 2023
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dasLamm
Dr. Medinat Malefakis on fangirling and Swiss etiquette
February 2023
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Swissinfo
Dr. Fritz Brugger on the pitfalls of international cooperation among small NGOs
February 2023
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dasLamm
Dr. Medinat Malefakis on 'Swissness' and perfection as the norm
January 2023
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2022

Overseas Development Institute
Dr Chris Humphrey, Hans Peter Lankes, and Nancy Lee on how MDBs should use callable capital
December 2022
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dasLamm
Dr. Medinat Malefakis on the poshness of the Swiss public transportation system
December 2022
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Project Syndicate
Suma Chakrabarti and Dr Chris Humphrey on reforming the World Bank
November 2022
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dasLamm
Dr. Medinat Malefakis on how a Swiss retreat is actually a backward movement
November 2022
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Tagblatt
Prof Isabel Günther on reaching the 8 billion world population mark
November 2022
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From Poverty to Power
Prof. Shruti Patel on the parallels between the dilemmas of parents and of policymakers
September 2022
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Overseas Development Institute
Arunmah Oteh, René Karsenti, Betsy Nelson, and Dr. Chris Humphrey on reforming capital adequacy at MDBs
September 2022
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Overseas Development Institute
Dr Chris Humphrey and Annalisa Prizzon on multilateral development banks in MICs
September 2022
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Blick, Nau.ch
NADEL survey on the Swiss population's attitude towards development cooperation
June 2022
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NZZ am Sonntag
Dr Kenneth Harttgen and Prof. Isabel Günther on physical distancing in Africa
June 2022
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SRF 10 vor 10
Dr Fritz Brugger on the repeal of vaccine patent protection
June 2022
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ETH Energy Blog
Dr Yael Borofsky and Churchill Agutu on promoting electricity access in low-​income countries
May 2022
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Eine Welt
Dr Fritz Brugger on small-​scale development aid
March 2022
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ETH Ambassadors Blog
Dr Yael Borofsky on solar public lighting and informal settlements
March 2022
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ODI Emerging Analysis
Dr Chris Humphrey on multilateral development finance and the Ukraine conflict
March 2022
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2021

RSI Rete Uno
Professor Isabel Günther on how spending is an emotional act.
December 2021
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Swissinfo, Watson, Higgs, the Local
Dario Meili on why the covid certificate is not discriminatory.
Oktober 2021
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Radio SRF 1, Echo der Zeit
Dr Fritz Brugger on "clean" gold as an ambitious objective.
September 2021
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Global Markets
Dr Chris Humphrey on MDBs’ extra-cautious capital models attract scrutiny.
July 2021
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Global Markets
Dr Chris Humphrey on how a "weak" pandemic response puts MDBs in the spotlight.
June 2021
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Tagblatt
Professor Isabel Günther on a business model for recycling plastic from regions most affected by it.
June 2021
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Nutrition Insight
Professor Isabel Günther on how consumers are looking for ethical choices this Easter.
April 2021
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Luzerner Zeitung, Tagblatt
Professor Isabel Günther on fair trade chocolate and on how every bunny counts.
April 2021
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ETH Zukunftsblog
Professor Isabel Günther on why every bunny counts.
March 2021
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One World
Professor Elisio Macamo and Professor Isabel Günther on development as the ability to live a self-determined life.
March 2021
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Swissinfo
Dr Fritz Brugger on stopping development aid to bring coup-plotters to reason.
March 2021
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Mail & Guardian
Antoinette van der Merwe and Yael Borofsky on why a smarter, not stricter lockdown is necessary.
January 2021
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mint
Dr Rahul Lahoti on what 2020 did to India's inequality.
January 2021
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2020

ETH Globe
Antoinette van der Merwe, Kathrin Durizzo, and Professor Isabel Günther on Africa’s coronavirus dilemma (pages 8 and 9).
December 2020
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swissinfo.ch
Dr Fritz Brugger on whether "hobby" NGOs can deliver sustainable aid.
November 2020
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Development Economics Network Switzerland
Professor Isabel Günther on the responsible business initiative.
November 2020
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Ökonomenstimme
Professor Isabel Günther on whether the corporate responsibility initiative makes sense in terms of development policy.
October 2020
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Le Temps
Professor Isabel Günther on responsible companies, an important support for development.
October 2020
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Watson
Professor Isabel Günther on whether or not the corporate initiative will help African farmers.
October 2020
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Aargauer Zeitung
Professor Isabel Günther on whether the corporate initiative will help African farmers or not
October 2020
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Ideas for India
Dr Rahul Lahoti on school choice in rural India: perception versus reality.
August 2020
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Ideas for India
Dr Rahul Lahoti on pandemic as a lens: identifying and addressing livelihood vulnerabilities.
July 2020
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Ökonomenstimme
Dr Christopher Humphrey on the first years of operation of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank und die New Development Bank.
May 2020
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The India Forum
Dr Rahul Lahoti on how hunger grows as India’s lockdown kills jobs.
May 2020
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Global Policy
Dr Christopher Humphrey on the first years of operation of Asian infrastructure investment bank und die New Development Bank.
April 2020
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Medium
Bartlomiej Kudrzycki on conducting surveys in a pandemic.
April 2020
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Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Aussenpolitik
Dr Fritz Brugger on lessons from Covid-19 for international cooperation.
April 2020
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Zukunftsblog ETH
Professor Isabel Günther on why social distancing is a big challenge in many African countries.
April 2020
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Dr Fritz Brugger on how corruption in Angola is a prime example of global money laundering schemes.
January 2020
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Helvetas Mosaic
Kimon Schneider on learning and adaptation for better development outcomes.
January 2020
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2019

Weltnachrichten
Professor Isabel Günther on urban centres: catalysts for development.
December 2019
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SRF Club
Dr Adina Rom on how scientific research can help fight social injustices.
November 2019
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SRF Einstein
Professor Isabel Günther on what measures help best against poverty.
November 2019
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SRF trend
Dr Adina Rom on how development cooperation actually works – an afterthought  to the Nobel Price in Economics.
October 2019
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horizons
Dr Fritz Brugger on when things get dangerous: deal with danger in risk zones.
June 2019
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VoxDev
Dr Adina Rom, Professor Isabel Günther and Kat Harrison on the need for a multidimensional approach to poverty reduction.
August 2019
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Financial Times
Dr Chris Humphrey on the strategy of the New Development Bank to focus on local currency lending.
August 2019
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OGEL: Oil, Gas & Energy Law
Dr Fritz Brugger on natural resource extraction and why it is a conflictual business.
July 2019
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Schaffhauser Nachrichten
Dr Adina Rom on different approaches and aspects of international cooperation.
July 2019
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NZZ am Sonntag
Professor Isabel Günther on solar power in Africa.
Juni 2019
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African Arguments
Dr Fritz Brugger on why blockchain is great, but it can’t solve everything.
April 2019
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NZZ am Sonntag
Dr Fritz Brugger on the new foreign affair strategy.
April 2019
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ETH Zukunftsblog
Dr Fritz Brugger on why blockchain won’t help with conflict minerals.
April 2019
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swissinfo
Dr Fritz Burgger on the reorientation of the swiss development aid and EZA.
April 2019
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ETH Sustainability Report
Professor Isabel Günther on training for Sustainable Development at the NADEL Center for Development and Cooperation (page 37/38).
March 2019
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2018

SRF ECO
Adina Rom on the impact of development projects.
December 2018
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Financial Times
Rebecca Engebretsen on the Angolan banking system.
October 2018
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African Arguments
Rebecca Engebretsen on how president Lourenço’s anti-corruption drive changes the rules in Angola.
October 2018
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Overseas Development Institute
Dr Chris Humphrey on how the African Development Bank's landmark deal opens door to scaling up multilateral lending.
October 2018
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ETH Zurich
Adina Rom on fighting poverty with evidence.
July 2018
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THE LANCET - Global health blog
Dr Fritz Brugger on the Minamata Convention in Mozambique.
May 2018
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UNU-MERIT
Laura Metzger on Chinese aid in sub-Saharan Africa.
March 2018
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Rural21
Bartlomiej Kudrzycki and Professor Isabel Günther on improving development policies with impact evaluations.
March 2018
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Rapport (South Africa)
Antoinette van der Merwe on fighting inequality in South Africa.
March 2018
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2017

Beobachter
Adina Rom on how to fight poverty cleverly.
December 2017
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Der Sonntag
Professor Isabel Günther on contemporary development aid.
November 2017
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NZZ
Dr Kenneth Harttgen on how eating habits are changing around the world.
November 2017
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Jobjournal
Interview with Professor Isabel Günther and two NADEL alumni.
Spring 2017
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2016

NZZ
Professor Isabel Günther on donations.
December 2016
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Horizonte
Professor Isabel Günther on sustainability goals and development aid.
December 2016
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Blickwechsel
Dr Rudolf Batliner on the dual education system.
October 2016
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Weltnachrichten
Dr Rudolf Batliner on the dual education system.
October 2016
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NZZ
Professor Rolf Kappel on colonialism.
June 2016
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Newsletter "Aids und Kind"
Dr Kenneth Harttgen on AIDS in South Africa.
April 2016
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SRF 4 News aktuell
Dr Fritz Brugger on how development aid has developed.
March 2016
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Die Volkswirtschaft
Professor Isabel Günther on how effective development aid builds on facts.
April 2016
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2015

Sonntagszeitung
Laura Metzger on aid effectiveness.
December 2015
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The Economist
Dr Kenneth Harttgen on the industrialisation in Africa.
November 2015
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