Media

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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2014

Süddeutsche Zeitung
Dr Kenneth Harttgen on how growth alone does not help against hunger.
March 2014
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20 Minuten
Dr Kenneth Harttgen on how growth alone does not help against hunger.
March 2014
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