D+C 02/2007   Editorial Hans Dembowski: Taxation adds value Monitor Bolivia split over government plans Male circumcision reduces AIDS risk German volunteers in developing countries 81 journalists killed in 2006 Debate on impact of Paris Declaration Much remains unresolved in EPA talks Trade in blood diamonds continues US to boost the military attention it pays Africa Fewer wars and cases of genocide Focus: Government revenue and governance No representation without taxation VAT triumph The meaningful goal of fairness: sub-Saharan tax regimes Funding municipal budgets in Benin and Rwanda Selfreliance revisited: enabling governments to do their job “It is extremely difficult to negotiate PPP contracts” Tribune NGOs do more than provide social services Burning money – dysfunctional Clean Development Mechanism Aid for the fractured societies of fragile states InWEnt Forum German vocational training in global competition Megacity governance Energy policy in the USA Media Howard W. French: Africa’s troubles and global attention Mahmood Mamdani: US-caused terrorism M.C. Behera (Ed.): Rural development misses out Harald Müller and Niklas Schörnig: Armaments and their limitation Debate “Against the Islamists, peace is impossible in Somalia” Comments: Authoritarian and democratic instincts in Bangladesh Comments: Closing the development gap