D+C 10/2006   Editorial Hans Dembowski: Not to be taken for granted Monitor Tsunami relief: Too much of a good thing Merits and limts of contract farming EU sugar regime: Double-edged pledge Afghanistan’s drug cultivation at a record high US government agency assesses Millenium Challenge Account More votes for emerging nations at IMF Oil: World Bank and Chad reach agreement Slow progress in fight against desertification Private sector: Making money in peace Focus: Public-private partnerships Thomas Loster: Untapped wealth: ways to advance climate protection Stephan Kunz: Raising labour standards in Bangladesh Interview with Barbara Unmüssig: “Eroding statehood“ Dominikus Collenberg: paradigm shift Jan Martin Witte and Thorsten Benner: Benefits and limits of UN partnerships with the private sector Carola Torti: aid: logistics giant DHL supports UN in times of disaster Tribune Peter Molt: Misleading notion of ownership Timo Menniken: International cooperation on water along the Mekong and the Nile InWEnt Forum Crisis prevention: Instability transcends borders Indian women entrepreneurs join forces Media Does Asia still need development assistance? German development assistance from Hallstein to the oil crisis More help is not always helpful Development cooperation must become more efficient Debate Media funding in Afghanistan should assist reconstruction Comment: Israel’s crucial front Yet more fragile states