Development and Cooperation


	Contributions from the Column Facts and trends Preventing AIDS through social marketing of contraceptives Guidelines for intervention German Development Ministry budget for 2005 German Development Ministry concept on fighting AIDS Malaria vaccine testing successful Small loans, big impacts 400 billion dollars annually in bribes “Leave us in peace!” Separating civilian aid and the military 12/2004		German Development Ministry budget for 2005 The Bundestag budgetary committee has increased the government draft for the Development Ministry budget by 76 million Euro. At the same time the committee imposed a global reduction in expenditure of almost 39 million Euro on the Ministry. The result is that, after final discussions in parliament, the Ministry will next year have 37 million Euro more at its disposal than planned by the government. However, the government must also reduce its total expenditure by two billion Euro. So far, barely half of this sum has been assigned to the particular departments. It is uncertain where the remaining 1.1 billion Euro savings will be made, if at all. Further cuts in ministry budgets cannot be ruled out. (ell)