D+C 12/2004   Editorial The urban century 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 Viewpoint Letters to the editor Four more years Focus: Urban challenges Innovative milieus “My real education was working in the slums“ Finding ways out of poverty Energy efficiency for Rio de Janeiro Split households Tribune Patronage vs. popularity “An internationally binding frame of reference” A decade of private policy making InWEnt Forum Putting urbanisation on the agenda Education programme fosters public administration employees Parliamentarians want to be involved Studies and Reports Flexible, but not without principles Liberalisation in itself does not increase food security Media A brief history of Afghanistan Gender aspects: not very integrated Rwanda: a record of genocide Documents: from peacekeeping to development policy New chatroom for North-South topics