Investments in water and sanitation are a prerequisite to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular on SDG 6 ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Blended finance can play an important role in strategically investing...

Introduction -- China's energy security: a new framework for analysis -- China's domestic energy sector -- The global search for petroleum -- Safeguarding China's seaborne petroleum supplies -- China's continental petroleum strategy -- Global, maritime, and continental implications -- Conclusion

The economic implications of the latest upsurge of the oil prices for the whole world-and for the developing countries in particular-are such as to make a strategy of common responsibility of industrialized and developing countries more urgent than ever. Rainer Offergeld, Federal Minister for...