The Current Column

Every Monday, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) comments on the latest issues and trends of international development policy by its Current Column. The column is intended for politically interested readers who want to get a brief overview on the state of German and international development policy.

Current and past issues can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.

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  1. Could the first political group with a vision please stand up?
    Could the first political group with a vision please stand up?

    Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2024)
    The Current Column, 13 May 2024

    Democratic and Europe-committed political groups should position themselves much more strongly on the future of the EU’s development policy.

  2. The Road to an Equitable Pandemic Agreement
    The Road to an Equitable Pandemic Agreement

    Strupat, Christoph / Remco van de Pas (2024)
    The Current Column, 07 May 2024

    Failing to secure an equitable pandemic agreement could lead to considerable public health risks, great economic costs and would harm trust in global health institutions.

  3. German support for Israel’s government damages the rules-based order
    German support for Israel’s government damages the rules-based order

    Furness, Mark / Max-Otto Baumann (2024)
    The Current Column, 02 May 2024

    Germany has a responsibility for Israel and its people, but this Staatsräson cannot be used to condone breaches of international humanitarian law.

  4. Tackling the Epidemic of Informal Employment and Low-Paying Work
    Tackling the Epidemic of Informal Employment and Low-Paying Work

    Asimeng, Theodore / Alexander Stöcker (2024)
    The Current Column, 29 April 2024

    Only through collective action can we pave the way towards a future where every worker, regardless of his or her circumstances, has the opportunity to thrive.

  5. The dream of dictatorship
    The dream of dictatorship

    Mross, Karina (2024)
    The Current Column, 24 April 2024

    No democracy is perfect. But it is the best we have.

  6. Resume support for the agency for Palestine refugees
    Resume support for the agency for Palestine refugees

    Loewe, Markus (2024)
    The Current Column, 23 April 2024

    Germany should also approve new funds for Gaza and expand further its support for UNRWA.

  7. Going beyond humanitarian aid in addressing refugee issues
    Going beyond humanitarian aid in addressing refugee issues

    Abedtalas, Musallam (2024)
    The Current Column, 15 April 2024

    The most important issue here is to improve the process of recognising refugees' property rights to the re-sources they bring with them (human, financial and social).

  8. What science communication can learn from constructive journalism
    What science communication can learn from constructive journalism

    Heuwinkel, Sabrina / Ramona Hägele (2024)
    The Current Column, 25 March 2024

    Science communication that sets out to follow the example of constructive journalism and, in times of polycrisis, also communicates with a focus on target groups on the large platforms makes a necessary contribution to promoting social cohesion, safeguarding democracy and achieving the 2030 Agenda.

  9. Water for peace? Peace for water in Gaza!
    Water for peace? Peace for water in Gaza!

    Houdret, Annabelle / Ines Dombrowsky (2024)
    The Current Column, 20 March 2024

    This year’s theme of the United Nations’ World Water Day is ‘water for peace’. In one of the world’s most water-scarce and conflict-affected regions, Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians work together across geographical, religious and other boundaries to make steps towards securing their joint water-dependent future.

  10. Migration and the Racialisation of Space
    Migration and the Racialisation of Space

    Jaji, Rose (2024)
    The Current Column, 18 March 2024

    The ahistorical, binary, and reductionist conceptualisation of human mobility is spawned by a disconnect between the anti-immigration racialisation of space and the historical and contemporary realities of migration.