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.

Search for publication

Found 755 results in 1 milliseconds. Displaying results 1 to 10 of 755.

  1. 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.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

  4. 60 years of research, policy advice and training at IDOS
    60 years of research, policy advice and training at IDOS

    Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
    The Current Column, 11 March 2024

    We look back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and implementation-oriented solutions to current development challenges.

  5. Why transportation should work for women in Africa
    Why transportation should work for women in Africa

    Asimeng, Theodore / Pooja Balasubramanian (2024)
    The Current Column, 06 March 2024

    Policymakers, funding institutions and researchers interested in reforming the current public transport services must address the inequalities women face in addition to their focus on efficiency and environmental goals.

  6. The Mexico High Level Meeting on Effective Cooperation: Prelude or Swan Song?
    The Mexico High Level Meeting on Effective Cooperation: Prelude or Swan Song?

    Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2014)
    The Current Column, 14 April 2014

    To fulfill its potential, the Global Partnership should place renewed emphasis on common principles rather than common goals.

  7. Can we bring digitalisation and the environment together?
    Can we bring digitalisation and the environment together?

    Lucatello, Simone / Wulf Reiners (2024)
    The Current Column, 13 February 2024

    Until today, the advent of digital tools has not led to a substantial shift toward sustainable alternatives.

  8. Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture
    Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture

    Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
    The Current Column, 29 May 2017

    A tragedy is looming. While the German Government and federal state governments are beginning to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the political parties behind them appear conspicuously unconcerned and are lagging perceptibly behind the dynamics in business and society.

  9. 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.

  10. Support for Ukraine: Europe must step up its efforts
    Support for Ukraine: Europe must step up its efforts

    Bergmann, Julian (2024)
    The Current Column, 26 February 2024

    It is precisely now that Europe must not let up in its support for the country, and should intensify its efforts – including the reconstruction of Ukraine, which has already begun.