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.
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Lucas, Paul L. / José A. González / Carmen Richerzhagen (2014)
The Current Column, 03 February 2014
Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services is essential to meet the basic needs of the poor. But how to integrate them in the post-2015 development agenda?
Leininger, Julia (2014)
The Current Column, 11 February 2014
Greater involvement in Africa is important. Military involvement in Africa is right. But only when it serves to hinder war crimes or to keep the peace.
ETTG Group (2014)
The Current Column, 29 July 2014
In 2014 countries such as Ukraine, Mali, Central African Republic, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Kosovo and Serbia have all been part of the top table of European Union (EU) decision-making, because of conflict, fragility or threat of conflict. The EU’s strategic environment is rapidly changing.
Scheumann, Waltina (2014)
The Current Column, 30 June 2014
It cannot ruled out that Turkey is indeed playing the water card. It did this in the 80s, in the hope that Syria would curtail the activities of the Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party).
Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 21 July 2014
On 19 July 2014 the United Nations published a set of 17 goals for global sustainable development that all UN member states should pursue after 2015 – both in their own national territory and in the form of international co-operation.
Klasen, Stephan (2014)
The Current Column, 24 July 2014
Today, UNDP has published its new Human Development Report. With it, it also presents its usual suite of human development indicators which have been widely used to assess progress and rank countries.
Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 24 November 2014
In the Charter for the Future, German Development Minister Gerd Müller sets out the political priorities he intends to pursue over the next three years in Germany and in its partner countries, in the cabinet in Berlin, and in German business, civil society and academia.