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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Stoffel, Tim (2020)
The Current Column, 30 November 2020
A mix of political instruments, from laws on corporate due diligence through to sustainable public procurement, is increasingly leading the assault on modern slavery.
Leininger, Julia / Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)
The Current Column, 19 January 2021
We must turn around current autocratization trends and shield democracy. Learning from the past is then essential for making a global initiative for democracy protection successful.
Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2021)
The Current Column, 18 January 2021
Biden has announced that “America is back”. To repair some of the damage at the UN, Biden already pledged to re-join the Paris climate change agreement and preserve American membership in, and financing to, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Trautner, Bernhard / Erin McCandless (2020)
The Current Column, 18 December 2020
The US President-elect Biden will not relieve Europe, especially Germany, of the responsibility to engage in the Middle East and North Africa in conflict settlement and development cooperation.
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2021)
The Current Column, 11 January 2021
2021 is going to become a historic turning point. Fight against Covid-19, recovery in economy and society, international environmental and climate policy.
Götze Jacqueline / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
The Current Column, 21 December 2020
The EU, which will adopt a new Arctic policy next year as part of the European Green Deal, therefore needs to harness the current momentum for political cooperation if it is to mount an effective fight against the twin crises of coronavirus and climate in the Arctic and around the world.
Kranholdt, Dominic (2020)
The Current Column, 19 November 2020
The Bundestag debate on sustainability could serve as momentum to bring the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals into focus in the 2021 election year.
Kornprobst, Tim / Anna Schwachula (2020)
The Current Column, 16 November 2020
While ownership has been a priority of development cooperation since the 2005 Paris agenda if not before, in practice the goals of development projects are often defined by experts from the global North, even though these goals are geared to strategies of the partner governments.
El-Haddad, Amirah (2021)
The Current Column, 25 January 2021
Ten years into the Arab Spring, economic changes have been uneven. A transformation which distances the state from regime cronies, creating benefits for both informal workers and the unemployed is required.