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 19 milliseconds.
Displaying results 341 to 350 of 755.
Klingebiel, Stephan / Xiaoyun Li (2016)
The Current Column, 06 December 2016
From 28 November to 1 December, several thousand people gathered in Nairobi for the second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The first meeting was held in Mexico City 18 months ago. The question is: was the second meeting a success?
Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
The Current Column, 05 December 2016
Western countries should no longer aim at ‘stabilising’ the existing political order in MENA countries but help them in designing new, more sustainable social contracts.
Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 28 November 2016
On 28 November begins the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Nairobi. When considering the future of effective development cooperation, we should start by appreciating the road it has travelled so far.
Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
The Current Column, 21 November 2016
The issue of adapting African agriculture to climate change was finally addressed at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh. We can only achieve food security by ensuring that overdue investment is made in irrigation infrastructure and institutions.
Castillejo, Clare (2016)
The Current Column, 14 November 2016
The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) demonstrates concerning trends in Europe’s response to migration and the future direction of its development policy. It also offers an interesting opportunity to do things differently.
Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
The Current Column, 07 November 2016
The Paris Climate Agreement was hailed around the world as a historic achievement last December. Whether or not it makes history, however, depends on its successfull implementation. Being the first COP after the Paris summit in December 2015, the Marrakesh climate conference provides the first serious litmus test for the decisions reached in Paris.
Grimm, Sven (2016)
The Current Column, 31 October 2016
The emerging economies are weakening. China’s economy is less dynamic and the country is regressing at political level. Brazil has been paralysed in domestic policy terms and has experienced a severe recession. The South African economy is stagnating and the nation’s democratic institutions are being undermined by nepotism. The coup in Turkey has rocked the country to the core in domestic-policy and economic terms, and the list could go on and on. And these are supposed to be “rising powers”?!
Hulse, Merran (2016)
The Current Column, 24 October 2016
Lack of political will, geostrategic concerns, and weak institutional capacity have dragged out the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). After 14 years, some countries are close to the finishing line, but delays and obstacles remain.
Dick, Eva / Maria-Theres Haase (2016)
The Current Column, 17 October 2016
At the third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, central decisions will be made on the urban and global development of the next decades.