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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Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn (2016)
The Current Column, 04 October 2016
The level of approval for free trade is falling generally, and globalisation critics are enjoying fresh momentum in large parts of the world, even among former champions of free trade, such as Germany. How do we explain these trends?
Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 27 September 2016
A considerable number of critics view the UN summit for refugees and migrants as little more than a summit of heat-warming words and declarations of intent that will have no impact whatsoever.
Striebinger, Kai / Julia Leininger (2016)
The Current Column, 19 September 2016
Transformation through rapprochement or rejection? Sanctions or dialogue? The recent events in Turkey and the general stagnation of democratisation processes worldwide raise a highly-charged question: how should European and German foreign, development and security policy react to autocratically-governed states?
Samanta, Sayan (2016)
The Current Column, 12 September 2016
There is not much leeway to deny that we are living in the Anthropocene – the epoch in which human activity is primarily responsible for the changes in the Earth’s climate and biodiversity.
Berger, Axel / Peter Wolff (2016)
The Current Column, 02 September 2016
Das Treffen der G20 in Hangzhou hat eine ambitionierte Agenda. Am 4. und 5. September 2016 wollen die Staats- und Regierungschefs sich zu zentralen Themen wie der Agenda 2030 positionieren. Wir geben einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Streitpunkte.
Grimm, Sven / Alexandra Rudolph (2016)
The Current Column, 01 August 2016
The United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (UNDCF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) last week saw the discussion of a concept for measuring South-South co-operation (SSC). The objective is to determine the contribution of developing and emerging countries to the 2030 Agenda.
Siles-Brügge, Gabriel / Ferdi De Ville (2016)
The Current Column, 13 July 2016
TTIP may be delayed by Brexit, but there are already indications that the EU referendum result has strengthened the resolve of those wanting to negotiate an agreement, albeit with reduced EU leverage.
Klingebiel, Stephan / Timo Mahn / Mario Negre (2016)
The Current Column, 11 July 2016
Fragmentation is hugely relevant to the future of the 2030 Agenda. Intensive efforts to tackle the issue of fragmentation are the urgent order of the day.
von Haldenwang, Christian (2016)
The Current Column, 04 July 2016
To date there is scarcely any sound knowledge of the extent to which developing countries suffer from tax avoidance and evasion. However, the existing studies enable two general statements to be made
Hackenesch, Christine / Thomas Henökl / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 27 June 2016
The British have decided to leave the EU, with a narrow majority of 52 percent.
What does the impending Brexit mean for European foreign and development policy?