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.

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  1. Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?
    Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?

    Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
    The Current Column, 21 August 2023

    To secure that success, India sees a solution in re-orienting its G20 narrative towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an existing common point of reference and framework for cooperation.

  2. Unintended risks for smallholder in the Global South? Example of the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire
    Unintended risks for smallholder in the Global South? Example of the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire

    Kirioua, Alla Jacques / Michael Brüntrup (2023)
    The Current Column, 15 August 2023

    There are doubts, however, whether the EU regulation can really make a change for the better, or whether it has the potential to make things worse.

  3. United Nations Youth Day
    United Nations Youth Day

    Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023)
    The Current Column, 07 August 2023

    Green skills can have a transformational power as they play a key role in transitioning societies, economies, and industries towards a more sustainable future. However, green skills must also be taught in a transformative way, equipping learners with the ability to confront challenges in today’s complex world.

  4. How digitalisation and technology empower women working on the ocean and along the Amazon River
    How digitalisation and technology empower women working on the ocean and along the Amazon River

    Hägele, Ramona / Juliana Arcoverde Mansur (2023)
    The Current Column, 19 June 2023

    Digitalisation and technologisation can enable women to work in a more sustainable way and promote the involvement of women in marine science and sustainable water resources management.

  5. Let’s work together!
    Let’s work together!

    Iacobuta, Gabriela / Steffen Bauer (2023)
    The Current Column, 05 June 2023

    Economic concerns and development aspirations must no longer serve as a pretext for lukewarm climate action, but quite to the contrary ambitious climate action is an imperative for equitable and just sustainable development.

  6. From Rovaniemi to Tromsø spirit?
    From Rovaniemi to Tromsø spirit?

    Methi, Kirsti / Dorothea Wehrmann (2023)
    The Current Column, 30 May 2023

    A new Tromsø Arctic spirit is needed to co-create a democratic legitimacy and relevance of the Arctic Council with respect for the peoples and local governance structures in the Arctic region.

  7. Embedding spillover effects in the German Sustainable Development Strategy
    Embedding spillover effects in the German Sustainable Development Strategy

    Droste, Leonie / Linda Lütkes / Tabea Waltenberg (2023)
    The Current Column, 22 May 2023

    Germany’s goal has to be to avoid negative spillover effects in order to work together with other countries to implement the 2030 Agenda at global level rather than hindering these countries’ own efforts. Such spillover effects and the establishment of binding structures must therefore be clearly addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy.

  8. Intentional shopping habits help to conserve biodiversity
    Intentional shopping habits help to conserve biodiversity

    Stamm, Andreas (2023)
    The Current Column, 15 May 2023

    Why are migratory bird researchers interested in how coffee is grown?

  9. No contradiction: European development policy and geopolitics go hand in hand
    No contradiction: European development policy and geopolitics go hand in hand

    Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2023)
    The Current Column, 08 May 2023

    Against the backdrop of a changing world order, geopolitics has become the central topic of political discourse in Brussels. However, the EU must not pursue its geopolitical ambitions at the expense of its development policy

  10. Instruction by the Minister of Finance
    Instruction by the Minister of Finance

    Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
    The Current Column, 04 May 2023

    The posting simplifies and distorts Germany's laudable ODA performance, but links it to a political announcement: there will be no more money!