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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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, 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.
Christian von Haldenwang (2014)
The Current Column, 11 July 2014
The debate regarding the post-2015 agenda, i.e. the goals of global development after 2015, places obligations on states including the states of the northern hemisphere.
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).
Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer (2014)
The Current Column, 23 June 2014
Die vom UNHCR am Weltflüchtlingstag veröffentlichten Zahlen stellen einen traurigen neuen Rekord dar. Wie kann die internationale Gemeinschaft darauf reagieren?
Lindenberg, Nannette / Caroline Pöll (2014)
The Current Column, 16 June 2014
Two weeks after the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned against further social spending cutbacks in European countries in its World Social Protection Report 2014/2015 a group of politicians and experts from the fields of business, academia and finance is meeting in London to discuss ways of further developing the international market for social impact investments.
Alejandro Guarín (2014)
The Current Column, 11 June 2014
On Sunday Colombia chooses one of two candidates for President. The more significant choice will be between a negotiated end to the 50-year conflict or more war.
Berger, Axel (2014)
The Current Column, 10 June 2014
While the European public debate focuses mainly on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) the European Union is also negotiating a host of other treaties.
Stepping, Katharina M. K./ Anna Pegels (2014)
The Current Column, 05 June 2014
5 June 2014. Today is World Environment Day, an appropriate time to note that the world faces two major challenges at the beginning of the 21st century: fighting poverty and curbing environmental destruction. Time and again, people fail to see that these two issues are intrinsically linked.