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A five-point plan for dealing with the refugee crisis: there are no small solutions to big problems

Messner, Dirk (2015)
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Are we dreamers in the world of international cooperation?

Grimm, Sven (2015)
The Current Column, 19. October 2015

Critics such as economist William Easterly describe the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as “senseless, dreamy, and garbled” - the kind of thing John Lennon was singing about in his famous song “Imagine”. Are we all just dreamers?

The new EU trade and investment strategy: The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Bilal, San / Clara Brandi / Max Mendez-Parra (2015)
The Current Column, 16. October 2015

On 14 October 2015 the European Commission has released the new EU trade and investment strategy. Its catchy title – “Trade for All” – is very auspicious as well as ambitious and the strategy contains promising elements for global development. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating: How will the strategy be put into practice?

A pioneers' alliance for climate action?

Bonn, 16. October 2015

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This authors’ workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the…

Between minilateralism and multilateralism: opportunities and risks of pioneer alliances in international trade and climate politics

Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
Briefing Paper 16/2015

Multilateral co-operation has come up against its limits in recent years. Minilateral or plurilateral pioneer alliances can lend new impetus to international trade and climate policy, however, they should augment and support the multilateral process rather than replace it.

Vulnerability of tax revenues in developing countries

von Haldenwang, Christian (2015)
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In my view: integrating PCD in a post-2015 ‘beyond-aid’ framework

Keijzer, Niels / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
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Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisia’s civil society

Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
The Current Column, 14. October 2015

The Nobel Peace Prize committee recognises Tunisia’s achievements and underscores the responsibility of this small country to hold high the banner of democracy as the last remaining glimmer of hope from the Arab spring.

TPP blazes a trail: how should the EU respond?

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
The Current Column, 14. October 2015

The European Commission will publish its new trade strategy today. While EU member states continue to discuss the contours of this policy in Brussels, Washington has taken decisive action and concluded the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), the world’s largest trade agreement

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs a coherent focus on governance and peace

Fiedler, Charlotte / Mark Furness / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger (2015)
The Current Column, 12. October 2015

At the end of September the international community came together in New York City to discuss and decide upon the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development based on the sustainable development goals (SDGs). One significant change compared to the previous Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is SDG 16, which stresses the relevance of peace, good governance and inclusive institutions for sustainable development.

Industrial policy in developing countries: failing markets, weak states

Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2015)
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How could the South respond to secular stagnation in the North?

Mayer, Jörg (2015)
Discussion Paper 8/2015

Demand-based growth models worry that secular stagnation in advanced countries reduces developing country growth, via lower exports. Relaxing assumptions and emphasizing cumulative causation forces from domestic-demand growth and relative price effects indicates how the South can maintain growth.

Post 2015: the need for an enabling global economic governance framework

Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Briefing Paper 15/2015

Whilst the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development does more to address global economic governance issues than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fail to address key global economic challenges in the areas of trade and international finance.

Tackling the real reasons causing people to flee Syria

Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 08. October 2015

Bonn, 8 October 2015. Those misusing the refugee crisis as cover for their own inaction and ignorance with regard to the Syrian conflict may be soon be exposed.

UN at 70 - After the Summit

Bonn, 07. October 2015

The UN member states have adopted a new agenda for sustainable development, including a set of universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Have they succeeded in striking a new partnership for protecting and providing global public goods for current and future generations? Have they paved the ground for the implementation of an…

The good, the bad and the global: Supporting governance in a world without borders

Berlin, 06. October 2015

GIZ’s biannual sector days on good governance and human rights took place from 6 to 8 October in Berlin. Thematic panel discussions and workshops on 6 and 7 October were organised jointly with the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This year’s theme “Supporting governance in a world without…

The 2030 Agenda – A Copernican revolution in development cooperation?

Gass, Thomas / Silke Weinlich (2015)
The Current Column, 05. October 2015

With its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a true paradigm shift in development cooperation.

Finanzierung der SDGs

Berlin, 05. October 2015

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have beeen adopted in New York at the end of September 2015, but implementing them requires finance – some USD 3.9 trillion in annual investment, according to United Nations estimates. However, the current level of public and private investment in the relevant areas stands at just around USD 1.4…

Global Justice through Global Goals?

Bonn, 05. October 2015

Joshua Castellino , member of the global SDSN Leadership Council and Dean of the School of Law at Middlesex University, looked at the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of “global justice”. The pursuit of SDGs will keep raising questions of justice, which need to be…

Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India

Altenburg, Tilman (ed.) (2016)
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