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2030 agenda for sustainable development – how relevant will it be?

Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column, 22. September 2015

This coming weekend the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) is set to pass a new agenda that is intended to apply for the next decade and a half. Will this work programme be relevant for domestic political and social action in rich and poor countries alike, as well as for international co-operation?

Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.) (2015)
Discussion Paper 7/2015

The United Nations have a new agenda for development until 2030. But the list of indicators that they will use for measuring progress towards the goals of the agenda has not been finalised yet. DIE experts have prepared comments on all goals and the indicators that are currently under discussion.

Demokratieförderung

Leininger, Julia (2015)
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Europeanisation and the EU's comprehensive approach to crisis management in Africa

Furness, Mark / Gorm Rye Olsen (2015)
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The 2030 Agenda has been adopted and will now be implemented

Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column, 30. September 2015

New York, Bonn, 28 September 2015. The gavel fell on 25 September 2015 at 11:46 a. m. New York time, signifying the adoption of the 2030 Agenda. What did the attending heads of state have to say?

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…

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.

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.

Industrial policy in developing countries: failing markets, weak states

Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2015)
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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

In my view: integrating PCD in a post-2015 ‘beyond-aid’ framework

Keijzer, Niels / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
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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.

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…

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?

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 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 Special Chapter

Bonn, 26. October 2015

Dr Juzhong Zhuang , Deputy Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank, presented the report "The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 Special Chapter: A Smarter Future: Skills, Education, and Growth in Asia" followed by a comment by Aimee Hampel-Milagrosa of the German Development Institut / Deutsches Institut für…

How Sustainable is German Foreign Policy?

, 29. October 2015

Achieving sustainable solutions for global problems requires cooperation with countries in all world regions. However, the rapidly changing and complex world order is a major challenge for countries worldwide. Thus, German foreign policy is currently faced with challenges but also opportunities. Since the end of the Cold War, power…

Civil war outcomes and a durable peace: setting the record straight

Kreutz, Joakim (2015)
Briefing Paper 17/2015

This briefing paper argues that civil wars ending through military victory do not necessarily provide the better chances for sustainable domestic peace. Peace negotiations, demobilization, addressing underlying grievances and building local trust can all be key to overcome legacies of violence.

A seal of approval for German development cooperation? The OECD’s new peer review of Germany

Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2015)
The Current Column, 04. November 2015

Every four or five years, the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) organises a peer review in which a team of experts closely examines the policies of the member in question. The new peer review of Germany will be unveiled on 4 November in Berlin.