| The Current Column |
Change of WTO leadership – fresh dynamism for Herculean challenges?
By Clara Brandi
Bonn, 21 May 2013. Last week the Brazilian Roberto Azevêdo was officially confirmed as the newly elected head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO is at a turning-point. Among the greatest challenges it faces are the standstill in the Doha talks and the proliferation of regional agreements. How can the new WTO leadership introduce fresh dynamism into the world trade system? |
Yet another development bank: the BRICS bank
By Helmut Reisen
Bonn, 13 May 2013. At the recent BRICS summit in Durban finance ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - the countries that form the BRICS - agreed to form a development bank, but failed to reach consensus on the bank’s size or the member countries’ contributions to its capital. Would a new BRICS development bank not just add to an already overly complex system of multilateral development finance? |
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| Announcements |
Special Session at the GWSP International Conference
Governing the energy-water-environment nexus related to hydro-power projects
Bonn, 23.05.2013 |
4th Käte Hamburger Lecture
World Financial Crisis and Civil Society: Implications for Global Democracy
Duisburg , 05.06.2013 |
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2013
Green Transformation and the Future of Growth
Bonn, 18.06.2013 |
Public Lecture
Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development
Bonn, 18.06.2013 |
Conference
Fragmentation or Pluralism? The organisation of development cooperation revisited
Bonn, 10.10.2013 - 11.10.2013 |
Call for Papers – International Conference
Promoting Democracy: What Role for the Emerging Powers?
Ottawa, 15.10.2013 - 16.10.2013 |
| New Publications |
| Ashoff, Guido (2013): 50 Jahre entwicklungspolitische Länderprüfungen (Peer Reviews) der OECD: ein Instrument der Qualitätssicherung und des gemeinsamen Lernens, Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2013 |
| Keijzer, Niels / Brecht Lein / Mario Negre / Nicola Tissi (2013): ACP-EU relations beyond 2020: exploring European perceptions, Briefing Paper 11/2013 |
| Johnson, Oliver (2013): Energie für alle: über technische Lösungen hinaus zur Armutsreduktion beitragen, Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2013 |
| Mallik, Vidyadhar (2013): Local and community governance for peace and development in Nepal, Studies 75 |
| Furness, Mark / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel (2013): Post-2015: the EU can contribute more than aid to the global development agenda, Briefing Paper 7/2013 |
| Lundsgaarde, Erik (2013): Complementarity in development: bringing private foundations on board, Briefing Paper 10/2013 |
| Faust, Jörg / Jörn Grävingholt / Sebastian Ziaja (2013): Foreign aid and the fragile consensus on state fragility, Discussion Paper 8/2013 |
| Berger, Axel (2013): Do we really need a multilateral investment agreement?, Briefing Paper 9/2013 |