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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Lundsgaarde, Erik / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
The Current Column, 31 March 2014
Vom 2. bis 3. April kommen Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union (EU) und Afrikas in Brüssel zusammen, um eine Zwischenbilanz ihrer bisherigen Zusammenarbeit zu ziehen und künftige Arbeitsschwerpunkte zu setzen.
Lundsgaarde, Erik / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
The Current Column, 31 March 2014
On 2 and 3 April 2014, African and EU Heads of State and Government will meet in Brussels to take stock of achievements in Africa-EU cooperation and to outline priorities for future cooperation.
Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2014)
The Current Column, 09 October 2014
The planned bilateral governmental consultations between China and Germany on 10 October will provide Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Müller, with an important opportunity to start a new phase of engagement. We argue that this event can be used to design a new development partnership.
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.
Mallavarapu, Siddharth (2014)
The Current Column, 17 December 2014
There is much to commend in the recent Charter for the Future (Zukunftscharta) presented to the German public and to German Chancellor Angela Merkel by the German Development Minister. But, one should ask under what conditions are these goals attainable, do they obscure issues of vast power differentials in their manner of their benign framing and do they invoke the universal to momentarily conceal more limited geopolitical visions.
Schmitz, Birgit (2014)
The Current Column, 17 November 2014
The G20 leaders celebrate the successful conclusion of global financial market reforms at their summit in Brisbane. But is this enough to ensure the stability of global financial systems in future?
Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 02 December 2014
In the year 2015, there will be two political processes that are fundamental with regard to sustainability policy in Germany: The further development of the German Strategy for Sustainable Development (SNE) and the adoption of the post-2015 Agenda by the United Nations (UN).The Charter for the Future – presented last week by the German Development Minister, Gerd Müller – is an important element in these processes.
Bauer, Steffen / Danuta Sacher (2014)
The Current Column, 10 December 2014
To mark the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we are dedicating this year's Human Rights Day, annually commemorated on 10 December, to the children and young people of the world. In today's discussions of key future issues, only a few players in the field of development policy have committed to explicitly taking the rights of children and young people into account,
Berger, Axel (2014)
The Current Column, 01 December 2014
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which the United States and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating since last summer, is currently the subject of heated debate.So, it is time for us to start to consider what impact its failure would have.