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.
Current and past issues can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.
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Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023)
The Current Column, 07 August 2023
Green skills can have a transformational power as they play a key role in transitioning societies, economies, and industries towards a more sustainable future. However, green skills must also be taught in a transformative way, equipping learners with the ability to confront challenges in today’s complex world.
Droste, Leonie / Linda Lütkes / Tabea Waltenberg (2023)
The Current Column, 22 May 2023
Germany’s goal has to be to avoid negative spillover effects in order to work together with other countries to implement the 2030 Agenda at global level rather than hindering these countries’ own efforts. Such spillover effects and the establishment of binding structures must therefore be clearly addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy.
Ali, Murad (2023)
The Current Column, 19 September 2023
Since its launch in 2013, no other initiative has gained such global limelight as President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). There is hardly a policy think tank or academic institute across the globe that has not addressed the enterprise.
Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
The Current Column, 21 August 2023
To secure that success, India sees a solution in re-orienting its G20 narrative towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an existing common point of reference and framework for cooperation.
Lynders, Eva / Wulf Reiners / Johanna Vogel (2023)
The Current Column, 25 September 2023
Global cooperation must serve more than a narrow understanding of self-interest. Transnational knowledge networks are indispensable for shaping a fair and functional partnership of mutual benefit.
Leininger, Julia (2023)
The Current Column, 12 September 2023
The G20 summit showcased that democracies and autocracies need to cooperate with each other. "Standing up for democracy and cooperating with autocrats - is that possible?" asks Julia Leininger in the Current Column.
Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2023)
The Current Column, 08 May 2023
Against the backdrop of a changing world order, geopolitics has become the central topic of political discourse in Brussels. However, the EU must not pursue its geopolitical ambitions at the expense of its development policy
Walle, Yabibal M. / Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 02 October 2023
Shareholders must make a substantial commitment to increase the lending capacity of the World Bank far beyond the $50 billion over the next ten years that was committed during the Spring Meetings.