The Current Column

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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  1. Europe should prepare to support long-term Palestinian state-building
    Europe should prepare to support long-term Palestinian state-building

    Furness, Mark (2023)
    The Current Column, 20 December 2023

    Politically, the Gaza war has brought the scenarios for future Israel-Palestine relations into sharp focus.

  2. Combating drought requires greater global political impetus
    Combating drought requires greater global political impetus

    Brüntrup, Michael (2023)
    The Current Column, 18 December 2023

    Poorer countries hope that a binding drought agreement will provide them with support in laying the essential groundwork for more drought risk management.

  3. COP28 and the road to a Just Transition
    COP28 and the road to a Just Transition

    Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Aparajita Banerjee / Susan S. Ekoh (2023)
    The Current Column, 29 November 2023

    A Just Transition will indeed require accelerating the global just energy transition, but will also require operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund agreed upon at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, and potentiating gender-responsive climate action and finance.

  4. How can climate-resilient health systems be successfully established?
    How can climate-resilient health systems be successfully established?

    Strupat, Christoph (2023)
    The Current Column, 27 November 2023

    Defining health as a priority area in connection with COP28 will provide a key impetus for the rapid and sustainable reduction of emissions and acceleration of the necessary climate adaptation strategies in the health sector.

  5. Greening cooperation for economic development
    Greening cooperation for economic development

    Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels (2023)
    The Current Column, 22 November 2023

    To accelerate green transformation in low- and middle-income countries, it is therefore essential to provide evidence of how a greener economy can offer direct economic benefits to national economies and the majority of citizens.

  6. The supply and demand of democracy in Africa today
    The supply and demand of democracy in Africa today

    Isbell, Thomas (2023)
    The Current Column, 20 November 2023

    While majorities of respondents in the most recent Afrobarometer surveys appear to demand democracy, the surveys also reveal that many feel that the supply of democracy is lacking.

  7. What international stakeholders of democracy should think about
    What international stakeholders of democracy should think about

    Saibu, Ghadafi (2023)
    The Current Column, 13 November 2023

    Supporting these hybrid regimes as a standard form of democracy by international stakeholders creates the impression that a functioning democracy is in place, but in fact, they are not sustainable.

  8. Grey areas instead of polarisation on the Middle East war
    Grey areas instead of polarisation on the Middle East war

    Houdret, Annabelle (2023)
    The Current Column, 08 November 2023

    Being aware of our history means never marginalising based on religion, ethnicity, gender and other markers of social identification.

  9. The international community must finally provide debt relief
    The international community must finally provide debt relief

    Berensmann, Kathrin (2023)
    The Current Column, 06 November 2023

    The world’s highly indebted poorest countries depend on debt relief. Otherwise, the development progress made over the past decade risks being reversed.

  10. Germany should host an international donor conference to plan for the aftermath
    Germany should host an international donor conference to plan for the aftermath

    Furness, Mark / Tina Zintl (2023)
    The Current Column, 26 October 2023

    International development donors need to start thinking about how they can break the vicious cycle of polarization and support ordinary Palestinians in the future.