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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Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
The Current Column, 07 November 2016
The Paris Climate Agreement was hailed around the world as a historic achievement last December. Whether or not it makes history, however, depends on its successfull implementation. Being the first COP after the Paris summit in December 2015, the Marrakesh climate conference provides the first serious litmus test for the decisions reached in Paris.
Grimm, Sven (2016)
The Current Column, 31 October 2016
The emerging economies are weakening. China’s economy is less dynamic and the country is regressing at political level. Brazil has been paralysed in domestic policy terms and has experienced a severe recession. The South African economy is stagnating and the nation’s democratic institutions are being undermined by nepotism. The coup in Turkey has rocked the country to the core in domestic-policy and economic terms, and the list could go on and on. And these are supposed to be “rising powers”?!
Hulse, Merran (2016)
The Current Column, 24 October 2016
Lack of political will, geostrategic concerns, and weak institutional capacity have dragged out the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). After 14 years, some countries are close to the finishing line, but delays and obstacles remain.
Dick, Eva / Maria-Theres Haase (2016)
The Current Column, 17 October 2016
At the third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, central decisions will be made on the urban and global development of the next decades.
Brüntrup, Michael (2016)
The Current Column, 12 October 2016
16 October is World Food Day. There are still 800 million people going hungry worldwide. How can we turn the day into a real celebration? Only with a tour de force.
Hackenesch, Christine / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
The Current Column, 10 October 2016
Die deutsche und europäische Politik sind angesichts anhaltender Flucht- und Migrationsbewegungen aus verschiedenen Teilen Afrikas erheblich unter Druck geraten. Die gerade begonnene Afrikareise von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel steht daher im Zeichen der Flüchtlingspolitik.
Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn (2016)
The Current Column, 04 October 2016
The level of approval for free trade is falling generally, and globalisation critics are enjoying fresh momentum in large parts of the world, even among former champions of free trade, such as Germany. How do we explain these trends?
Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 27 September 2016
A considerable number of critics view the UN summit for refugees and migrants as little more than a summit of heat-warming words and declarations of intent that will have no impact whatsoever.
Striebinger, Kai / Julia Leininger (2016)
The Current Column, 19 September 2016
Transformation through rapprochement or rejection? Sanctions or dialogue? The recent events in Turkey and the general stagnation of democratisation processes worldwide raise a highly-charged question: how should European and German foreign, development and security policy react to autocratically-governed states?
Samanta, Sayan (2016)
The Current Column, 12 September 2016
There is not much leeway to deny that we are living in the Anthropocene – the epoch in which human activity is primarily responsible for the changes in the Earth’s climate and biodiversity.