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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Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 23 May 2016
The present demand for emergency assistance is almost unprecedented. Some 125 million people worldwide are currently dependent on emergency aid as a consequence of war, instability, inequality, natural disaster and resulting refugee crises. But the international humanitarian system itself is also in crisis, proving ineffective, inefficient and inequitable in the way it allocates aid and shares the burden of aid provision.
Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column, 25 April 2016
“Transforming our world” – this is the guiding principle for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains a new universal definition of development that should be used as a basis for re-visiting the underlying principles, tasks and global role of the UN development system.
Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
The Current Column, 07 March 2016
Last week, the European Union (EU) and Canada agreed on fundamental reforms to investor dispute settlement mechanism as part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Whether or not the changes introduced to CETA will spark reforms in the international investment system as a whole is now primarily dependent on Washington’s response in the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
von Haldenwang, Christian (2016)
The Current Column, 04 July 2016
To date there is scarcely any sound knowledge of the extent to which developing countries suffer from tax avoidance and evasion. However, the existing studies enable two general statements to be made
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.