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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Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
The Current Column, 09 May 2016
At the heart of the major development policy events of 2016 lies the question: how can development cooperation provide targeted support for achieving the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda? A total of USD 132 billion was spent on official devel-opment assistance worldwide in 2015. While this fund-ing merely supplements other initiatives supporting the achievement of the SDGs in areas such as financial, trade and taxation policy, it still needs to be used as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 02 May 2016
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there were over 60 million displaced persons worldwide in 2015, a figure unparalleled since 1945.
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.
Fues, Thomas (2016)
The Current Column, 11 April 2016
Rising powers in the South, are now ready to play a pro-active part in collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals, the Financing for Development Addis Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Stamm, Andreas / Aurelia Figueroa (2016)
The Current Column, 04 April 2016
Many of today’s grand challenges are global in scope. Social innovations are needed, concerted efforts across disciplinary fields must be made. Resources must be assembled across borders.
Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican (2016)
The Current Column, 17 March 2016
In January Giulio Regeni, who spent last summer as a visiting researcher at our institute, was killed in Cairo. His gruesome death leaves us worried about future cooperation with Egypt.