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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Berensmann, Kathrin / Clara Brandi / Matthias Schöneberger (2014)
The Current Column, 22 September 2014
Trade and the international financial architecture need to form forward-looking cornerstones of the post-2015 agenda. Insufficient thought has been paid to this thus far.
Julia Leininger (2014)
The Current Column, 24 September 2014
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has assumed catastrophic proportions. The international community of states has reacted too slowly to the Ebola outbreak, which has been known about since March 2013. This also applies to Germany.
Reisen, Helmut (2014)
The Current Column, 28 July 2014
The new BRICS bank has been launched at the sixth summit of the BRICS countries. Can this new institution influence the balance of power among the multilateral development banks, breaking the dominance of the industrialised western countries.
Christian von Haldenwang (2014)
The Current Column, 11 July 2014
The debate regarding the post-2015 agenda, i.e. the goals of global development after 2015, places obligations on states including the states of the northern hemisphere.
Bauer, Steffen / Benjamin Schraven (2014)
The Current Column, 01 September 2014
Climate change and disaster risk management will be high on the agenda as small island states are particularly at risk from the impacts of climate change, especially rising sea levels. How to deal responsibly with the prospect that these countries will become virtually uninhabitable remains one of the great unresolved questions of international climate policy and international law.
Furness, Mark / Jodie Keane (2014)
The Current Column, 22 August 2014
After a long period of economic prosperity in advanced and developing countries, the 2008 financial market meltdown and subsequent global and Euro crises came as a shock.
Imme Scholz, Niels Keijzer, Neil Bird, Alejandro Guarín (2014)
The Current Column, 04 August 2014
In 2015, the EU needs to achieve both a substantive climate agreement and an ambitious global development agenda with transformative potential. This is necessary not only for increasing global prosperity in a sustainable way, but also for securing its own future.
Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer (2014)
The Current Column, 23 June 2014
Die vom UNHCR am Weltflüchtlingstag veröffentlichten Zahlen stellen einen traurigen neuen Rekord dar. Wie kann die internationale Gemeinschaft darauf reagieren?
Lindenberg, Nannette / Caroline Pöll (2014)
The Current Column, 16 June 2014
Two weeks after the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned against further social spending cutbacks in European countries in its World Social Protection Report 2014/2015 a group of politicians and experts from the fields of business, academia and finance is meeting in London to discuss ways of further developing the international market for social impact investments.
Alejandro Guarín (2014)
The Current Column, 11 June 2014
On Sunday Colombia chooses one of two candidates for President. The more significant choice will be between a negotiated end to the 50-year conflict or more war.