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461. BMZ Charter for the Future – New development goals

     

     Scholz, Imme (2014)
     The Current Column, 24 November 2014

     In the Charter for the Future, German Development Minister Gerd Müller sets out the political priorities he intends to pursue over the next three years in Germany and in its partner countries, in the cabinet in Berlin, and in German business, civil society and academia.

462. Global financial market regulation: are the reforms now finally over?

     

     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?

463. The G20 and infrastructure

     

     Wolff, Peter (2014)
     The Current Column, 10 November 2014

     When the G20 leaders meet next week in Brisbane, Australia, there are sure to be few issues that they will agree on. There will, however, be one subject upon which they can agree: infrastructure.

464. The new EU Development Commissioner: from Cutting Ribbons to Influencing Global Development?

     

     Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2014)
     The Current Column, 04 November 2014

     This week, the new EU Development Commissioner takes office. Immediate crises response and three major global events ask for an ambitious and risk-taking Development Commissioner.

465. A new partnership between China and Germany in support of international development

     

     Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2014)
     The Current Column, 09 October 2014

     The planned bilateral governmental consultations between China and Germany on 10 October will provide Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Müller, with an important opportunity to start a new phase of engagement. We argue that this event can be used to design a new development partnership.

466. What German development co-operation can learn from the incest debate

     

     Böckenförde, Markus (2014)
     The Current Column, 08 October 2014

     On 24 September 2014 the German Ethics Council recommended that consensual sexual relations between adult siblings should no longer be illegal, thus decriminalising a taboo that has endured for millennia. A heated debate followed. German development co-operation can learn from this incest debate.

467. Brazil in focus: the mighty South-American country decides on its coming future

     

     Saravia, Enrique (2014)
     The Current Column, 07 October 2014

     In two weeks, on 26 October 2014, almost 143 million Brazilian voters will decide who will rule the country’s Executive power for the next four years. The reason is that in the first round, held last Sunday, no candidate reached 50 % of the preferences.

468. Are we facing a multilateral donor dilemma?

     

     Reisen, Helmut (2014)
     The Current Column, 06 October 2014

     Following a decade and a half of convergence and poverty reduction in developing and emerging economies, proclamations abound that ‘We Can End Poverty’. At the same time, it is forecast that fewer countries will be eligible to receive grants or soft loans from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and other multilateral finance institutions. Will the end of poverty result in a donor dilemma?

469. Stop distributional injustice - do it now!

     

     Rippin, Nicole (2014)
     The Current Column, 29 September 2014

     30 September 2014 sees the end of the debate of the United Nations General Assembly on the future form of international development co-operation. For the first time, these goals also include targets for tackling inequality.

470. Economic Partnership Agreements: Time is running out

     

     Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn (2014)
     The Current Column, 29 September 2014

     1 October 2014 is the deadline for the conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and a group of states in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP states). If the agreements are not signed by that date, African countries will fear a deterioration in their conditions for exporting to the EU.