The Current Column

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.

Current and past issues can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.

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  1. Why rebuilding trust in governments is key to end COVID-19
    Why rebuilding trust in governments is key to end COVID-19

    Vogel, Johanna / Aline Burni (2022)
    The Current Column, 24 January 2022

    Rejection of the jab remains a challenge for achieving the end of the pandemic. Rebuilding trust in governments is essential for a successful global vaccination campaign.

  2. Health, climate and geopolitical relations
    Health, climate and geopolitical relations

    Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
    The Current Column, 17 January 2022

    2022 has the task of significantly advancing the management of the pandemic, redesigning our economic and social systems, and negotiating a multi-polar and rule-based world order.

  3. On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
    On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

    Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Saravanan V. Subramanian / Katharina Molitor (2021)
    The Current Column, 20 December 2021

    The resolution could be an important contribution in helping development actors to set global and national standards to protect people against environmental harm, to provide equal access to environmental benefits, and to ensure a common minimum standard of environmental quality for everyone.

  4. A critique on the increasing role of finance in social policy
    A critique on the increasing role of finance in social policy

    Balasubramanian, Pooja (2021)
    The Current Column, 15 December 2021

    One gap that is rarely discussed in research is the increasing penetration of finance within social policy that is further pushing individuals and households into a debt-poverty trap.

  5. How the new German government could shape European development policy
    How the new German government could shape European development policy

    Koch, Svea / Aline Burni (2021)
    The Current Column, 06 December 2021

    As the largest contributing member state to the EU's development budget, Germany needs to use its weight to push strategic debates and rally member states behind common European initiatives.

  6. The significance of the independence referendum for New Caledonia
    The significance of the independence referendum for New Caledonia

    Kaiser, Frederike (2021)
    The Current Column, 29 November 2021

    While society of New Caledonia is deeply divided on the independence question, this consultation could provide a key basis for a common and peaceful future.

  7. Why the next German government needs a long-term approach to Tunisia and Morocco
    Why the next German government needs a long-term approach to Tunisia and Morocco

    Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2021)
    The Current Column, 22 November 2021

    The new German government can play a positive role in support of transition in Tunisia and Morocco without compromising on core principles like social justice, human rights and open economic exchange.

  8. How Germany’s 2022 G7 Presidency could shape change
    How Germany’s 2022 G7 Presidency could shape change

    Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2021)
    The Current Column, 15 November 2021

    The German G7 Presidency should coordinate closely with France, Italy and the EU to place the focus on assuming responsibility for the global common good and strengthening cooperation within the UN and G20 frameworks.

  9. What the global tax reform means for developing countries
    What the global tax reform means for developing countries

    Laudage, Sabine / Christian von Haldenwang (2021)
    The Current Column, 08 November 2021

    Where previously the principle was to tax corporate profits in the country in which the company was headquartered, in future, the market states, in which the revenues are generated, will be granted more rights over the taxation of the world’s 100 largest multinationals.

  10. Shared challenges of cities in and beyond the Arctic
    Shared challenges of cities in and beyond the Arctic

    Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021)
    The Current Column, 02 November 2021

    To achieve urban climate resilience, we need coherent solutions that are specific to local contexts – Arctic city networks show a great potential to contribute to this.