Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise, and the links with socioeconomic status, is not yet well understood. This paper explores this...

"Shared prosperity" has become a common phrase in the development policy discourse. This short paper provides its most widely used operational definition-the growth rate in the average income of the poorest 40 percent of a country's population-and describes its origins. The paper discusses how...

The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in international development and agreed upon in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 10. Using data from 164 countries comprising 97 percent of the world's...

This paper assesses the preferences of EU institutions and member states for the Union’s development policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing both the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss and the exacerbating socio-economic inequalities requires a response that links the...

This paper analyses the European Union’s (EU) evolving motivations, priorities and current approaches to development cooperation under the label of “Team Europe”, following its introduction in April 2020 as the European Union’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It assesses what...

Deutschland und das Vereinigte Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland (UK) sind im Hinblick auf Ausgaben für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Official Development Assistance – ODA) die zweit- bzw. viertgrößten Geber weltweit. Bei internationalen politischen Debatten über globale...

Although geographically distant, there is considerable convergence in the development policy priorities of Germany and the Republic of Korea (hereafter: Korea) - and indeed scope for cooperation between them. Whereas Germany was a founding member of the international development cooperation...

This collective IDOS Discussion Paper seeks to inform the incoming EU leadership and member state capitals about the EU's role in a changing world, main internal and external influences, as well as the prospects and expected challenges in the new legislative period. The primary focus of this...

The key tools and governance approaches for international cooperation for sustainable development (hereafter, international cooperation) were set up in a markedly different time and age. International cooperation – with official development assistance (ODA) as the dominant means of...