Despite citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) being a well conceived, sector-specific policy concept, it often struggles due to the linear mindset of development agencies. Based on various research methods, this study examined challenges in the operationalization of CWIS in Nakuru County, Kenya. The findings suggest that CWIS faces challenges from different service regimes that have multiple providers, different institutional arrangements, and diverse technologies. This study calls for a shift in the mindset of development agencies from linear to spherical thinking in sanitation governance.
Despite citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) being a well conceived, sector-specific policy concept, it often struggles due to the linear mindset of development agencies. Based on various research methods, this study examined challenges in the operationalization of CWIS in Nakuru County, Kenya. The findings suggest that CWIS faces challenges from different service regimes that have multiple providers, different institutional arrangements, and diverse technologies. This study calls for a shift in the mindset of development agencies from linear to spherical thinking in sanitation governance.
Despite citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) being a well conceived, sector-specific policy concept, it often struggles due to the linear mindset of development agencies. Based on various research methods, this study examined challenges in the operationalization of CWIS in Nakuru County, Kenya. The findings suggest that CWIS faces challenges from different service regimes that have multiple providers, different institutional arrangements, and diverse technologies. This study calls for a shift in the mindset of development agencies from linear to spherical thinking in sanitation governance.
A strategic Drift in the Atlantic Order The wider Atlantic has historically been central to the architecture of official development assistance (ODA). The consensus, however, is fragmenting. What does that mean for the wider Atlantic? The paper argues that the Atlantic space is a critical arena where normative shifts are being tested, institutional roles renegotiated, and coalitions reassemled.
A strategic Drift in the Atlantic Order The wider Atlantic has historically been central to the architecture of official development assistance (ODA). The consensus, however, is fragmenting. What does that mean for the wider Atlantic? The paper argues that the Atlantic space is a critical arena where normative shifts are being tested, institutional roles renegotiated, and coalitions reassemled.
A strategic Drift in the Atlantic Order The wider Atlantic has historically been central to the architecture of official development assistance (ODA). The consensus, however, is fragmenting. What does that mean for the wider Atlantic? The paper argues that the Atlantic space is a critical arena where normative shifts are being tested, institutional roles renegotiated, and coalitions reassemled.
Die Geoökonomisierung der Weltwirtschaft kann fatale Folgen haben, vor allem für rohstoffabhängige oder politisch instabile Entwicklungsländer.
Die Geoökonomisierung der Weltwirtschaft kann fatale Folgen haben, vor allem für rohstoffabhängige oder politisch instabile Entwicklungsländer.
Die Geoökonomisierung der Weltwirtschaft kann fatale Folgen haben, vor allem für rohstoffabhängige oder politisch instabile Entwicklungsländer.
Die deutsche Wirtschaft ist 2025 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 0,2 Prozent gewachsen, wie das Statistische Bundesamt heute bekannt gegeben hat. Dazu eine Einschätzung von Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, Konjunkturchefin des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):
Mit einem Plus von 0,2 Prozent ist die deutsche Wirtschaft 2025 zwar wieder gewachsen, die Erholung fällt aber deutlich schwächer aus als in vergangenen Aufschwungphasen. Nach zwei Jahren der Schrumpfung zeigt sich damit eine Stabilisierung, jedoch noch kein kräftiger Neustart.
Strukturelle Belastungen wie der Verlust an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, der demografische Wandel und laufende Anpassungen in wichtigen Industriezweigen dämpfen zwar weiterhin das Wachstum. Hinzu kommen externe Faktoren, insbesondere die erhöhten US-Zölle auf deutsche Exporte. Dennoch ist nicht zu erwarten, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft weiterhin und langanhaltend stagniert.
Vor allem die Binnenwirtschaft macht Hoffnung. Neben dem öffentlichen Sektor leistet insbesondere die private Nachfrage einen wichtigen Beitrag. Man kann also durchaus vorsichtig optimistisch in das Jahr 2026 blicken: Wenn die bereits beschlossenen finanzpolitischen Maßnahmen ihre volle Wirkung entfalten, ist eine spürbare Belebung möglich. Ein Wachstum von über einem Prozent erscheint dann realistisch.
The now and the before The Trump administration has confirmed the withdrawal of the United States from sixty-six international organisations and how this will put America first on the global stage. This continues a pattern of delivering a high-voltage shockwave to the policy norms that have underpinned global cooperation since 1945. We analyse the trajectory of US development cooperation and policy past, present and future in a new IDOS brief.
The now and the before The Trump administration has confirmed the withdrawal of the United States from sixty-six international organisations and how this will put America first on the global stage. This continues a pattern of delivering a high-voltage shockwave to the policy norms that have underpinned global cooperation since 1945. We analyse the trajectory of US development cooperation and policy past, present and future in a new IDOS brief.
The now and the before The Trump administration has confirmed the withdrawal of the United States from sixty-six international organisations and how this will put America first on the global stage. This continues a pattern of delivering a high-voltage shockwave to the policy norms that have underpinned global cooperation since 1945. We analyse the trajectory of US development cooperation and policy past, present and future in a new IDOS brief.