Publications - Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Publications

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Current Publications and Dossiers

Ecology

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The Future We Want. A Feminist Perspective

January 26, 2012 - The multiple crises – the financial crash, hunger, climate change and resource scarcity – demonstrate emphatically that neoliberal market globalization cannot fulfill its promises: namely to bring about the optimal allocation of resources on the entire planet and thus be a win-win game for all. Christa Wichterich more»

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Gender Equity and Sustainable Development: Prioritizing Actions To Achieve Results

- January 26, 2012 -

Today, prospects for sustainable development remain a serious challenge as our global economy, our natural environment, our social well-being, and our political structures are in crisis. From the economy to climate change to food and agriculture, systems of governance are in disarray. Everyone is struggling more intensely in today’s world – particularly women and girls.

Dossier

Climate - Migration - Security

- Growing evidence of links between climate change, migration, and conflict raise plenty of reasons for concern and it’s time to start thinking about new answers to these multifaceted crisis scenarios. more»

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Economic Governance

Newsletters

Foundation Newsletter and Resources on the G20

The Heinrich Böll Foundation publishes a monthly newsletter, the “G20 Update,” on the G20 Summit processes and outcomes with special emphasis on the contributions to the processes by civil society organizations (click here for the February 2012 issue. It also maintains a “drop box” of information and publications about the G20. more»

Mother and daughter are carrying a heavy load of beans

Policy Paper

What is “Country Ownership"? Do Social and Environmental Safeguards Destroy It?

- January 26, 2012 - Do development institutions have a choice between safeguards and "country ownership”? The World Bank’s new lending instrument – the Program-for-Results – abandons binding safeguards in the name of “country ownership.” This paper asserts that both country ownership and safeguards are necessary to achieve development results. Nancy Alexander more»

Policy Paper

How Policymakers Can Help Firms Get Rights Right

- January 27, 2012 - Susan Ariel Aaronson, Associate Research Professor of the Elliott School, George Washington University, underscores how firms often operate in states where human rights may not be respected. For these and other firms, the Guiding Principles (GP) on Business and Human Rights, adopted by the UN in 2011, delineate their human rights responsibilities. This paper identifies how policy-makers can help firms meet these responsibilities. Susan Ariel Aaronson more»

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Democracy

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Dangerous Journey. Migration through the Transit Land Mexico

January 13, 2012 -

The discovery of 72 killed migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in August 2011 was a tragic event that accelerated and enhanced public awareness for the problem of severe human rights violations toward migrants in Mexico. Since then, new cases are continually coming out in the open. The majority of the migrants killed in Mexico are never identified and remain nameless.

Jennifer Dresel more»

Policy Paper

The Message from Afghan Civil Society to the International Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany

- December 19, 2011 - Representatives of the Afghan civil society call for further cooperation and the creation of a unified vision shared by the Government of Afghanistan, the international community, and Afghan civil society institutions in order to bring peace and a prosperous future to the country and the Afghan people more»

Testimony

There Must Be a Freedom Square - And We Have Set the Date

- December 19, 2011 - From Syria, 8 months after the beginning of the popular uprising, this article offers a personal account of the brutality of the repression and its implications on the lives of human rights activists. Razan Zaitouneh more»

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Foreign & Security Policy

Policy Paper

Saving for Germany?

December 20, 2011 - The European crisis is not only a Euro or financial crisis, it also has far reaching political implications. In his article Rainer Emschermann analyses the political dynamics while Europe is struggling for ways to solve its deepest crisis since the foundation of the European Union. Rainer Emschermann more»

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The Euro Area Must not Founder on the Narrow-Minded Approach of the German Government

- December 20, 2011 - Just before the start of the decisive crisis summit on the Euro, leading politicians of the SPD and Green party criticized Merkel's crisis management and demanded a radical rethinking from the German Chancellor. Renate Künast, Cem Özdemir, Claudia Roth, Jürgen Trittin, Sigmar Gabriel, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Peter Bofinger more»

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Pashtuns in Pakistan: Why the War on Terror is Being Lost

- December 19, 2011 - The Pashtuns are the ethnic majority in the border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the Pakistani government is not caring about their issues. In the war on terror they often feel like cannon fodder. Syed Irfan Ashraf more»

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Annual Reports - Heinrich Boell Foundation

Annual Reports

The Heinrich Boell Foundation publishes its Annual Reports since 2010 in English. The printed reports are available free of charge from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. To order contact info@boell.de more»

Impressum

2/9	An Assessment of Iran's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
2/17 &18	5th German Conference at Harvard - Exploring Germany's Ambiguous Relation to Leadership