Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future

Principal Investigator: Sanjay Kumar; Advisory Committee: Hilal Ahmed Sandeep Shastri Sanjeer Alam Suhas Palshikar

Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future is a collaborative study involving Lokniti, a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Young people aged between 15 to 34 years, accounts for a little over one-third of the Indian population. Such a large young population is an asset for any nation as these young people have the potential to play an active role in shaping of the socio-economic and political development of the country. But today, young Indians are grappled with multiple challenges such as financial difficulties for pursuing their education, lack of employment opportunities and the issues of mental health. Some even face pressure from their families and peers for doing well in life. Some of these issues have been discussed in the previous rounds of the youth studies conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). This report is based on the fourth round of youth study, which aims to analyse if there have been any changes in the attitudes and behaviour of the youth, their levels of anxieties and their emerging aspirations. This report also tries to focus on the new challenges that Indian youth might be facing.

The Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in the Context of the United Nations

Strengthening the Positive Role of Youth in Peace Processes

Globally, there has been a rise in violent conflict and an increase in civilian casualties since 2010. The majority of conflicts involve low-income countries. According to UN estimates, in 2020, 90 per cent of the world’s 1.85 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 were living in developing countries. Given the increase in armed conflict over the past decade, it is now estimated that more than 25 per cent of youth are exposed to violence and conflict.

Retos y oportunidades del nuevo gobierno 2022-2026 a la luz de la Economía Social de Mercado

El 2022 es un año de retos y oportunidades en el que la ciudadanía hondureña espera con optimismo un nuevo andar y la consolidación de su sistema de Estado de derecho. Esta publicación de ensayos académicos se refiere a los desafíos que deberá enfrentar la nueva administración a consecuencia de la pandemia y las herencias negativas de gobiernos anteriores. Se destaca la participación ciudadana, el diálogo permanente y el consenso para promulgar la democracia y la libertad. De igual manera, se discute la necesidad de un crecimiento económico equitativo, el significado de las remesas y el costo social que tiene la migración en los hogares hondureños. Estos retos se reflexionan desde la Economía Social de Mercado y sus lecciones para el bienestar y la justicia social.

A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States, Brazil, and France

In this new report, William T. Adler, Senior Technologist, Elections & Democracy and Dhanaraj Thakur, Research Director, both at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, DC, discuss international patterns of disinformation in elections and propose mitigation strategies available to governments, social media companies and civil society.

European Green Deal And SMEs

In December 2019, the European Commission published the European Green Deal (EGD), which aims to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 and to make the EU economy sustainable by decoupling economic growth from resource use.

Standardisation report - The Geopolitics of Digital Standards

China's role in Standard-Setting Organisations

The Multilateral Dialogue Geneva office of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation commissioned a study from DiploFoundation regarding the role of China in international standard-development organisations (SDOs).

Technologische Innovationen und ihre Auswirkungen auf die brasilianische Demokratie

Cadernos Adenauer 4/2021

Die neue Ausgabe der Reihe Cadernos Adenauer ist dem Thema der technologischen Innovationen gewidmet, und zwar im Hinblick auf die verschiedenen Arten von Auswirkungen, die in den Institutionen entstehen und das Verhalten der Menschen.

Transforming Industry Toward a Low-Carbon Future - a Specific View on Green Hydrogen

A report from the KAS-arranged November 2021 Nordic/German roundtables in Luleå, Sweden

The roundtable discussion about the transition to a green hydrogen economy revealed that there is still a lot to be done on the European, but also the national and regional levels, in order to make the vision of a fossil-free industry a reality.

Desempleo, pobreza y desigualdad en Costa Rica durante la pandemia por el COVID-19

Consideraciones para una recuperación resiliente

Investigación a cargo de Andrés Fernández Aráuz.

One-year Implementation of European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)

Impacts on the Vietnamese Economy and Policy Formation

The Report "One-year Implementation of European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA): Impacts on the Vietnamese Economy and Policy Formation" was prepared by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) with the support from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Vietnam.