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Conflict Weekly, Vol.2, No.35, 2 December 2021

An initiative by NIAS-IPRI and KAS-India Office

Unrest in the Solomon Islands, and the 12 million missing children in China

December 2, 2021
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ESG and good corporate governance in relation to the use of pension funds:

Comparison between the United Kingdom and South Africa

Before we can analyse the efficacy of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in relation to pension funds in the City of London UK and South Africa we must assess the progress that has taken place to date, both positive and negative. The City of London is in advance of South Africa in its development of ESG as a tool for good corporate governance and understanding of intangible assets and valuation; while South Africa is in the early stages of doing so especially in relation to their companies integrating ESG into practice. What is clear is that support for good governance when allocating investment in pension funds should ensure that the right choices are made by pension fund managers and trustees to encourage the environmentally sustainable and socially beneficial use of the often, huge sums raised by pension savers. This imperative is as important in the City of London as it is in South Africa. Mitigating climate change is probably the most urgent imperative at present. ra By: Ruth Taplin and Neels Kilian

December 2, 2021
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Honduras wählt den Wechsel

Mit Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento de Zelaya übernimmt zum ersten Mal eine Frau das höchste Amt im Staat

Auch wenn seit dem Morgen des 29.11.2021 die vorläufigen Wahlergebnisse nur noch sehr langsam veröffentlicht werden, ist nach Auszählung von gut der Hälfte der Stimmen klar: Die Wählerinnen und Wähler in Honduras haben den etablierten Parteien den Rücken gekehrt und sich der relativ neuen Linkspartei Libre zugewandt. Die Wahlbeteiligung war mit fast 70 Prozent unerwartet hoch und der Ablauf der Abstimmung bis auf wenige kleine Ausnahmen ohne nennenswerte Effekte ruhig und geordnet. Noch offen ist, wie viele Unterstützter die neue Präsidentin, Xiomara Castro, im Parlament haben wird.

Dr. Rudolf Teuwsen
December 2, 2021
Country Reports
Bolsonaro: Palácio do Planalto / flickr / CC BY 2.0 ; Lula: World Economic Forum / flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Zwischen Bolsonaro und Lula

Brasilien auf der Suche nach einem „dritten Weg“

Ein Jahr vor den Präsidentschafts- und Abgeordnetenhauswahlen zeigt sich Brasilien zwischen dem aktuellen rechten Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro und dem erneut kandidierenden ehemaligen linken Präsidenten Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva polarisiert. Auf der Suche nach einem „dritten Weg“ befinden sich gerade diejenigen politischen Parteien in einer schwierigen Phase, die beim Übergang zur Demokratie in den Jahren nach der Militärdiktatur (1964-1985) eine entscheidende Rolle gespielt und die demokratische Entwicklung maßgeblich mitbestimmt haben. Mit mehr als dreißig beim Obersten Wahlgerichtshof (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) registrierten Parteien ist das Land von einem „Koalitionspräsidentialismus" abhängig, der versuchen muss aus mehreren Parteien eine regierungsfähige Allianz zu schmieden. Genau diese Zersplitterung der Parteienlandschaft und die Komplexität der Koalitionen stellen die repräsentative Demokratie Brasiliens immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen. Ein politische Alternative zwischen Bolsonaro und Lula ist aktuell nur schwer ausmachbar.

Anja Czymmeck, Ariane Costa
December 2, 2021
Country Reports
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Trends der Visegráder Europapolitiken 2021

Positionen von Politikern, Diplomaten, Journalisten und Geschäftsleuten in den Visegrád-Ländern.

Die Tschechische Assoziation für Internationale Fragen (AMO) präsentierte die Ergebnisse einer umfassenden Studie, die mit Unterstützung der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und des Internationalen Visegrád-Fonds durchgeführt wurde. Das Ziel war es, einmalige Daten über die Meinungen von Akteuren der Außenpolitik in den einzelnen Politikbereichen der Europäischen Union zu erheben.

Marcel Ladka
December 2, 2021
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Analysing voter abstention in the 2021 local government elections:

A view from five metropolitan municipalities

While voter abstention has been increasing, the findings of this report show it is a fluid phenomenon. There is only a small core of ‘hardened abstainers’ – only 14% of those who were eligible to vote in all three of the last elections abstained. As a result, most abstainers can be described as partial abstainers. On the question of the identity of non-voters, they are more likely to be young and students. They are also more likely to be Black African, Indian or Coloured than White. Income has a curvilinear relationship to abstention with non-voting higher at both the lowest and highest income groups. The majority of reasons for not voting related to a range of individual and administrative barriers. Of the individual barriers not being in your registered ward on Election Day was the most common, followed by being at work. The most common administrative barrier was not being registered to vote and this reason was particularly prominent among young people and students. Performance evaluations – that is reasons related to disappointments about service delivery – were the third most common explanation for not voting and more frequently discussed by poorer, unemployed and Black African citizens. Reasons related being uninterested and disillusioned were more frequently cited by men, amongst those with matric or higher education and among higher income earners. A lack of political alignment was mentioned in a small number of explanations overall but did more prominently feature in the explanations of higher-income earners. Publication by: Carin Runciman, Martin Bekker and Carol Mbeche

December 1, 2021
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Kosovo’s Food System

Its Sustainability and Missing Policies

This publication analyzes the problems and challenges Kosovo faces towards transitioning into a sustainable food system. It is prepared in cooperation with INDEP and is available in Albanian and English.

December 1, 2021
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Rapport annuel sur le Parlement Marocain (en arabe)

Cinquième année législative: 2020-2021

Ce rapport annuel vient compléter les quatre rapports précédents axés sur les différentes mises à jour dans le dixième mandat législatif (2016-2021) du Parlement marocain.

December 1, 2021
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Survey of voters and nonvoters in the 2021 Local Government Elections:

Methodological Brief

This methodological brief details the questionnaire design, sample design and weighting of the Centre for Social Change (CSC) survey of voters and non-voters in the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE). Publication by: Carin Runciman, Marcel Paret, Martin Bekker and Carol Mbeche

December 1, 2021
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Voter fluidity in the 2021 Local Government Elections:

Evidence from five metropolitan municipalities

The 2021 local government elections marked the consolidation of a new era in South African politics. Most crucial were the trends of ANC decline and growing abstention. These trends have been growing louder over the past decade, but they reached new proportions in 2021. ANC support dipped below 50%, nationally, for the first time since 1994, with less than half of the registered voting population turning out to vote, and only around a third of all eligible voters casting their votes on Election day. The party of national liberation also fell below 50% in six of the eight metropolitan municipalities, bringing into full bloom a pattern of coalition-building that first began to emerge in 2016. Publication by: Marcel Paret and Martin Bekker

December 1, 2021
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Facts and Findings

Selected contributions to the series with international relevance

The series informs in a concentrated form about important positions of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on current topics. The individual issues present key findings and recommendations, offer brief analyses, explain the Foundation's further plans and name KAS contact persons.

 

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Journal for international issues, foreign policy and development cooperation

International Reports (IR) is the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's periodical on international politics. It offers political analyses by our experts in Berlin and from more than 100 offices across all regions of the world. Contributions by named authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team.

EPP Party Barometer

The Situation of the European People's Party in the EU

The EPP Party Barometer illustrates the current situation of the EPP party family in the EU. On a non-regular basis, it provides a concise overview of current election results, polls from the member states and the composition of the party family.

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In our series "Interviews", talks and discussions are held with experts from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. on various topics.

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Concise, reduced to the essentials, but always highly topical. In our series "kurzum", our experts summarise an issue or problem on a maximum of two pages.

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Short political reports of the KAS offices abroad

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation. Our offices abroad are in charge of over 200 projects in more than 120 countries. The country reports offer current analyses, exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts - provided by our international staff.

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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.