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Children and young people have a right to a high-quality education and to grow an develop in a nurturing environment. After all, they are the most important resource for ensuring society's future! Moreover, a democracy will only be resilient if its citizens are well educates...

The euro is not equipped for future crises. This is the result of the report by an international expert group. The group proposes a three-step plan to reform the European Monetary Union.

The world of international trade is changing faster and stronger than rarely before in modern history. After failed multilateral attempts by the WTO, nations are now banding together in great mega-regional free trading blocks. Our new GED Study Series “How do...

More than half a decade has passed since the start of the euro area crisis. Yet there is still no consensus on the fundamental economic and political questions. In this policy paper, Jörg Haas and Katharina Gnath argue that the most widely shared explanations of the crisis...

"Inspiring people. Shaping the future. Participating in an globalized world." This motto summarizes the work carried out by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Effective participation in society requires both the ability to act and the opportunity to do so. The Bertelsmann Stiftung´s...

The decision of the UK to leave the EU has important constitutional implications for the EU.

Voter turnout in Germany is decreasing and no longer socially representative. However, the majority of non-voters can still be approached and mobilized. There isn’t any simple, fail-safe solution for doing this. But by addressing the core issues of who votes, how we vote and...

The "Globalization Report 2016" examines how far individual countries benefited from increasing globalization between 1990 and 2014. Using the real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as indicator for measuring these benefits, industrialized countries such as Japan,...

This Policy Brief summarizes the main results of the "Globalization Report 2016". The Policy Brief shows that industrialized countries are still the biggest winners from increased globalization.

Challenges for OECD and EU countries increase, while problem-solving abilities are in decline