Dr. Daniele Malerba
Abteilung
Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme
Funktion
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Fachrichtung
Ökonomie
Arbeitsgebiete
- Poverty
- Economic and social development
- Social protection
- Climate change
- Environment
Regionalexpertise
- Afrika
- Lateinamerika
Vita
| seit 01/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (bis 06/2022 Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Forschungsabteilung "Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme" |
| 8/2017-12/2017 | Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter |
| seit 09/2013 | International development research projects Independent consultant |
| 09/2013-06/2017 | University of Manchester, UK PhD candidate |
| 09/2013-06/2016 | University of Manchester, UK Teaching assistant |
| 11/2010-09/2013 | Development Initiatives, Bristol, UK Analyst/Researcher |
| 09/2009-12/2009 | UNIDO, Wien, Austria Intern |
Referierte Publikationen
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Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba
(2026)
Surveying just transition pathways in global climate policy
in: Climate Policy, first published 27.02.2026 -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba
(2025)
Gender differences in multidimensional poverty in low- and middle-income countries
in: Journal of International Development 38 (2), 193-209 -
Roscioli, Federico / Daniele Malerba / Alessio Farcomeni
(2025)
Measuring sustainable development progress in Peru using multivariate latent Markov models
in: Sustainable Development, first published 26.08.2025 -
Emmerling, Johannes / Pietro Andreoni / Ioannis Charalampidis / [...] / Daniele Malerba et al.
(2024)
A multi-model assessment of inequality and climate change
in: Nature Climate Change 14, 1254-1260 -
Malerba, Daniele / Babette Never / Lukas Fesenfeld / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel / Sascha Kuhn
(2024)
On the acceptance of high carbon taxes in low- and middle-income countries: a conjoint survey experiment
in: Environmental Research Letters 19 (9), article 094014 -
Aleksandrova, Mariya / Laura Kuhl / Daniele Malerba
(2024)
Unlocking climate finance for social protection: an analysis of the Green Climate Fund
in: Climate Policy 24 (7), 878-893 -
Tian, Peipei / Kuishuang Feng / Laixiang Sun / Klaus Hubacek / Daniele Malerba / Honglin Zhong / Heran Zheng / Dan Li / Ning Zhang / Jiashuo Li
(2024)
Higher total energy costs strain elderly, especially low-income, across 31 developed countries
in: PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) 121 (12), article e2306771121 -
Dietrich, Stephan / Daniele Malerba / Franziska Gassmann
(2024)
Predicting social assistance beneficiaries: On the social welfare damage of data biases
in: Data & Policy 6, article e3 -
Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Daniele Malerba / Jale Tosun
(2023)
Integrated policymaking: institutional designs for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
in: World Development 170, article 106317 -
Awuni, Evans Tindana / Daniele Malerba / Babette Never
(2023)
Understanding vulnerability to poverty, COVID-19’s effects, and implications for social protection: insights from Ghana
in: Progress in Development Studies 23 (3), 246-274 -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba
(2023)
Are women poorer? A cross-country analysis of gender differentials in multidimensional poverty
in: Udaya R. Wagle (ed.), Research Handbook on Poverty and Inequality, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 103-117 -
Breuer, Anita / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.)
(2023)
Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges
London: Routledge -
Balasubramanian, Pooja / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba
(2023)
Does economic growth reduce multidimensional poverty? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries
in: World Development 161, article 106119 -
Breuer, Anita / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian
(2022)
Governing the Interlinkages between the SDGs: Approaches, Opportunities and Challenges (Introduction)
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 1-14 -
Allen, Cameron / Anita Breuer / Julia Kercher / Julia Leininger / Pooja Balasubramanian / Arvinn Gadgil
(2022)
The role of good governance in reducing poverty and inequality: evidence from a scoping review of interlinkages between SDGs 16, 10 and 1
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 30-50 -
Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Daniele Malerba
(2022)
Governance mechanisms for coherent and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda: A cross-national comparison of government SDG bodies
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 51-71 -
Malerba, Daniele / Yannik Oswald
(2022)
To grow or not to grow? Revisiting economic growth as a Sustainable Development Goal in light of the degrowth debate
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 140-157 -
Emmerling, Johannes / Daniele Malerba
(2022)
Modelling the interaction between climate mitigation and income inequality: the use of integrated assessment models and the case of India
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 174-191 -
Breuer, Anita / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian
(2022)
Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: conclusions
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 225-237 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2022)
The effects of social protection and social cohesion on the acceptability of climate change mitigation policies: what do we (not) know in the context of low- and middle-Income countries?
in: European Journal of Development Research 34, 1358–1382 -
Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe / Daniele Malerba / Julia Leininger
(2022)
Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion: introduction to the special issue
in: European Journal of Development Research, 34 (3), 1195 - 1215 -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Claudio E. Montenegro / Nicole Rippin
(2022)
Assessing trends in multidimensional poverty during the MDGs
in: Review of Income and Wealth 68 (S2), S317-S346 -
Barrientos, Armando / Stephan Dietrich / Franziska Gassmann / Daniele Malerba
(2022)
Prioritarian rates of return to antipoverty transfers
in: Journal of International Development, 34 (3), 550-563 -
Alkesandrova, Mariya / Daniele Malerba / Christoph Strupat
(2021)
“Building Back Better” through social protection
in: Bündnis Entwicklung hilft, Bochum: Ruhr University Bochum – Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 33-37 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2021)
Climate change
in: Esther Schüring / Markus Loewe (Hrsg.), Handbook on Social Protection Systems, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 688–704 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2021)
Introduction: Policy coordination
in: Esther Schüring / Markus Loewe (Hrsg.), Handbook on Social Protection Systems, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 223–225 -
Malerba, Daniele / Kirsten Svenja Wiebe
(2021)
Analysing the effect of climate policies on poverty through employment channels
in: Environmental Research Letters 16(3), article 035013 -
Malerba, Daniele / Anja Gaentzsch / Hauke Ward
(2020)
Mitigating poverty: the patterns of multiple carbon tax and recycling regimes for Peru
in: Energy Policy (149), article number 111961, online first -
Barrientos, Armando / Daniele Malerba
(2020)
Social assistance and inclusive growth
in: International Social Security Review 73 (3), 33-53 -
Roscioli, Federico / Daniele Malerba / Francesco Burchi
(2020)
Introducing agroecology in primary schools: an independent impact evaluation in Uruguay
in: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 45 (2), 245-278 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2020)
The trade-off between poverty reduction and carbon emissions, and the role of economic growth and inequality: an empirical cross-country analysis using a novel indicator
in: Social Indicators Research 448, article 012065 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2020)
Poverty alleviation and local environmental degradation: an empirical analysis in Colombia
in: World Development 127, article 104776 -
Dietrich, Stephan / Daniele Malerba / Armando Barrientos / Franziska Gassmann / Pierre Mohnen / Nyasha Tirivayi
(2019)
Human capital returns to cash transfers in Uganda: does it matter in the long run?
in: Journal of Development Effectiveness 12 (1), 54-73 -
Breuer, Anita / Hannah Janetschek / Daniele Malerba
(2019)
Translating Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) interdependencies into policy advice
in: Sustainability 11 (7), article 2092 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2019)
Poverty-energy-emissions pathways: recent trends and future sustainable development goals
in: Energy for Sustainable Development 49 (April ), 109-124
Nicht-referierte Publikationen
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Gasior, Kathrin / Gemma Wright / H. Xavier Jara / Daniele Malerba
(2026)
Climate policy as development policy: leveraging carbon revenues for social protection in low- and middle-income countries
in: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 4/2026, Helsinki: United Nations University -
Burchi, Francesco / Sophia Schubert / Daniele Malerba
(2025)
Trends in social protection spending and its effects: evidence from the Harmonized Social Protection Expenditure Database (HASPED)
published on ssrn.org, 17.11.2025 -
Barrientos, Armando / Daniele Malerba
(2025)
Global inequality and Global governance
in: Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Eszter Kollar (eds.), Justice in Global Economic Governance: Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 249-257 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2025)
Wachstum hinterfragen
in: E+Z (3/2025), 16-18 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2025)
Questioning growthism: Why and how we should question growth
in: D+C (3/2025), 16-18 -
Aleksandrova, Mariya / Aparajita Banerjee / Marcelo Inacio da Cunha / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco / Michael Brüntrup / Daniele Malerba
(2024)
Fostering justice across the Rio Conventions: emerging levers for cooperation and coordination
(Policy Brief 31/2024) -
Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba
(2024)
EU energy and climate policy as a balancing act: the European Green Deal among internal and external forces
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 45-48 -
Malerba, Daniele / Babette Never / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel / Sascha Kuhn
(2024)
Survey data on climate policy in three countries (Peru, Ghana, Philippines) within the project "Sustainable Middle Classes in Middle Income Countries: Transforming Carbon Consumption Patterns (SMMICC)"
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) -
Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels / Mauricio Böhl Gutierrez et al.
(2024)
Greening economies in partner countries: priorities for International cooperation
(Policy Brief 2/2024) -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba
(2024)
Gender differences in multidimensional poverty in low- and middle-income countries: An assessment based on individual poverty indices
published on ssrn.com, 10.01.2024 -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba
(2023)
The gendered nature of poverty: data, evidence and policy recommendations
(Policy Brief 24/2023) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2023)
The role of social protection in environmental fiscal reforms
(Discussion Paper 10/2023) -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba
(2023)
Global trends in multidimensional poverty and horizontal inequalities in poverty
in: UNDESA - Expert Group Meeting on the Implementation of the third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027), Draft paper (May 2023) -
Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Strupat / Daniele Malerba
(2022)
Policy responses to COVID-19: why social cohesion and social protection matter in Africa
(Discussion Paper 20/2022) -
Malerba, Daniele / Xiangjie Chen / Kuishuang Feng / Klaus Hubacek / Yannick Oswald
(2022)
The impact of carbon taxation and revenue redistribution on poverty and inequality
(Policy Brief 11/2022) -
Altenburg, Tilman / Steffen Bauer / Clara Brandi / Michael Brüntrup / Daniele Malerba / Babette Never / Anna Pegels / Andreas Stamm / Jenny To / Ulrich Volz
(2022)
Ökologische Strukturpolitik: ein starker Profilbaustein für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
(Discussion Paper 8/2022) -
Iacobuţă, Gabriela Ileana / Alexia Faus Onbargi et al.
(2022)
The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: addressing crises in the short and long term
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group (July 2022) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2022)
Just transitions: a review of how to decarbonise energy systems while addressing poverty and inequality reduction
(Discussion Paper 6/2022) -
Balasubramanian, Pooja / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba
(2021)
Does economic growth reduce multidimensional poverty? Evidence from low and middle-income countries
in: Courant Discussion Papers, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (288) -
Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike
(2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action
(Discussion Paper 11/2021) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2021)
Welche Verteilungsfragen ergeben sich aus der Klimapolitik? Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Entwicklungsländern
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2021) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2021)
What are the distributional implications of climate policies? Recent evidence from developing countries
(Briefing Paper 3/2021) -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Claudio E. Montenegro / Nicole Rippin
(2020)
Assessing trends in multidimensional poverty during the MDGs
in: Global Development Institute Working Paper Series (2020-044), Manchester: Global Development Institute, University of Manchester -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Nicole Rippin / Claudio E. Montenegro
(2019)
Comparing global trends in multidimensional and income poverty and assessing horizontal inequalities
(Discussion Paper 2/2019) -
Barrientos, Armando / Daniele Malerba
(2018)
Productivist social assistance and 21st-century development models
London: ESRC GPID Research Network (Working Paper 16) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2018)
How to reduce poverty and address climate change? An empirical cross-country analysis and the roles of economic growth and inequality
Manchester: The University of Manchester (GDI Working Paper 2018-32) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2018)
The heterogeneous effects of conditional cash transfers across geographical clusters: do energy factors matter?
Working Paper Series 2018-021, Manchester: Global Development Institute/University of Manchester -
Dietrich, Stephan / Daniele Malerba / Armando Barrientos / Franziska Gassmann / Pierre Mohnen / Nyasha Tirivayi / Susan Kavuma / Fred Matovu
(2017)
Social protection investments, human capital, and income growth: simulating the returns to social cash transfers in Uganda
Maastricht: Maastricht Economic and social Research institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU‐MERIT); (Working Paper Series 2017-029) -
Dietrich, Stephan / Daniele Malerba / Armando Barrientos / Franziska Gassmann
(2017)
Rates of return to antipoverty transfers in Uganda
Maastricht: Maastricht Economic and social Research institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU‐MERIT); (Working Paper Series 2017-040)
Meinungsbeiträge
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Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba
(2025)
COP30: Bewährungsprobe für die „Just Transition“
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 10.11.2025, 2., überarbeitete Auflage -
Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio / Daniele Malerba / Markus Loewe
(2025)
Der Gesellschaftsvertrag: ein Ansatz zur Gestaltung sozial gerechter Klimapolitik in Deutschland
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 04.03.2025 -
Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio / Daniele Malerba
(2022)
Eine langfristige Perspektive für die aktuelle Energiekrise
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 17.10.2022) -
Malerba, Daniele
(2022)
Social protection and social cohesion are key for climate action
published on www.developmentresearch.eu, 18.08.2022 -
Malerba, Daniele
(2020)
Tackling climate change and reducing poverty: is “building back better” possible?
published on poverty-unpacked.org, 30.10.2020 -
Strupat, Christoph / Daniele Malerba / Francesco Burchi
(2020)
Warum Soziale Sicherung in der Corona-Krise entscheidend ist
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 26.03.2020 -
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Nicole Rippin
(2019)
Multidimensional poverty trends and horizontal inequalities: new insights from the G-CSPI database
(Externe Publikationen One Pager 434) -
Malerba, Daniele / Francesco Burchi
(2019)
Warum unser enger Blick auf Armut ihre Beseitigung behindert
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 17.10.2019) -
Schwachula, Anna / Okka Lou Mathis / Daniele Malerba / Ramona Hägele
(2019)
Sind klimaschädliche Dienstreisen ein notwendiges Übel?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 27.09.2019)
Projekte
- Multilevel Approaches to Enhance International Cooperation on Climate for Sustainable Development (CLIMDEV)
- Klimalog: Forschung und Beratung für eine klimaresiliente und naturverträgliche nachhaltige Entwicklung durch sozial gerechte Transformation (Klimalog III)
- Wie wirkt die COVID-19-Pandemie auf die Klimapolitik? Fallstudien zu Klimazielen, Konjunkturpaketen, und Kohlenstoff-Steuerreformen (COVCLIM)
- Messung und Bewertung multidimensionaler Armut in der Welt
- Wachstum, Umwelt, Ungleichheit, Governance: Umsetzung der Agenda 2030
- Armut, Ungleichheit und Wohlbefinden
- Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) - Wissenschaftliche Beiträge und Outreach Aktivitäten