Theme special

Food security and agriculture for a world without hunger

The research and advisory project addresses the question of how development cooperation can make a more effective contribution to improving food security in rural sub-Saharan Africa.

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Dekorationselement
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Theme special

Disruption and Reform

In light of global crises and increasingly disruptive, authoritarian forms of politics, forward-looking, cooperative reforms are necessary to secure sustainable development, international cooperation and democratic foundations. In this web special you will find IDOS's work on the dynamics of our 2025/26 annual theme, ‘Disruption and Reform’.

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News

We welcome the 62nd PGP cohort at IDOS!

On 1 September, the participants in the Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP) began the new course. We look forward to meeting everyone and sharing ideas!

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Opinion pieces and media contributions

Graphic Online

Accra's traffic crisis: Why Ghana needs reverse public transport reform

Theodore Asimeng

Anyone who travels in Accra understands the daily frustration of traffic congestion. Congestion has become so normal that many people simply accept it as the price of living in a growing city. It should not be.

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Megatrends Spotlight

Between Shock and Opportunity: Hormuz and Deepening North Africa–Europe Relations

Annabelle Houdret / Mark Furness

With the world’s attention fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, developments in North Africa have made fewer headlines in Europe. The crises in the Middle East are likely to deepen the geostrategic interdependence of North Africa and Europe, creating opportunities for both regions.

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Events

Launch event
Geoeconomic Fragmentation, Global Value Chains, and the Future of the Global South

Online, 07.09.2026

Semi-plenary Roundtable
The “Triple COP” Year 2026

Bath, UK, 08.09.2026

IDOS Event Series WTO Public Forum / World Trade Forum
IDOS at the WTO Public Forum and World Trade Forum

Geneva / Bern, 16.09.2026 until 18.09.2026

Further events

Current publications

Whatever happened to the ‘Good Old Days’ of development cooperation? Trump 2.0, crisis politics and the post-2030 development agenda

Whatever happened to the ‘Good Old Days’ of development cooperation? Trump 2.0, crisis politics and the post-2030 development agenda

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2026)

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Der Weg für arme Länder aus der Schuldenfalle

Der Weg für arme Länder aus der Schuldenfalle

Berensmann, Kathrin

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The future Global Development Agenda will have to be shouldered by Middle Powers

The future Global Development Agenda will have to be shouldered by Middle Powers

Keijzer, Niels / Hyeyoung Woo / Jee Hee (2026)

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Between shock and opportunity: Hormuz and deepening North Africa–Europe relations

Between shock and opportunity: Hormuz and deepening North Africa–Europe relations

Houdret, Annabelle / Mark Furness (2026)

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