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Turkey has developed into a significant provider of development assistance and is now an attractive partner in triangular cooperation for DAC donors. This paper examines the main characteristics of Turkey’s development policy and analyses the potential of joint German-Turkish triangular cooperation.
Ashoff, Guido / Stephan Klingebiel (2014)
Discussion Paper, 9/2014
Since the early 2000s, the development policy community has come to acknowledge two issues. (1) The aid system is in crisis; attempts are being made to reform the system. (2) The system environment in which development policy is being pursued has undergone considerable change.
The democratic emerging powers - India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia andTurkey - have potential advantages in supporting democratization processes beyond their own borders. But to make good on their promise, they have to decide how they want to fill their new regional and global leadership roles.
Die Türkei hat sich über die letzten Jahre hinweg zu einem bedeutenden Geberland in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und attraktiven Partner für Dreieckskooperationen entwickelt. Über Hintergründe und Deatails dieses Engagements war bislang jedoch wenig bekannt.
Altenburg, Tilman / Elmar Kulke / Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa / Lisa Peterskovsky / Caroline Reeg (2016)
Discussion Paper, 2/2016
The diffusion of supermarkets in developing countries increases productivity, but fast roll-out also treatens the livelihoods of millions engaged in traditional stores and their supply chains. We show what governments and retail corporations can do to make retail modernisation inclusive.
This study reviews evidence on competitiveness, employment and distributional effects of carbon taxes with a view on informing the decisions of policy makers and bureaucrats in developing and emerging countries. It emphasizes design options to mitigate negative and generate positive effects.
The paper addresses key technological trends in the digitalization of industrial production and their impact on employment, equality, productivity, global value chains and resource efficiency. It also reviews the implications for industrial policy and the measures taken in several countries.
Germany’s annual aid to MENA countries more than doubled since 2011, but without a public strategy setting out objectives and the role of aid and other policy tools in achieving them. A whole of government strategy based on the 2030 Agenda could balance German interests with the MENA’s development priorities.
The Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) is the EU’s main thematic instrument to fund assistance in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the IcSP and discusses its relevance for the EU’s approach to the security-development nexus.
This paper identifies promising export sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using a variant of the Product Space approach. Results indicate sectors as close as possible to the countries’ current level of productive capabilities with some degree of complexity and ability for average-quality job retention.