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Large scientific studies and advice reports as well as the reports of the research teams of the Postgraduate Programme run by the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) are being published as “Studies”. The series focuses on regional and thematic issues and always has empirical references. Studies can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.

You can also order a hard copy for 10 € by contacting our publication department by e-mail or mail.

This only applies to the former DIE studies in book format. The new IDOS Studies series is online only.

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107 results Displaying results 1 to 20 of 107.

Decarbonising cities: assessing governance approaches for transformative change

Roll, Michael / Christian von Haldenwang / Christina Grohmann / Maria Elisabeth Gronen / Anne Laible / Johanna Orth / Florian Wengel / Lisa Zumegen (2022)
Studies 107

This study develops a new framework for evaluating transformative urban governance and explores the three key aspects 'stakeholder involvement', 'financing', and 'impact assessment', combining data from a global survey of city officials and case studies of the cities of Bonn, Quito, and Cape Town.

Natural resource governance in light of the 2030 Agenda: the case of competition for groundwater in Azraq, Jordan

Dombrowsky, Ines / Ramona Hägele / Lukas Behrenbeck / Thomas Bollwein / Mirjana Köder / Daniel Oberhauser / Ronja Schamberger / Majd Al-Naber / Marwan Al-Raggad / Elias Salameh (2022)
Studies 106

This study analyses natural resource governance in the light of the 2030 Agenda, taking the case of competition for groundwater in Azraq, Jordan. Based on a systematic mapping of the complex groundwater governance system, it identifies intervention points for a transformation towards sustainability.

Kommunale Entwicklungspolitik in Deutschland

Marschall, Paul / Christopher Wingens / Eva Dick (2021)
Studies 105

Kommunale Entwicklungspolitik in Deutschland nimmt an Bedeutung zu: Städte, Gemeinden und Landkreise engagieren sich zunehmend und divers mit Blick auf den Globalen Süden. Sie kooperieren dabei mit zahlreichen Akteuren. Diese Aktivitäten kommen an und entfalten Wirkungen im In- und Ausland.

Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (eds.) (2021)
Studies 104

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future.

Community effects of cash-for-work programmes in Jordan: supporting social cohesion, more equitable gender roles and local economic development in contexts of flight and migration

Loewe, Markus / Tina Zintl / Jörn Fritzenkötter / Verena Gantner / Regina Kaltenbach / Lena Pohl (2020)
Studies 103

Cash-for-work-programmes can be effective in the context of flight and migration, as well, in creating employment, building infrastructure and upgrading skills but the example of Jordan shows that they can also promote social cohesion, changes in gender roles and local economic development.

The transition towards a green economy and its implications for quality infrastructure

Vidican Auktor, Georgeta / Tilman Altenburg / Andreas Stamm (2020)
Studies 102

This study contributes to understanding the essential link between quality infrastructure (QI) and an effective transition towards a green economy. It explores green technologies diffusion in developing countries and what QI investments are needed to support, and benefit from, this green transition.

Earmarking in the multilateral development system: many shades of grey

Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde / Peter Wolff (2020)
Studies 101

Earmarking has become a powerful and widely accepted, yet also loathed modality of funding multilateral development organizations. How is earmarking practiced by major donors? What options do they have? And how does earmarking affect organizations ability to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda?

Sustainable public procurement as a tool to foster sustainable development in Costa Rica: challenges and recommendations for policy implementation

Stamm, Andreas / Luise Dietrich / Heike Harling / Laura Häußler / Florian Münch / Jana Preiß / Jan Siebert (2019)
Studies 100

Costa Rica was the first country in Latin America to approve, in 2015, a National Policy for Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP). Challenges for a swift implementation are manifold. A research team of DIE studied, in 2018, the efforts to make SPP a reality in Costa Rica.

Wandel von Sozialpolitik im Kontext von Global Social Governance: das Beispiel Peru

Licht, Nathalie (2019)
Studies 99

Welchen Einfluss haben aktuell globale Akteure und Policies auf die Sozialpolitik in Nationalstaaten? Am Fallbeispiel Peru wird beleuchtet, wie sich die Muster der Interaktion und Diffusion zwischen Nationalstaaten und externen Akteuren seit dem Washingtoner Consensus radikal veränderten.

Policy options for improving drought resilience and its implication for food security: the cases of Ethiopia and Kenya

Duguma, Mesay K. / Michael Brüntrup / Daniel Tsegai (2017)
Studies 98

Droughts in developing countries have multi-faceted negative implications for the vulnerable population, in particular for food insecurity. Drought policies need to be pro-active, inter-sectorial, adaptable and bottom-up. The study analyses the policies of Ethiopia and Kenya.

Spatial development initiatives – potentials, challenges and policy lessons: with a specific outlook for inclusive agrocorridors in Sub-Sahara Africa

Reeg, Caroline (2017)
Studies 97

Against the rise of agricultural corridor initiatives in Sub-Sahara Africa, this report analyses the potentials and pitfalls of older spatial development initiatives. It shows that spatial approaches are very difficult to get right. Yet, there is potential to learn from the past.

Aligning climate change mitigation and sustainable development under the UNFCCC: a critical assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism, the Green Climate Fund and REDD+

Horstmann, Britta / Jonas Hein (2017)
Studies 96

We argue that the UNFCCC regime does not sufficiently address the risks of negative effects related to mitigation investments. Those who have least contributed to climate change, but are most vulnerable to its impacts, could thus face a double equity gap.

Retail FDI liberalisation and the transformation of agrifood value chains in India

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Hauke Brankamp / Thomas Cremer / Alexander Haddad / Katharina Pannwitz / Franziska Wehinger / Sangeeta Agasty / Tamal Sarkar (2017)
Studies 95

Waiting to exhale: why is it that the much-awaited Indian retail Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) liberalisation has not attracted its expected deluge of investments? And why is it that this new DIE study recommends proceeding with Indian retail FDI liberalisation nevertheless?

Managing coastal ecosystems in the Philippines: what Cash for Work programmes can contribute

Altenburg, Tilman / Cecilia Fischer / Kerstin Huck / Anna Kruip / Sören Müller / Stefanie Sörensen (2017)
Studies 94

Cash for Work (CfW) programmes can contribute effectively to the sustainable management of natural resources. We show this for fishery management and mangrove reforestation. The study compares CfW with alternative incentives schemes and shows how CfW should be designed to achieve its objective

Environmental tax reform in developing, emerging and transition economies

Cottrell, Jacqueline / Kai Schlegelmilch / Matthias Runkel / Alexander Mahler (2016)
Studies 93

This report highlights lessons on impacts, costs and acceptance learned from environmental tax reforms in industrialised countries, focusing on those most transferable to developing countries, and illustrated with the authors’ practical advisory experience in selected developing countries.

Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch (2016)
Studies 92

How and to what extent can deep preferential trade agreements support upgrading of companies from developing countries within global value chains? The Transpacific Partnership and the EU-Vietnam agreement provide some new opportunities for Vietnam, but potentials will not materialize automatically.

Food security in sub-Saharan Africa: a fresh look on agricultural mechanisation; how adapted financial solutions can make a difference

Ströh de Martínez, Christiane / Marietta Feddersen / Anna Speicher (2016)
Studies 91

Much of sub-Saharan Africa’s farmland is (still) cultivated with the hand hoe. Mechanisation can help to alleviate food insecurity, but considerable risks are involved. The financing for mechanisation is difficult to access, which is why well-adapted financial solutions need to be designed.

Policies and institutions for assuring pro-poor rural development and food security through bioenergy production: case studies on bush-to-energy and Jatropha in Namibia

Brüntrup, Michael / Katharina Becker / Martina Gaebler / Raoul Herrmann / Silja Ostermann / Jan Prothmann (2016)
Studies 90

For bioenergy to support rural development and food security, guiding policies and institutions are needed. This study derives recommendation for a better regulatory environment for bioenergy development in Nambia, based on the analyses of two value chains: the bush-to-energy cluster and Jatropha.

The devolution of the land and building tax in Indonesia

von Haldenwang, Christian / Alice Elfert / Tobias Engelmann / Samuel Germain / Gregor Sahler / Amelie Stanzel Ferreira (2015)
Studies 89

Indonesia has decentralised the responsibility for the land and building tax to cities and districts. But has the reform led to improved tax collection? The present study explores whether decentralisation leads to a better use of the potential of this revenue source.

The global partnership for effective development cooperation: origins, actions and future prospects

Abdel-Malek, Talaat (2015)
Studies 88

This study by one of the most influential policy-makers in development traces the evolution of the international aid system during the post-World War II period and analyses the potential of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation to become a universally accepted platform.

Current Studies

Decarbonising cities: assessing governance approaches for transformative change

Roll, Michael / Christian von Haldenwang / Christina Grohmann / Maria Elisabeth Gronen / Anne Laible / Johanna Orth / Florian Wengel / Lisa Zumegen (107)

Natural resource governance in light of the 2030 Agenda: the case of competition for groundwater in Azraq, Jordan

Dombrowsky, Ines / Ramona Hägele / Lukas Behrenbeck / Thomas Bollwein / Mirjana Köder / Daniel Oberhauser / Ronja Schamberger / Majd Al-Naber / Marwan Al-Raggad / Elias Salameh (106)

Kommunale Entwicklungspolitik in Deutschland

Marschall, Paul / Christopher Wingens / Eva Dick (105)

Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (eds.) (104)