Resource Mobilisation and Institutional Reform for the Common Good
Effective institutions are essential for sustainable development. However, in many countries institutions are weak and financial resources for strengthening them are scarce. Research has found that in order to be strong and legitimate, institutions have to be politically negotiated and domestically rooted and financed. How do these processes work and how can international support facilitate them?
To better understand how institutions can effectively contribute to the common good of a society, we need to know more about the mobilisation of (im)material resources for their establishment and reform in different contexts. Reforming political institutions, too, is crucial for an integrated implementation of the Agenda 2030.
Based on a multi-level approach, we study how the mobilisation of domestic resources can lead to greater social cohesion and how it can strengthen the accountability of governments. In our research on the SDGs, we analyse the challenges the integrated implementation of the Agenda 2030 poses for states, especially with weak institutions, and what can be done about it. Beyond the domestic level, we study the role of regional migration regimes for the cross-border movement of people in some of the poorest parts of the world. The role of international tax cooperation with regard to fighting tax avoidance and evasion is another focus of our research in this cluster.
Publications
Translating Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) interdependencies into policy advice
Breuer, Anita / Hannah Janetschek / Daniele Malerba (2019)
Sustainability 11 (7)
Tax expenditure and the treatment of tax incentives for investment
Redonda, Agustin / Santiago Diaz de Sarralde / Mark Hallerberg / Lise Johnson / Ariel Melamud / Ricardo Rozemberg / Jakob Schwab / Christian von Haldenwang (2019)
Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (12), 1-11
The potential of ICT-supported participatory communication interventions to challenge local power dynamics: Lessons from the case of Togo
Breuer, Anita / Laura Blomenkemper / Stefan Kliesch / Franziska Salzer / Manuel Schädler / Valentin Schweinfurth / Stephan Virchow (2018)
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 84 (3)
Regional Migration Governance in Africa and Beyond: A Framework of Analysis
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
DIE Discussion Paper
The relevance of legitimation: a new framework for analysis
von Haldenwang, Christian (2018)
Contemporary Politics 23 (3), 269-386
Does the political resource curse affect public finance? The vulnerability of tax revenue in resource-dependent countries
von Haldenwang, Christian / Maksym Ivanyna (2018)
Journal of International Development 30 (2), 323-344
Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income taxation in developing countries
von Schiller, Armin (2018)
Journal of International Development 30 (2), 274-301
Taxing higher incomes: what makes the high-income earners consent to more progressive taxation in Latin America?
Berens, Sarah / Armin von Schiller (2017)
Political Behavior 39 (3), 703-772
Can gender-targeted employment interventions help enhance community participation? Evidence from urban Togo
Breuer, Anita / Edward Asiedu (2017)
World Development 96, 390-407
Urban governance of forced displacement: premises, requirements and challenges in the light of new humanitarian trends
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2017)
RaumPlanung 5, 22-29
Governing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals: approaches to attain policy integration
Tosun, Jale / Julia Leininger (2017)
Global Challenges
Do democracies tax more? Political regime type and taxation
Garcia, Maria Melody / Christian von Haldenwang (2016)
Journal of International Development 28 (4), 485–506
The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
Roll, Michael (ed.) (2014)
Abingdon / New York: Routledge
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Taxing higher incomes: what makes the high-income earners consent to more progressive taxation in Latin America?
von Berens, Sarah / Armin von Schiller (2017)
Political Behavior 39 (3), 703-772
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The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
Roll, Michael (ed.) (2014)
Abingdon / New York: Routledge
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Regional Migration Governance in Africa and Beyond: A Framework of Analysis
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
DIE Discussion Paper
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Political Resource Curse: What Does Natural Resource Dependence Do to Public Revenue?
von Haldenwang, Christian / Maksym Ivanyna (2018)
Austaxpolicy blog
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Can gender-targeted employment interventions help enhance community participation? Evidence from urban Togo
Breuer, Edward Asiedu (2017)
World Development 96, 390-407