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The 0.7% ODA target: a norm in retreat

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2026)

The next generation of national development banks: early lessons from Ghana and Nigeria

Sommer, Christoph / Yabibal M. Walle / Joshua Yindenaba Abor / Daniel Ofori-Sasu / Ama Asante / Robel Ghebrehanes / Benedicta Mawuena / John Kwaku Darko Okrah / Muna Osman / Paul Saupe / Anna-Lena Sprenger / Priscilla Toto (10/2026)

How can the new wave of national development banks in low- and middle-income countries grow into independent, impactful institutions for sustainable development? Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria sheds...

Developing competences for Sustainable Futures: a competence model and design recommendations for learning environments

Reiber, Tatjana (9/2026)

How can learning formats prepare future change-makers for sustainability transformations? Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience with the MGG Academy, this paper presents a practice-informed...

Tax expenditures country report: Germany

Thöne, Michael / Christian von Haldenwang (2026)

Länderbericht zu Steuervergünstigungen: Deutschland

Thöne, Michael / Christian von Haldenwang (2026)

Nourishing tomorrow: engineering food systems backward from the plate

Reich, Charlotte / Aiveen Donnelly (2026)

Food systems must deliver healthy, affordable diets. But how? The answer lies in reverse engineering—from the plate back through products, value chains and across geographies.

GenZ Movements and CSOs in Kenya and Madagascar: Friends or Foes?

Gutheil, Lena (2026)

How do governments set the carbon tax rate? A comparative analysis

Dominioni, Goran / Daniele Malerba (8/2026)

The paper outlines a taxonomy of criteria that governments can use in setting the tax rate. It provides a comparative analysis of the criteria used in 13 jurisdictions. Empirically driven criteria,...

Institutionalization of citizen participation in Africa

Gutheil, Lena / Annabelle Houdret / Sanae Aljem (2026)

The basis, progress, and future of food and bioprocess with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques

Ndondo, Joseph Tendeukai Kunashe / Gamuchirai Trever, Musunda / Faith Angelline Manditsera / Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu / Philemon Kwaramba (2026)

African–European Relations (Vol. 22)

Erforth, Benedikt / Niels Keijzer (2026)

Socio-ecological transitions and the future of global sustainable development

Kuhnt, Jana / Daniele Malerba / Benjamin Rosenthal (2026)

There is the need to move beyond a growth-centred development model, but not beyond development

Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt stärkt Sicherheit

Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt ist Voraussetzung für die Bewältigung der Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und transformationsherausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Der WBGU empfiehlt daher, gesellschaftliche,...