Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky / Imme Scholz
(12/2014)
The international process towards universal sustainable development goals has entered its decisive phase. This briefing paper critically appraises the proposal that was recently tabled by an Open...
Guido Ashoff
(2014)
German development policy has already marked its 60th birthday two years ago. As is the case in life, it took around 20 years to become fully grown.
Meijer, Karen / Waltina Scheumann / Daniel Däschle / Ines Dombrowsky
(9/2014)
Wasserkraft wird auf globaler Ebene den größten Anteil an den erbeuerbaren Energien stellen. Ihre Rolle beim Schutz des globalen Klimas stellt uns vor ein Dilemma: Ist Wasserkraft wünschenswert, weil...
Leininger, Julia / Sebastian Ziaja
(11/2014)
Democracy is a highly valued policy goal for the West, but democracy support is feared to undermine another important goal, namely political stability. Our findings suggest that a gradualist approach...
Bauer, Steffen / Benjamin Schraven
(2014)
Climate change and disaster risk management will be high on the agenda as small island states are particularly at risk from the impacts of climate change, especially rising sea levels. How to deal...
Furness, Mark / Jodie Keane
(2014)
After a long period of economic prosperity in advanced and developing countries, the 2008 financial market meltdown and subsequent global and Euro crises came as a shock.
Meijer, Karen / Waltina Scheumann / Daniel Däschle / Ines Dombrowsky
(10/2014)
Hydropower is globally the main source of renewable energy, and capacity expansion is planned. Hydropower’s role in mitigating climate change creates a dilemma: is hydropower desirable because of its...
Bruhn, Dominique
(23/2014)
Deep preferential trade agreements contribute to global value chain trade by eliminating trade barriers and providing an economic governance framework regulating behind-the-border policies. While they...
Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Rutgerd Boelens
(9/2014)
In this article, we challenge the idea of PES as a panacea for environmental degradation and poverty, if its drawbacks are not taken into consideration. This paper contributes to bridging the gap...
Klingebiel, Stephan
(8/2014)
There is a possibility that the development ministers of the OECD will agree on a new definition of official development assistance (ODA) at the end of 2014. The debate about a suitable new ODA...
Imme Scholz, Niels Keijzer, Neil Bird, Alejandro Guarín
(2014)
In 2015, the EU needs to achieve both a substantive climate agreement and an ambitious global development agenda with transformative potential. This is necessary not only for increasing global...
Klingebiel, Stephan / Pedro Morazán / Mario Negre
(7/2014)
EU commitments on coordination in development cooperation and current mechanisms offer a mixed picture on benefits and costs of EU coordination. The EU’s efforts related to aid coordination are not...
Pauw, Pieter / Steffen Bauer / Carmen Richerzhagen / Clara Brandi / Hanna Schmole
(22/2014)
This paper discusses options on how the international climate regime under the UNFCCC can move forward with one of its fundamental yet often disputed principles: Common But Differentiated...
Faust, Jörg / Svea Koch
(21/2014)
What drives European donors to support or dismiss budget support as ain aid instrument? Our empirical analysis shows that government ideology, economic circumstances and bureaucratic structures have...
ETTG Group
(2014)
In 2014 countries such as Ukraine, Mali, Central African Republic, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Kosovo and Serbia have all been part of the top table of European Union (EU) decision-making, because of...
Reisen, Helmut
(2014)
The new BRICS bank has been launched at the sixth summit of the BRICS countries. Can this new institution influence the balance of power among the multilateral development banks, breaking the...
Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger
(2014)
Fues, Thomas
(2014)
