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International Organizations under Pressure: Introduction

Dingwerth, Klaus / Antonia Witt / Ina Lehmann / Ellen Reichel / Tobias Weise. (2019)
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International or national implementers: who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment

Kaplan, Lennart C. / Jana Kuhnt / Katharina Richert (2023)
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The political economy of Chinese investment treaties

Berger, Axel (2019)
External Publications

International dimensions of science and research policy

Bonn, 15. December 2011

Minister Svenja Schulze, who is responsible for Innovation, Science and Research in the State of Northrhine Westfalia, will speak to the Global Governance School on 15 December, 2011 about the international dimensions of her ministry's work. She will also address the question how a Federal State can assume responsibility for global…

Global Renewable Energy Forum 2016

Bonn, 01. December 2016

Ein Jahr nach der Verabschiedung des Pariser Klimaabkommens zog die Veranstaltung eine erste Bilanz hinsichtlich des Fortschritts der internationalen Gemeinschaft, die globale Erderwärmung auf weit unter 2°C zu begrenzen. Aufgrund der herausgehobenen Rolle des Energiesektors, welcher weltweit für mehr als zwei Drittel der…

Toward a universal approach to financing for sustainable development: what Seville can deliver

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2025)
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Comment: why an EU-China investment agreement would not be such a bad thing

Berger, Axel (2014)
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Geopolitics, the Global South and Development Policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 14/2023

Far-reaching geopolitical upheavals have shaped international relations in the recent past. This policy brief discusses the new geopolitical and geo-economic context and its significance for the Global South and development policy.

(Im)mobility in international research cooperation

Online, 22. June 2021

2 nd Workshop on International Research Cooperation of “Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer” (FFVT) Nowadays, partnerships are state of the art in international research projects but underlying motivations often vary between the mere desire to meet funding requirements and the honest pursuit of more…

European Development Policy under the von der Leyen Commission

Berlin, 19. December 2019

The beginning of this month saw the start of the new European Commission under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen. Together with her team of Vice Presidents and Commissioners she will promote European cooperation and integration during the next five years under the motto: A Union that Strives for More. President Ursula von…

Intercultural dialogue on the challenges of global governance

Bonn, 25. June 2012

From 25 until 27 June 2012, the fifth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum - Culture, Education, Media. Shaping a Sustainable World took place in Bonn with more than 1,500 participants from 95 countries. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…

Rwanda – A Developmental State and Donor Darling

Bonn, 06. October 2016

The goal of this workshop is to provide a space to reflect on the current state of discussions regarding socio-economic development and the role of internal and external actors in the specific case of Rwanda. Questions to be addressed at the workshop include: What is Rwanda’s brand of development? What tools are behind Rwanda’s…

The UN Climate Conference has to prove that the Paris Agreement is working

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column, 25. October 2021

Five years after the Paris Climate Agreement entered into force and one year after the COVID-enforced hiatus, the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP26”) will convene in the Scottish city of Glasgow on 31 October. At long last!

Maria Elisabeth Gronen

Maria Elisabeth Gronen is a Social Scientist and former Researcher in the research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"

The potential value-added of an Investment Facilitation Framework for Development

Online, 19. January 2021

The event focused on the potential value-added of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development. It is well established that countries seek to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), to advance their economic growth and development. However, since the bulk of any investment facilitation effort is undertaken at the national…

Investment facilitation and WTO modernisation

Geneva, 11. October 2019

Discussions on investment facilitation, initiated at the 11 th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Buenos Aires, represent an opportunity both for countries aiming at improving their domestic frameworks to attract investments but also for the World Trade Organization (WTO) itself. While traditional international investment policy…

Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward

Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
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The international battle against tax fraud and evasion: a key part of the post-2015 agenda

von Haldenwang, Christian / Uwe Kerkow (2014)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The fragile road towards peace and democracy: insights on the effectiveness of international support to post-conflict Burundi

Mroß, Karina (2015)
Discussion Paper 3/2015

How can countries emerging from conflict be supported on their path towards peace and democracy? This paper analyses international support to post-conflict Burundi and sheds light upon key factors influencing its effectiveness.

Financing adaptation to climate change: What is Europe’s role?

Bonn, 30. April 2009

Veranstaltung im Rahmen des 7th IHDP Open Meeting 2009 Adaptation to climate change is an inevitable challenge, especially in developing countries. Recent calculations have shown that costs of adaptation and corresponding needs for financial support could be of the order of USD 80 billion per year in the next decade – a huge figure when…