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Financing for development and domestic revenue mobilisation: more international reforms are needed

von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage (2019)
Briefing Paper 13/2019

Many governments are under pressure to mobilise revenues at home. More international cooperation is needed to support them. In particular, additional efforts are required to fight tax avoidance, tax evasion and harmful or ineffective tax expenditures.

China: same, same, but different?

Bader, Julia / Christine Hackenesch (2019)
External Publications

Financing for the 2030 Agenda is missing its targets

Wolff, Peter (2019)
The Current Column, 08. July 2019

The SDG Summit in September 2019 will also look at how the 2030 Agenda is financed. Studies by OECD, UN and IMF paint a sobering picture.

Bildung gegen rechts

Bonn, 04. July 2019

Europa ist im 21. Jahrhundert politisch nach rechts gerückt. Parteien, die offen nationalistische und rechtspopulistische Positionen vertreten, finden in vielen europäischen Ländern breite Unterstützung. Bewusst instrumentalisieren sie Themen wie Migration und europäische Integration, um in der Öffentlichkeit soziale Ängste und…

The end of certainties

Klingebiel, Stephan (2019)
External Publications

Regional cooperation on migration and mobility: experiences from two African regions

Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
External Publications

Human migration in the era of climate change

Cattaneo, Cristina / Michel Beine / Christiane J. Fröhlich / Dominic Kniveton / Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso / Marina Mastrorillo / Katrin Millock / Etienne Piguet / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
External Publications

Why we need new guidelines for private sector engagement in development cooperation

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
The Current Column, 01. July 2019

Can the Kampala Principles help to improve development cooperation partnerships with private sector actors?

Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs)

Hsu, Angel / John Brandt / Oscar Widerberg / Sander Chan / Amy Weinfurter (2019)
External Publications

Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action?

Chan, Sander / Wanja Amling (2019)
External Publications

Human mobility in the context of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends and basic recommendations for development cooperation

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
Briefing Paper 12/2019

Human (im-)mobility in the context of climate change is major challenge for the African continent. This paper identifies some key trends in "climate migration" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that, three basic policy recommendations are formulated.

Lecture, Symposium und Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

Bonn, 25. June 2019

Im Rahmen der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung widmet sich das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) dem Aufbau des Innovations-Campus Bonn. Am 25. Juni 2019 wurde das Großprojekt mit einem Symposium und einem feierlichen Abendempfang vorgestellt. Zur 2017 gegründeten Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung…

Approaches to Mobilize Finance for Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage

Bonn, 25. June 2019

The provision of finance support to avert, minimize and address climate-induced loss and damage has emerged as an increasingly important issue. However, tangible solutions how to mobilize finance from new and innovative sources are not yet agreed. The question of possible institutional set-ups to administer such additional finance is…

Why writing a new constitution after conflict can contribute to peace

Fiedler, Charlotte (2019)
Briefing Paper 11/2019

Countries coming out of conflict often adopt new constitutions, but the question how this affects their chances of sustaining peace remains unanswered. This paper summarises new research showing that post-conflict constitution-making processes and especially longer ones can contribute to peace.

Rethinking Global Climate Action beyond 2020

Boran, Idil / Sander Chan (2019)
The Current Column, 24. June 2019

The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) is coming to an end in 2020. Now is a good moment to rethink how a post-2020 climate action agenda should look like.

Putting your money where your mouth is: geographic targeting of World Bank projects to the bottom 40 percent

Öhler, Hannes / Mario Negre / Lodewijk Smets / Renzo Massari / Željko Bogetić (2019)
External Publications

Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and implications for employment policies

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Joachim von Braun (2019)
External Publications

The Treaty of Aachen: opportunities and challenges for Franco-German cooperation in development policy and beyond

Krüger, Laura-Theresa / Julie Vaillé (2019)
Discussion Paper 8/2019

Despite the continued high-level commitment to French-German cooperation in development, bilateral cooperation so far remains rather opportunity- than strategy-driven. This Discussion Paper seeks to analyse the main obstacles and how these play out in practice.

Carbon Capture and Storage – A responsible bridge to a low-carbon future?

Bonn, 19. June 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered by many research groups working on climate change mitigation as a necessary element of a (more) sustainable energy future. For instance, WBGU in its 2011 “Great Transformation” report concludes, “CCS is a necessary mitigation measure for countries that continue to use fossil energies, if…

Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. June 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…