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EU international cooperation agenda Die globalen Herausforderungen brauchen eine stärkere europäische Antwort: EU-Memorandum veröffentlicht Pressemitteilung vom 04.02.2010 Bonn, London, Madrid, Maastricht . Nachdem die bulgarische Ersatzkandidatin für die EU-Kommission gestern im EU-Parlament auf große Zustimmung stieß, steht der Wahl der neuen EU-Kommission am 9. Februar nichts mehr im Wege. Während sich in Brüssel die neue EU-Kommission konstituiert, präsentiert…

New pathways towards global sustainability: How can politics, business and science come together?

Berlin, 19. March 2013

In August 2012 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon announced the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Solutions Network will mobilise scientific and technical expertise from academia, civil society, and the private sector to promote transformational solutions initiatives in support of sustainable…

General Budget Support

Tokyo, 09. November 2011

The development aid regime has long aimed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which poverty reduction is the highest goal for aid. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) and Paris Declaration are closely aligned to the MDGs and widely considered as the best strategies to reach these goals. Both place less emphasis…

Green Transformation and the Future of Growth

Bonn, 18. June 2013

From 17 until 19 June 2013, the sixth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum – The Future of Growth will take place in Bonn. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will organise the Panel “Green Transformation and the Future of Growth”. Citius, altius, fortius . The motto of “Faster, Higher,…

Rebecca Hadank-Rauch

Rebecca Hadank-Rauch is an Environmental and Development Scientist and Former Researcher in the Research Programme "Inter- and Transnational Cooperation".

Do free healthcare policies play a role in expanding national health insurance enrollment among informal sector workers? The case of the Afya Care pilot program in Kenya

Wamalwa, Phidelis / Christoph Strupat / Edmund Yeboah / MaryBennah N. Kuloba / Boniface Mbuthia / Manuela De Allegri (2025)
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Paradigm shifts in public procurement

Stoffel, Tim / Maximilian Müngersdorff (2019)
The Current Column, 23. September 2019

Procurement in public institutions is becoming more professional and is increasingly being seen as a strategic policy instrument. This also helps in implementing social and environmental criteria in public tenders.

Promising action for nature and climate is easy, credible action a whole different matter

Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Andrew Deneault (2022)
The Current Column, 07. November 2022

Governments and other actors must go beyond mere implementation and take bold steps to raise ambition.

Research Cluster “Conflict, displacement and fragility”

Researchers at IDOS develop analysis of strategies for promoting peace and democracy in order to build and maintain peace.

Mastering global challenges: Revamped Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation

Press Release of 29 August 2024: In its sixtieth year, the programme is undergoing fundamental changes in order to continue successfully promoting skills for international cooperation.

The dream of dictatorship

Mross, Karina (2024)
The Current Column, 24. April 2024

No democracy is perfect. But it is the best we have.

Why transportation should work for women in Africa

Asimeng, Theodore / Pooja Balasubramanian (2024)
The Current Column, 06. March 2024

Policymakers, funding institutions and researchers interested in reforming the current public transport services must address the inequalities women face in addition to their focus on efficiency and environmental goals.

How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 02. March 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon complete her first 100 days in office. One of her priorities for this period concerned the preparations for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, which will be released soon.

Give citizens a more audible voice in development cooperation

Marschall, Paul (2018)
The Current Column, 12. November 2018

In Tanzania a planned law change would criminalise the questioning of public statistics.The World Bank and NGOs are deeply concerned about that issue.

After Panama: developing countries need to be involved more closely in international co-operation on tax issues

von Haldenwang, Christian (2016)
The Current Column, 04. July 2016

To date there is scarcely any sound knowledge of the extent to which developing countries suffer from tax avoidance and evasion. However, the existing studies enable two general statements to be made

International experts present ten-point memorandum on tackling climate change ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

. In preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), which begins today in Bonn, some 300 experts from the spheres of research, politics, civil society, business and the media including climate negotiators met at the weekend to discuss the future of global cooperation and options for decarbonising the global economy in a socially responsible manner.

Interconnections Zone During Cop23

Bonn, 06. November 2017

Parallel to COP 23, DIE hosted the Interconnections Zone from 6 to 17 November 2017. The Zone’s objective was to continue the dialogue of trade-offs and synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , which kicked off earlier this year at the Interconnections Conference . Conveniently located…

Linking aid effectiveness with the 2030 Agenda: three steps

Holzapfel, Sarah / Alexandra Rudolph (2017)
The Current Column, 06. March 2017

Development cooperation should be used as a tool to sustainably improve living conditions in partner countries.

Poverty and Shared Prosperity

Bonn, 22. June 2015

Fighting poverty is one of the most important tasks of the international development agenda and will logically take a central role in the post-2015 agenda . In the past, major progress has been achieved in poverty reduction. However, many of those who emerged from poverty in recent years remain vulnerable to shocks and slowdowns in…

Financial market regulation must also help refugees and migrants

Schraven, Benjamin / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
The Current Column, 13. April 2015

The plight of refugees and displaced persons continues to captivate public attention and dominate political discourse in Germany and Europe. This is for instance seen in the ongoing dispute between the German central government and the federal states over supposedly unrealistic forecasts of refugee numbers, the public debate in Germany on xenophobia following an arson attack on a future refugee home in Saxony-Anhalt or the Greek defence minister's threat to send refugees to Germany.