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Promoting and Protecting Democracy in Times of De-Democratization

Bonn, 16. November 2023

Since the 1990s, external democracy promotion and protection has become a prominent tool of bi- and multilateral donors, as well as international and civil society organizations to promote and protect democracy in aid-recipient countries. However, democracy itself as well as promoters and supporters of democracy are challenged by a…

The emerging global challenge of data authoritarianism

Bonn, 16. November 2023

With the rise of digital economies and digital innovations, issues surrounding data are becoming increasingly important in public debates around the world. While new challenges have emerged regarding data misuses in the past years, the political, legal and multilateral responses have been lagging, partly due to the complexity of these new…

Working better together? A comparative assessment of five Team Europe Initiatives

Keijzer, Niels / Iliana Olivié / Marie Santillán O’Shea / Svea Koch / Gabriel Leiva (2023)
External Publications

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Greening cooperation for economic development

Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels (2023)
The Current Column, 22. November 2023

To accelerate green transformation in low- and middle-income countries, it is therefore essential to provide evidence of how a greener economy can offer direct economic benefits to national economies and the majority of citizens.

Urbanisation and social cohesion: theory and empirical evidence from Africa

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
Discussion Paper 16/2023

Combining a national panel data set on social cohesion from Afrobarometer with urbanisation and other socioeconomic data from world development indicators, the study shows that urbanisation is negatively correlated with the social cohesion.

Megatrends Afrika: Umdenken in der deutschen Afrikapolitik

Tull, Denis M. / Christine Hackenesch (2023)
External Publications

China's footprint in Africa

Cissé, Daouda / Karoline Eickhoff / Julia Fath / Christine Hackenesch / Rainer Thiele (2023)
External Publications

COP28 and the road to a Just Transition

Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Aparajita Banerjee / Susan S. Ekoh (2023)
The Current Column, 29. November 2023

A Just Transition will indeed require accelerating the global just energy transition, but will also require operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund agreed upon at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, and potentiating gender-responsive climate action and finance.

INTERFACES Colloquium Series #4

Online, 30. November 2023

The fourth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” was on 30 November 2023 by Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom, from GIZ on “United for Land – Partners, networks and contributions from a German perspective” . They introduced the…

IDOS@COP28

Dubai, 30. November 2023

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which will take place from November 30 to December 12, would be decisive to advance multilateral responses to the climate crisis. IDOS will be active as an observer organisation. We will showcase our research findings at events and analyse progress made on…

A future agenda for research on climate change and human mobility

Oakes, Robert / Kees Van der Geest / Benjamin Schraven et al. (2023)
External Publications

The BEPS Project: achievements and remaining challenges

Laudage Teles, Sabine (2023)
Policy Brief 22/2023

The OECD/G20’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project aims to reduce harmful tax avoidance. This policy brief evaluates the achievements and remaining challenges of the BEPS project to mobilise more domestic revenues, in particular in low- and middle-income countries.

Pandemic prevention: a planetary health perspective

Berlin, 01. December 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an enormous socio-economic and ecological impact. In the post-pandemic phase there is much discussion what policy actions are required at several governance levels to prevent, prepare and respond (PPR) to future pandemics. An international pandemic accord, under negotiation at the World Health…

The gendered nature of poverty: data, evidence and policy recommendations

Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba (2023)
Policy Brief 24/2023

To what extent is poverty gendered? IDOS research shows that women make up 54%-63% of the population in multidimensional poverty and that female poverty is 70% higher than male poverty. The Policy Brief discusses the role of social protection, labour and care policies in tackling gendered poverty.

Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives

Partelow, Stefan / Achim Schlüter / Natalie C. Ban /.../ Anna-Katharina Horndige et al. (2023)
External Publications

Press release: Report stresses green hydrogen potential as catalyst for sustainable development

Gestern fand eine wichtige Veranstaltung statt, die das Potential hat, das Verständnis der Rolle von grünem Wasserstoff (GH2) zu prägen. Ein Bericht "Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries" vorgestellt.

Chinese firms and adherence to global ESG standards in developing countries: is there potential to create common ground?

Morris, Mike (2023)
Discussion Paper 18/2023

This paper focuses on analysing how Chinese firms operate in Latin America, Asia and Africa in regard to ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) standards and sustainability issues.

Relational contracts in the Rwandan coffee chain

Vrolijk, Kasper (2023)
Policy Brief 25/2023

Businesses often engage in long-term relationships with firms and people they trust and know, in which they informally sell and exchange information and services. This Policy Brief documents the relational contracts used in the Rwandan coffee chain using new survey data.

G20 and Think 20

T20 is a broad-based network of think tanks, which provides evidence-based policy advice to the G20.