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How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2023)
External Publications

Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung

Bonn, 10. October 2023

Der Book Launch zu dem Buch “Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung zwischen Partnerschaft und Machtungleichgewicht” präsentierte eine bahnbrechende Veröffentlichung in der Buchreihe “Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung” bei Springer. Ein Buch, welches Prozesse und Dynamiken der…

Global Partnerships – Knowledge, Dialogue, and Action

Bonn, 25. September 2023

Six years after the last MGG Global Network Conference (GNC), the MGG Network gathered again to reconnect, exchange and move from knowledge to action in cooperating for sustainability transformations at all levels. From 25 to 28 September 2023, the conference "Global Partnerships: Knowledge, Dialogue, and Action" brought together in Bonn…

Researching sustainable land management in sub-Sahara Africa

Berlin, 20. September 2023

The workshop presented the programme "Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the strategy of its platform Research for Sustainability (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit, FONA). This programme will be active over the next 4 years and has chosen…

Job advertisment: Researcher (f/m/diverse) Science Futures

Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems“ is looking for a Researcher (f/m/diverse)within the CRC, “Science Futures: Between ‘intensification’ and ’conservation’ discourses on African rural development”.

For a more binding nature of commitments in the 2030 Agenda implementation

Waltenberg, Tabea / Leonie Droste (2023)
The Current Column, 28. August 2023

Even though the very existence of the 2030 Agenda as a joint steering instrument can certainly be seen as a success in view of the complex conflicts of interest at a multilateral level, the agenda needs to act as a framework throughout the world through legally binding norms and laws in order to accelerate its implementation.

Die Vereinten Nationen und Chinas Aufstieg: Qu Dongyu bleibt FAO-Generaldirektor

Baumann, Max-Otto (2023)
External Publications

Utopias of Global Cooperation

Mysuru, India, 31. July 2023

The concept of ‘global digital commons’ (UN, 2020) constitutes a key component of the emerging Global Digital Compact of the United Nations. The concept comprises data, information, culture, and knowledge and created and maintained online (Dulong de Rosnay & Stalder, 2020). Under the Indian Presidency of the G20, Digital Public…

Press release: Connect climate action to sustainable development

Press release of 5 Juli 2023: Connect climate action to sustainable development to get the world on track for global goal attainment

Messner, Dirk

Dirk Messner is director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings: a window of opportunity missed

Bodenstein, Thilo / Mark Furness (2023)
External Publications

How digitalisation and technology empower women working on the ocean and along the Amazon River

Hägele, Ramona / Juliana Arcoverde Mansur (2023)
The Current Column, 19. June 2023

Digitalisation and technologisation can enable women to work in a more sustainable way and promote the involvement of women in marine science and sustainable water resources management.

Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World

Bonn, 05. June 2023

This book launch event on “ Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World ” presents a landmark publication in Palgrave Macmillan’s Contemporary African Political Economy series. A timely contribution to African agency in international relations, it spells out the bold perspective of a group of African scholars on how to…

Funding “Loss and Damage”

Online, 31. May 2023

The 2nd Annual Conference on Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction (31 May – 2 June 2023) , organized by the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) - a global network headquartered at Brown University in the USA, addresses some of the latest issues in climate policy, focusing on institutions and actors that block progress:…

Contested Mobility: Between Local Needs, National Interests, and Global Trends

Bonn, Germany, 24. May 2023

With the Agenda 2030 and the adoption of the Global Compacts for Migration and Refugees, the international community faces the challenge of implementing these global agreements at the national and local policy levels – and identifying the role of development policy therein. International agreements on migration- or refugee-related policy…

The role of social protection in environmental fiscal reforms

Malerba, Daniele (2023)
Discussion Paper 10/2023

Environmental fiscal reforms can be used to both address climate change and social goals, with high potential also for development cooperation efforts. In particular, using carbon pricing revenues for social protection needs to consider design principles to best address distributional concerns.

Adapting Governance and Infrastructure for Water Resilience

Bonn, 23. May 2023

Climate change causes an increase in extreme weather events in many countries of the world. This has drastic impacts for instance on food security, infrastructure and health, and challenges the very basis of human development. Many countries are experiencing such challenges for a long time, but events such as the 2021 floods in Germany’s…

How effective is the UN’s development support?

Baumann, Max-Otto (2023)
External Publications

Halfway into the 2030 Agenda, with progress on several Sustainable Development Goals stalling, is a good moment to ask about the effectiveness of the UN’s development support. From UN country programme evaluations emerges a critical picture of the UN's performance towards sustainable change.

The future of the EU as a global development actor

Berlin, 10. May 2023

Today’s polycrisis world challenges the European Union to adapt to a reshaped geopolitical order and identify the partners with which it can jointly engage. Development policy plays an increasingly supporting role in this repositioning of the EU and its related economic, foreign policy and geopolitical interests, which is also reflected…

Instruction by the Minister of Finance

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
The Current Column, 04. May 2023

The posting simplifies and distorts Germany's laudable ODA performance, but links it to a political announcement: there will be no more money!