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The G8 and G20 Summits at the end of June 2010 in Canada: learning from the disadvantages of the G8

Gronau, Jennifer (2010)

South Sudanese independence: no ‘final walk to freedom’, but the beginning of a long, hard road

Furness, Mark (2011)
The Current Column, 17. January 2011

Overcoming challenges and learning lessons from local governments

Online, 25. October 2022

*Version française voir ci-dessous* *Versión en Español véase abajo* Central to the joint project by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) on implementing sustainable public food procurement practices to catalyse a shift towards sustainable urban…

Introduction: development cooperation in the post-post–Cold War era

Furness, Mark / Niels Keijzer (2026)
Staff - Other

Tackling Global Issues Together: Climate Change and New Drivers of a European Policy for Global Development

Königswinter, 15. September 2010

The strategy workshop ‘Tackling global issues together: climate change and new drivers of a European policy for global development’ was organised by the European Think Tanks Group and held in Königswinter near Bonn on 15 and 16 September 2010. The aim of the workshop was to assist the Development Commissioner in answering three pressing…

Gaps and opportunities for synergies in international environmental law on climate and biodiversity to promote the Sustainable Development Goals

Rantala, Salla / Gabriela Iacobuta / Stefania Minestrini / Julika Tribukait (2020)
External Publications

Impact Evaluation Workshop & Public Lecture of Howard White

Bonn, 01. December 2009

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) together with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development hosted a workshop on current trends in Impact Evaluation. The event started with a Public Lecture of Howard White, Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation…

Fragile Staaten: Eine neue Priorität der transatlantischen Beziehungen?

Bonn, 30. June 2009

Fragile Staaten gelten in der Perzeption der Europäischen Union und der USA als zentrales Problem der internationalen Entwicklungs- und Sicherheitspolitik. Geberländer waren in den neunziger Jahren zurückhaltend, sich unter den schwierigen Bedingungen von Staatsversagen und Staatszerfall zu engagieren. Doch seit dem 11. September 2001…

Serie Entwicklungsfinanzierung: Neue Geber in der Entwicklungskooperation

Chahoud, Tatjana (2008)
Analyses and Commentary 13/2008

Sitemap

Sitemap Research Directors Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Cluster “National, transnational, supra-national and multilateral actors” Norms, standards and conceptual foundations Transformation of Economic and Social Systems World Economy and Development Finance Structural Change and Inclusive Development Green Economy Steel Decarbonisation: Investment, Relocation and Industrial Policy Social Policy, Poverty, Inequality Environmental Governance Global…

Freshwater as a global commons: international governance and the role of Germany

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2019)
Discussion Paper 15/2019

This study conceives water as a global common and argues that addressing the current crisis needs a global governance approach to complement national and regional policies. A global water governance regime could be based on the improved interplay of the existing elements and include two innovations.

Drivers and constraints for adopting sustainability standards in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Sommer, Christoph (2017)
Discussion Paper 21/2017

To “make standards work” for SMEs and sustainable development, the challenges and incentives for take-up of sustainability standards need to be better understood. The paper analyses five country case studies to identify drivers and constraints for standard adoption by SMEs and to derive policy advice.

History repeats? The rise of the new middle classes in the developing world

Furness, Mark / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarín (2012)
Briefing Paper 19/2012

Wie viel Hilfe hilft Afrika - Wege aus der "Armutsfalle" durch einen big push?

Klingebiel, Stephan (2005)
Analyses and Commentary 4/2005

Career & Internships

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G20 and Think 20

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

The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus

Köln, 24. October 2011

Due to the occasion of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference the lecture series “The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus“ takes place in Cologne. The lecture series is organised by the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences , the German Development Institute…

A Renewables Club to change the world

Messner, Dirk / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Jennifer Morgan (2014)
The Current Column, 30. April 2014

The climate crisis needs an urgent international response, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently reminded us.

From Geneva to Copenhagen: what does the World Trade Conference have to do with the World Climate Conference?

Wiemann, Jürgen (2009)
The Current Column, 14. December 2009

Germany and Europe cannot give up on North Africa

Houdret, Annabelle / Mark Furness (2018)
The Current Column, 26. February 2018

Three measures that could help to support longterm democratic change in North Africa.