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Funding the UN: support or constraint?

Baumann, Max-Otto / Silke Weinlich (2020)
External Publications

Legitimacy of Future Development Cooperation

Legitimacy of Future Development Cooperation Downloads Legitimacy_of_Future_Development_Cooperation_29_-_30.10.2010_Programme.pdf Legitimacy_of_Future_Development_Cooperation_29_-_30.10.2010_Conference_Report.pdf Contact Erik Lundsgaarde

Tax expenditure effectiveness: tax expenditures lab flagship report 2025

von Haldenwang, Christian / Agustin Redonda / Flurim Aliu / Sofia Berg (2025)
Books

Tax expenditures (TEs) – i.e. deviations from a benchmark tax system that lower the tax burden of specific groups, economic sectors or activities – can be powerful tools to promote public policies. However, their effectiveness is often in doubt. The present report discusses the determinants and explores the empirical evidence of TE effectiveness.

The UN and a new set of goals: Fit-for-Purpose?

Bonn, 12. December 2014

While the United Nations (UN) are central to the process of determining the new set of goals that will follow the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, there has been little introspection on its own organisational capacity to help countries to meet them. Which role should it play in the implementation of the new agenda? How does the…

The European Union as international mediator: brokering stability and peace in the neighbourhood

Bergmann, Julian (2020)
Books

International cooperation and development: a conceptual overview

Paulo, Sebastian (2014)
Discussion Paper 13/2014

The implementation of an agenda for global development needs to integrate the broader framework of international cooperation. This paper provides a conceptual overview of the relationship between international cooperation and development that outlines the general contours of this challenge.

Global lifestyles: new pathways for development policy

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
The Current Column, 30. January 2012

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality Press Release of 22 June 2015 Ending extreme poverty is one of the most important issues on the international agenda, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. The past few decades have seen major progress in poverty reduction;…

A global platform for support of norms, standards and monitoring in development cooperation

Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2017)
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The Giant and the Warrior King: a comparative analysis

Dim, Chukwuma / Ndubuisi, Gideon (2012)
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Beyond aid: a conceptual perspective on the transformation of development cooperation

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
External Publications

Towards a shared understanding

Paris, 24. November 2017

Mark your calendar for this first in a series of upcoming opportunities to exchange lessons and discuss good practice in effective development co-operation among diverse actors. Researchers from select emerging economies will present independent research findings and exchange with participants on areas for synergy and future collaboration…

Brazil and the EU: New Opportunities for Development Cooperation in Third Countries

Brazil and the EU: New Opportunities for Development Cooperation in Third Countries Contact Erik Lundsgaarde Downloads Brazil_and_the_EU_New_Opportunities_for_Development_Cooperation_in_Third_Countries_Programme.pdf Brazil_and_the_EU_New_Opportunities_for_Development_Cooperation_in_Third_Countries_Summary.pdf

Beyond aid: a conceptual perspective on the transformation of development cooperation

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
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Turkey as a donor country and potential partner in triangular cooperation

Hausmann, Jeannine (2014)
Discussion Paper 14/2014

Turkey has developed into a significant provider of development assistance and is now an attractive partner in triangular cooperation for DAC donors. This paper examines the main characteristics of Turkey’s development policy and analyses the potential of joint German-Turkish triangular cooperation.

Development cooperation at a tipping point: how, why and through what mechanisms do policy norms break?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
Discussion Paper 29/2025

This paper applies the concepts and theories of ‘policy norms’ to the disruptive effects of the second Trump administration on global development cooperation.

The impact of global governance networks on social innovation for sustainable development: linking setup, enablers and cooperation results of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network

Vogel, Johanna / Wulf Reiners (2025)
Discussion Paper 31/2025

How can networks translate collaboration into systemic change for sustainable development? This discussion paper shows that global governance networks can drive social innovation when we invest in the composition of members, cooperation infrastructure and culture.

Approaches to crisis-preventing and conflict-sensitive development cooperation

Klingebiel, Stefan (2001)
Briefing Paper 4/2001

When ‘unintended effects’ reveal hidden intentions: implications of ‘mutual benefit’ discourses for evaluating development cooperation

Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2017)
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Anniversary event - 60 Years of IDOS

Berlin, 14. March 2024

Science for Development. 60 years of research, policy advice and training for development policy and cooperation The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, formerly the German Development Institute, DIE) was founded in March 1964 with the mandate to train practitioners and post-graduates for working in the new field of…