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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.

Emerging trends in International development and climate policy: a focus on Korea and Germany

Klingebiel, Stephan / Thomas Kalinowski / Niels Keijzer (eds.) (2024)
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AfCFTA – how to make it a game changer?

Online, 17. June 2020

On 30 May 2019, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) entered into force for the 24 countries that had deposited their instruments of ratification. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has led to a postponement of the effective utilization of the trading conditions provided through the AfCFTA which…

The Security–Development Nexus in European Union foreign relations after Lisbon: policy coherence at last?

Furness, Mark / Stefan Gänzle (2017)
External Publications

Kasper Vrolijk

Kasper Vrolijk is Economist and former Researcher in the Research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Partnerships for policy transfer: how Brazil and China engage in triangular cooperation with the United Nations

Waisbich, Laura Trajber / Sebastian Haug (2022)
Discussion Paper 15/2022

Brazil and China have set up partnerships with the United Nations to share their policy experiences with the world. This paper provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of these transfer partnerships.

The Policy Implications of Recent Globalization Research

Online, 18. March 2021

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic…

The future of EU External Action

Berlin, 01. March 2016

The Juncker Commission together with the High Representative/Vice President Federica Mogherini have launched various strategy processes to reform both EU external and internal policies. These include the Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, the Review of the Neighbourhood Policy, the Trade Review, and a Review of Europe 2020. A…

The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Online, 29. September 2021

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future. How intense diplomacy by US Deputy Secretary…

Press release: UNIDO, IRENA and IDOS publication to help developing countries navigate green hydrogen policy

UNIDO, IRENA, and IDOS have contributed their own specific expertise to co-author a policy report titled, Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries.

Ensuring SDG-sensitive development cooperation

Rudolph, Alexandra (2016)
Briefing Paper 20/2016

Since September 2015 the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is intended as the basis for the actions of national and international actors. This article uses five donor-strategic questions to analyse what SDG-sensitive international development cooperation would mean.

Development policy is essential to overcoming international crises, but it must change

Scholz, Imme (2017)
The Current Column, 09. January 2017

2017 will be the year in which we must strive to establish the importance, goals, content and forms of international cooperation.

Universal Principles for Lending and Borrowing

Sevilla, 02. July 2025

In the FfD4 final outcome document, the first point to address public debt accumulation and rising vulnerabilities is the principle of responsible sovereign borrowing and lending. These are usually defined as a set of non-legislative rules applicable to all market participants, could play a key role in preventing and resolving debt…

Financial Innovation & Emerging Markets - Opportunities for Growth vs Risks for Financial Stability

Berlin, 03. July 2008

An InWEnt-DIE initiative supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Financial markets that mobilize domestic savings and efficiently allocate these and foreign inflows to the most productive investments have long been recognized as key drivers of economic development. Financial markets will remain…

Sustainable development in science policy-making: the German Federal Ministry of Education and research's policies for international cooperation in sustainability research

Schwachula, Anna (2019)
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Fit for purpose?

Berlin, 20. March 2019

The G20 is struggling to provide strong support for global climate action and sustainable development. At the 2016 Hangzhou Summit the G20 leaders adopted the “G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and committed to supporting the Paris Climate Agreement. However, if one looks at the continuing rejection of a…

Annual Report 2009-2010

Annual Report 2009-2010 Published: “Annual Report 2009-2010” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 15 December 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has published its Annual Report 2009 - 2010. The UN-Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York, the Conference on Biological Diversity in Nagoya and the Climate Conferences in Copenhagen…

Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director

Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Press Release of 5 June 2009 Bonn, 4 June 2009. Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This information was relayed today by Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute. Scholz succeeds Jürgen Wiemann, who…

Revision of the EU consensus on development: towards a new consensus for fair and sustainable global common good policies

Henökl, Thomas / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Imme Scholz / Clara Brandi / Pieter Pauw (2016)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

National strategies for sustainable development between Rio 1992 and New York 2015

Scholz, Imme (2017)
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