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Sustaining EU financing for security and development: the difficult case of the African peace facility

Furness, Mark (2011)
Briefing Paper 7/2011

Technology assessment in a multilateral science, technology and innovation system

Ladikas, Miltos / Andreas Stamm (2023)
External Publications

The EU's response to the "refugees crisis": one year after the Valletta Summit

Castillejo, Clare (2016)
The Current Column, 14. November 2016

The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) demonstrates concerning trends in Europe’s response to migration and the future direction of its development policy. It also offers an interesting opportunity to do things differently.

Social Policy, Poverty, Inequality

Researchers at IDOS analyse insurance and transfer systems as well as traditional and informal forms of social security and mechanisms to support small farmers.

Beware the backlash: Feminist development policy at the crossroads

Götze, Jacqueline / Maryam Khalid / Tina Zintl (2025)
The Current Column, 06. March 2025

Gender issues need to be integrated into different policy fields and shielded from populist discussions

Social Cohesion Week

Online, 09. November 2020

In recent years social cohesion has been receiving increasing attention not only in policy circles but also in academic discussions. The COVID- 19 pandemic has made the relevance of social cohesion tangible in new ways. Governments, civil society and international organizations underline the importance of social cohesion to tackle the…

Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Bonn, 23. October 2019

The Global Development Network (GDN) hosted its 19th global development conference on the 23-25 October 2019, to facilitate the research-policy interface in pursuit of the SDGs. The conference also marked GDN's 20th anniversary since its launch at the Global Development Conference in 1999. GDN has kept pace with changes in the development…

Social protection in EU development cooperation

Bonn, 20. February 2013

In its recent communication on “Social Protection in European Union Development Cooperation”, the EU affirms the value of social protection for overcoming socio-economic inequalities and for promoting inclusive growth. Social protection is defined as a set of “policies and actions that enhance the capacity of all people, but notably poor…

The European Union's strategy for Africa – coherence in the face of a complex, changing continent?

Grimm, Sven / Nina Kielwein (2005)
Briefing Paper 9/2005

UN – Fit for Future Generations?

Online, 19. April 2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024 Summit of the Future. The 2023 SDG Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) has its…

What global role for the EU?

Special “What global role for the EU?”: At times of multiple global crises, the European Union (EU) finds itself at a crossroads.

Localisation of global refugee policies the case of Kenya and Kalobeyei

Dick, Eva (2022)
External Publications

Sustainable Urban Development

Special "Sustainable Urban Development": More than half of the World’s population already lives in urban areas; in 2050 it will be two third. Most of the growth will happen in emerging and developing countries, where the number of city-dwellers who live informally is still increasing.

Risk transformation and societal resilience under extreme events

Bonn, 28. November 2024

The world is witnessing multiple extreme events. Understanding the complex interactions among these events is important in a multi-risk society. Any program or investment that builds a socially cohesive, resilient society should identify possible scenarios and options through a comprehensive multi-risk assessment. The DFG 'Risk…

DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks

DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks Press release, 26 January 2017 Philadelphia / Bonn . The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) was named among the best research institutions and policy-advisers in the world. This is according to the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report by the University of Pennsylvania. Among the category Top…

Food Security

Bolduc, Nathalie / Fabrizio Bott / Michael Brüntrup / Koen Dekeyser / Ines Dombrowsky / Jean-Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2022)
External Publications

Third European Report on Development (ERD)

Third European Report on Development (ERD) Third European Report on Development (ERD) on its way Press Release of 18 April 2011 Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension By 2030 demand for food, water and energy is expected to rise by 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and security under extreme pressure. In…

Biodiversity is good for you!

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column, 20. May 2019

Species protection must become a cross-sectoral task of sustainable development

Germany should assume a bigger role in the Middle East

Muhammad, Dilshad (2017)
The Current Column, 20. February 2017

Foreign intervention is usually considered as a red line and that is understandable. But this fact has also blocked the path to explore softer modes of engagement. Here is what Germany can do in the Middle East.

The ‘wickedness’ of governing land subsidence: Policy perspectives from urban Southeast Asia

Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Rapti / Tilo Schöne / Johannes Herbeck / Julia Illigner / Mahmud Haghighi / Hendricus Simarmata / Emma Porio / Alessio Rovere / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2021)
External Publications