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Does economic growth reduce multidimensional poverty? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Balasubramanian, Pooja / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba (2023)
External Publications

A long-term perspective for the current energy crisis

Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio / Daniele Malerba (2022)
The Current Column, 17. October 2022

Carbon fiscal reforms could improve coherence between the current energy crisis policies and longer-term approaches, establishing a link between short-term measures and the just transition process.

Economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the informal economy: who has fallen into poverty?

Strupat, Christoph (2022)
External Publications

Social protection: An effective shield against global crises

Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe (2022)
The Current Column, 04. October 2022

The recent crises have affected people’s life not only in financial terms but also unveiled the limited capacities of social systems.

Green and social regulation of second hand appliance markets: the case of air conditioners in the Philippines

Never, Babette (2022)
External Publications

Food security and agriculture

Special "Food security and agriculture for a world without hunger": Food security and agriculture have made a remarkable return to the global agenda. With a world population and incomes increasing, demand for agricultural products is rising. Natural resources – land, water and biodiversity – are under pressure. In addition, new developments such as modern technologies, biofuels or large scale investments in land challenge traditional modes rural development. How can we achieve food security?

The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate

Special „The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate“: This topic special presents relevant works and activities on which incentives, governance mechanism and policy instruments could reduce negative effects and stimulate win-win solutions.

NDC Explorer

Special "NDC Explorer": The NDC Explorer is an interactive tool, which made NDCs information accessible and usable online.

Transformative force of Digitalisation

Special "Transformative force of Digitalisation": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) addresses the tension between our digital potential and current politics and procedures through innovative, policy-relevant research.

Impact-oriented accompanying research

Special "Impact-oriented accompanying research": As a partner of many implementing agencies, DIE conducts rigorous impact assessments covering topics such as governance, social protection, taxation, digitalization and agriculture.

Resolving debt crises in developing countries: how can the G20 contribute to operationalising the common Framework?

Berensmann, Kathrin / Mma Amara Ekeruche / Christopher Heitzig / Aloysius Ordu / Lemma W Senbet (2022)
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Urbanization, the Climate Crisis, and the Role of the G7

Roll, Michael (2022)
The Current Column, 12. September 2022

Considering the large number of international initiatives that already deal with urbanization and the climate crisis, what contribution to global sustainable urban development could the G7 make?

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.

States or social networks? Popular attitudes amid health crises in the Middle East and North Africa

Albrecht, Holger / Markus Loewe (2022)
External Publications

Social Contracts in the MENA – Drivers of Change

Bonn, 24. August 2022

Aspirations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to improve state-society relations predate the Arab uprisings in 2010-11 (e.g. Algeria 1991-2002, Iran 1998). However, developments after 2011 fell well short of meeting these aspirations in most MENA countries. Considerable bodies of literature now use the social contract ‘lens’ for…

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Special “SDSN”: The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) pools expertise from science, civil society and the business community to tackle global challenges with innovative and applicable solutions for sustainable development. IDOS shares in the working group on Low-Carbon Energy and Sustainable Industry in particular, which sketches strategies for a low-carbon economy and its political feasibility.

East Asia

Regional expertise on East Asia: This page brings together thematic work of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) for the East Asian region. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects as well as contact information to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

Regional expertise on MENA

Regional expertise on MENA: This page bundles thematically related work at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) on the region Middle East and North Africa .You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects as well as contact details of our researchers with specific regional expertise.

Regional expertise on South Asia

Regional expertise on South Asia: This page brings together thematic work of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) for the South Asian region. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: addressing crises in the short and long term

Iacobuţă, Gabriela Ileana / Alexia Faus Onbargi et al. (2022)
External Publications