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Scaling Up Sustainable Finance & Investment in the Global South

Schoenmaker, Dirk / Ulrich Volz (2022)
External Publications

On the potential of sovereign state-contingent debt in contributing to better public debt management and enhancing sustainability outcomes

Volz, Ulrich (2022)
External Publications

Supply chain finance – a viable option for smallholder farmers?

Brüntrup, Michael (2023)
External Publications

The effects of a private-sector driven smallholder support programme on productivity, market participation and food and nutrition security: evidence of a Nucleus-Outgrower Scheme from Zambia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Raoul Herrmann / Chewe Nkonde / Mwelwa Lukonde / Michael Brüntrup (2022)
Discussion Paper 19/2022

This study uses panel household survey data collected in two rounds in Zambia to analyse some agro-ecological and socio-economic impacts of the outgrower programme of one of the largest agricultural investment in Zambia, Amatheon Agri Zambia Limited (AAZ).

Envisioning climate change debates and policies through the tension triangle lens

Rukundo, Emmanuel Nshakira (2022)
External Publications

The Debt-Climate Nexus

Espinosa, María Fernanda / Ulrich Volz / Yuefen Li (2022)
External Publications

Murky trade waters: regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2023)
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Chinese telecommunications companies in Africa: alignment with African countries’ interests in developing their ICT sector?

Cissé, Daouda (2022)
External Publications

China and the troubled prospects for Africa’s economic take-off: linkage formation and spillover effects in Zambia

Li, Hangwei / Dominik Kopinski / Ian Taylor (2022)
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African Union-European Union cooperation on climate and energy: discussing perspectives on hydrogen and just transitions

Bouacida, Ines / Elisabeth Hege / Gabriela Iacobuta / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2022)
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Implementing an investment facilitation for development agreement: how to self-assess implementation gaps and technical assistance needs

Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2022)
External Publications

Africa’s regional and global integration

Bonn, 17. November 2022

While remaining the most isolated region from the global economy, Africa has realized continuous progress towards a closer and more active integration, both from within and beyond the continent’s borders. Today, almost all African economies are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and gridlocked regional economic integration has…

Economic effects of FDI: how important is rising market concentration?

Vrolijk, Kasper (2022)
Policy Brief 12/2022

Many governments adopt policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). What are implications of rising market concentration for FDI impacts? This Brief documents that concentration likely reduces positive spillovers and increases negative competition effects, and discusses policy implications.

WTO Investment Facilitation for Development in Lao

Vientiane, Laos, 09. November 2022

On November 9-11 IDOS jointly with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat and the International Trade Center (ITC) organized a capacity building workshop on investment facilitation in Vientiane, Lao. The objective of the workshop was to increase awareness of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) negotiations among the…

How would WTO Members benefit from an Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement?

Online, 08. November 2022

This was the 13th of a webinar series on investment facilitation for development, hold in the framework of a joint ITC/IDOS project on Investment Facilitation for Development. The long-term objective of strengthening investment facilitation is to foster sustainable development. An Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement,…

How Open Science can revolutionize global knowledge cooperation

Stewart, Benjamin / Wulf Reiners (2022)
The Current Column, 04. November 2022

Investments in digital infrastructure must ensure that “open” means always openly accessible.

How to improve governance and accountability

Online, 04. November 2022

The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus recognizes the interlinkages between the these sectors and highlights the importance of integrated solutions to address climate change issues with minimal, concerted trade-offs. In recent years, the WEFE Nexus has gained political traction as an important element of the ambitious climate…

EP criticizes fossil fuels investments in Uganda and Tanzania: why such resolutions need revisiting

Rukundo, Emannuel Nshakira (2022)
External Publications

Scaling up sustainable finance and investment in the Global South

Volz, Ulrich / Dirk Schoenmaker (2022)
External Publications

The EU-CEAP impacts on developing countries – recommendations for development policy

To, Jenny (2022)
Policy Brief 10/2022

The policy brief examines major sectors addressed in the EU-CEAP: the plastic packaging, electric vehicles and batteries sectors. Within these, recommendations are made to expand present approaches of development policy that go beyond waste management and recycling.