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New players with handicap

Berensmann, Kathrin (2016)
External Publications

Africa’s regional and global integration: introduction to the Special Issue

Brandi, Clara / Katrin Kamin / Rainer Thiele (2025)
External Publications

The G20 and the future of the global trading system

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
Briefing Paper 10/2016

The G20 should assume a more proactive role with regard to the future of the world trading system.A reform is needed in light of the growing fragmentation of the system and the 2030 Agenda, which calls for sustainability to be the core principle of global cooperation.

Sustainable finance in Southeast Asia

Ariyapruchya, Swisa / Ulrich Volz (2022)
External Publications

Falen in Parijs, dat is pas echt duur

Pauw, Pieter (2015)
External Publications

EU Trade and investment: a bumpy road

Brandi, Clara / San Bilal / Max Mendez-Parra (2015)
External Publications

Can Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

Online, 12. January 2022

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…

Financing for development series: Increasing government revenues from the extractive sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stürmer, Martin (2008)
Briefing Paper 9/2008

How good are multinationals for you?

Vrolijk, Kasper (2021)
External Publications

The expanded presence of multinational enterprises in the world raises questions about how a country benefits from foreign direct investment. I review the evidence on global value chains (firms organising production across multiple countries) and “superstar firms”, those accounting for a large share of overall economic activity, with market concentration. I find that governments might have to adopt firm-specific policies, weighing the benefits and drawbacks of providing subsidies to attract multinationals.

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities: an experiment

Hilbrich, Sören (2022)
The Current Column, 28. March 2022

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities is a grand experiment. It carries the promise to define objectives for private enterprises that go beyond the pure maximisation of profits.

The G20 and infrastructure

Wolff, Peter (2014)
The Current Column, 10. November 2014

When the G20 leaders meet next week in Brisbane, Australia, there are sure to be few issues that they will agree on. There will, however, be one subject upon which they can agree: infrastructure.

Is China's Silk Road initiative at a dead end?

Wolff, Peter (2017)
The Current Column, 15. May 2017

Last weekend saw Chinese President Xi Jinping welcome guests to Beijing for a major Silk Road forum. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a central element of Chinese globalisation strategy and Xi‘s reputation is closely tied to the initiative. Under its aegis the plan is to establish a network of transport, energy and communications through Asia to Europe and Africa. Doubts about BRI have recently been increasing.

Fairtrade and economic pro-poor growth: a literature review

Bissinger, Katharina (2019)
External Publications

"Hydropower in Transboundary River Basins: private investments, regional cooperation and cross-sector coordination"

Stockholm, 04. September 2014

As part of the "World Water Week" in Stockholm, the German Development Institute (DIE) organized a workshop on the topic "Hydropower in Transboundary River Basins: private investments, regional cooperation and cross-sector coordination".

Can the global Green New Deal movement survive the pandemic?

Pegels, Anna / Clara Brandi / Tilman Altenburg (2020)
External Publications

Another lost decade or a decade of action? Debt relief for a green and inclusive recovery

Zucker-Marques, Marina / Ulrich Volz (2023)
External Publications

Bank Credit and International Trade

Online, 08. June 2022

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…

How Skilled Immigrants Affect Local Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Online, 09. February 2022

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…

A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century

Online, 02. March 2022

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 Impact of Immigration

Online, 30. June 2021

The online seminar series "Policy Implications of Recent Globalization Research" 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…