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What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? Empirical evidence from gravity model estimations

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2023)
Discussion Paper 13/2023

Trade agreements cover an increasing range of policy areas, but little is known about the impact of this new focus on interactions with other trade-related policies. This IDOS Discussion Paper fills this gap by examining the effectiveness of bilateral aid for trade in deep North-South PTA relations.

African-European Relations (Vol. 19)

Erforth, Benedikt / Keijzer, Niels (2023)
External Publications

What Uganda reveals about the benefits and drawbacks of foreign direct investment

Vrolijk, Kasper (2023)
External Publications

There is no consensus about the benefits and drawbacks in foreign direct investments. In the aggregate, is there an economic logic to attracting it? Kasper Vrolijk studies the case of Uganda and finds both positive technology spillovers and negative market competition, with the latter occurring mostly through domestic buyer-supplier linkages. The Ugandan case shows that policies that curb some of the negative effects may be needed.

Reforming the WTO through inclusive and development-friendly approaches: how to make plurilateral initiatives work for all

Akman, Sait M. / Bozkurt Aran / Axel Berger et al. (2023)
External Publications

China’s International investment agreement policy: from rule-taker to rule-maker?

Berger, Axel (2023)
External Publications

A decade of China-Pakistan development partnership: achievements and expectations

Ali, Murad (2023)
The Current Column, 19. September 2023

Since its launch in 2013, no other initiative has gained such global limelight as President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). There is hardly a policy think tank or academic institute across the globe that has not addressed the enterprise.

Why the EU should embrace GPI

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Heiner Janus (2023)
External Publications

As the European Union (EU) is repositioning itself as a global actor in a multipolar world it should embrace Global Public Investment to underline its ambition of promoting effective multilateralism.

Climate (im)mobility in urban contexts: from recognition to action

Ekoh, Susan S. (2023)
Policy Brief 15/2023

This policy brief presents gaps and challenges involved in addressing climate change and human mobility in cities. Although actors recognize the nexus of climate change and human mobility and the urban dimensions, efforts to address this is far from what it should be.

Financing sustainable development: insights from Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal

Barchiche, Damien / Elise Dufief / Niels Keijzer / Yvonne Lobos Alva / Georghe Marbuah (2023)
External Publications

Which agreements boost agricultural trade in Africa?

Aboushady, Nora / Myriam Ramzy / Chahir Zaki (2023)
External Publications

No Sellout of Democracy

Leininger, Julia (2023)
The Current Column, 12. September 2023

The G20 summit showcased that democracies and autocracies need to cooperate with each other. "Standing up for democracy and cooperating with autocrats - is that possible?" asks Julia Leininger in the Current Column.

Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months

Gupta, Prankur / Daniel Stein /[...]/Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo et al. (2024)
External Publications

Paving the way for the SDG Summit?

Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
The Current Column, 04. September 2023

“It is vital that the summits in New Delhi and New York generate political momentum and also result in concrete initiatives, as the progress made halfway through the 2030 Agenda timeline is disastrously slow.“

Is Africa left behind in the global climate finance architecture: redefining climate vulnerability and revamping the climate finance landscape - a comprehensive review

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Malesela Molala / Malebogo Bakwena / Hugue Nkoutchou / Helen Onyeaka (2023)
External Publications

For a more binding nature of commitments in the 2030 Agenda implementation

Waltenberg, Tabea / Leonie Droste (2023)
The Current Column, 28. August 2023

Even though the very existence of the 2030 Agenda as a joint steering instrument can certainly be seen as a success in view of the complex conflicts of interest at a multilateral level, the agenda needs to act as a framework throughout the world through legally binding norms and laws in order to accelerate its implementation.

Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?

Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
The Current Column, 21. August 2023

To secure that success, India sees a solution in re-orienting its G20 narrative towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an existing common point of reference and framework for cooperation.

Unintended risks for smallholder in the Global South? Example of the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire

Kirioua, Alla Jacques / Michael Brüntrup (2023)
The Current Column, 15. August 2023

There are doubts, however, whether the EU regulation can really make a change for the better, or whether it has the potential to make things worse.

Transfer price documentation rules and multinational firm behavior - evidence from France

Laudage Teles, Sabine / Nadine Riedel / Kristina Strohmaier (2023)
External Publications

Trade exposure and social cohesion: evidence from Uganda

Vrolijk, Kasper / Gideon Ndubuisi (2023)
External Publications

Health financing in times of multiple crises: analysis and recommendation

Strupat, Christoph / Pooja Balasubramanian / Srinivasa Srigiri / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
Policy Brief 11/2023

COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of health systems in LMICs and highlights the need for renewed health financing efforts. Governments of LMICs and development partners should consider the large positive socioeconomic effects of investments in health systems and protect spending on health.