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Tackling Egypt’s Transformational Challenges

Vidican, Georgeta / Yasser Sherif (2015)
The Current Column, 27. March 2015

From 13-15 March 2015 the Egyptian government organized a major international event, the “Egypt Economic Development Conference”, aimed at repositioning the country on the investors’ agenda to stabilize Egypt’s economy. The outcomes of this conference are encouraging but also point to how important it is for Egypt to show commitment for a transformational agenda.

Large scale land acquisitions - challenges, conflicts and partial solutions in an agro-investment lifecycle perspective

Bruentrup, Michael (2014)
External Publications

Can the tourism industry contribute to international adaptation finance?

Hess, Janto S. / Pieter Pauw / Elissaios Papyrakis (2015)
Briefing Paper 2/2015

What can the international tourism industry contribute to adaptation finance in Small Island Development States (SIDS)? This question is addressed in the context of the annual USD 100 billion of climate finance that developed countries pledged to mobilize to support developing countries.

Financial market regulation must also help refugees and migrants

Schraven, Benjamin / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
The Current Column, 13. April 2015

The plight of refugees and displaced persons continues to captivate public attention and dominate political discourse in Germany and Europe. This is for instance seen in the ongoing dispute between the German central government and the federal states over supposedly unrealistic forecasts of refugee numbers, the public debate in Germany on xenophobia following an arson attack on a future refugee home in Saxony-Anhalt or the Greek defence minister's threat to send refugees to Germany.

Measuring the social, economic and political effects of social protection

Bonn, 15. April 2015

The organisers welcomed about 55 international participants to join the workshop on “ Measuring the social, economic and political effects of social protection: How to overcome the challenges? ” on 15-17 April 2015 at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn, Germany. The Workshop has…

DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval

DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval Press Release of 16 April 2015 Jörg Faust , long-time Head of Department “Governance, Statehood, Security” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will become the new Director of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der…

What is the potential for a climate, forest and community friendly REDD+ in Paris?

Hein, Jonas / Karen Meijer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2015)
Briefing Paper 3/2015

How can we mitigate climate change, protect the shrinking tropical forest and support local communities? This paper assesses different prospects for REDD+ within a post-2015 Paris agreement and suggests a middle road based on regulatory measures and result-based finance.

The human factor in energy efficiency: lessons from developing countries

Pegels, Anna / Aurelia Figueroa / Babette Never (2015)
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Bonn Conference for Global Transformation

, 12. May 2015

Programme on Tuesday 12 May: 11:30 h Panel Global Transformation – one target, different views While there is broad, if not universal agreement on the need for a global transformation for sustainable development, there is far less agreement on its urgency, priorities, on individual and collective responsibilities, on binding rules and…

Changing water politics in the Nile basin

Bonn, 17. June 2015

A fter four years of escalating tensions between downstream and upstream countries in the Nile basin, in particular in view of Ethiopia’s construction of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), some recent developments have provided reasons for optimism over the future of cooperation in the world’s longest river. Last February Egypt…

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality Press Release of 22 June 2015 Ending extreme poverty is one of the most important issues on the international agenda, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. The past few decades have seen major progress in poverty reduction;…

China-Africa cooperation: promises, practice and prospects

Grimm, Sven (2015)
External Publications

50 years

In 2014, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) celebrates its 50th anniversary. This special bundles information, historical backgrounds and opinions around five decades of DIE and represents a synopsis of the anniversary events with pictures and videos.

Financing global development: The potential of trade finance

Brandi, Clara / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
Briefing Paper 10/2015

The third UN Conference on Financing for Development from 13-16 July in Addis Ababa will pave the way for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. Trade finance should be an important component of the future framework for the financing of sustainable development.

Decarbonisation is no mean feat

Bauer, Steffen (2015)
The Current Column, 29. June 2015

25 June 2015. Less than three weeks have passed since the G7 leaders explicitly committed to the "decarbonisation of the global economy" at Schloss Elmau. Once again, Angela Merkel was lauded as the Climate Chancellor. Yet the word from Germany's Economics Ministry is that the envisaged climate levy for coal-fired power plants has been scrapped. If this is true, it would only underscore the fact that decarbonisation is no mean feat.

Addis Ababa: a one-time opportunity

Berensmann, Kathrin (2015)
The Current Column, 13. July 2015

The UN Conference on Financing for Development begins in Addis Ababa today. It is the first of three world summits on key issues of global sustainable development taking place in the space of just six months.

Electricity transition in the MENA: a de-risking governance approach

Vidican, Georgeta / Luigi Carafa / Gianleo Frisari (2015)
External Publications

Global economic integration at all costs?

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
The Current Column, 27. July 2015

The conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership is within sight. What does this mega-regional trade agreement mean for developing countries like Vietnam?

Revisiting hydro-hegemony from a benefitsharing perspective: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
Discussion Paper 5/2015

Does the construction of dam projects as a tactic to counter the dominance of hegemonic powers in transboundary rivers lead to a more equitable order for sharing water and benefits? The paper examines this question using the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Suez Canal expansion: What’s in it for Egypt?

Loewe, Markus (2015)
The Current Column, 24. August 2015

Widening the Suez Canal will help reduce Egypt's public deficit, but the country needs deeper reforms if it is to achieve long-term growth and create more jobs.