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An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results

Esser, Daniel (2022)
The Current Column, 26. September 2022

The Bundestag’s first debate on the proposed federal development budget for 2023, which took place earlier this month, was a worrisome testament to the state of international development politics in Germany.

Can supply chain initiatives reduce deforestation? A comparative analysis of cases from Brazil and Indonesia

Meijer, Karen (2014)
Discussion Paper 36/2014

The EU's global response to Covid-19: the challenge of promoting ownership

Keijzer, Niels / David Black (2020)
External Publications

Create no, one, or many democracies in the Arab world?

Loewe, Markus (2011)
The Current Column, 07. February 2011

AU-EU cooperation on the Green Transition: What role for cooperation on international climate policy?

Online, 16. September 2020

Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side , the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal…

Is the world the limit?

Bonn, 13. September 2011

Human cooperative bias and the possibilities for global cooperation Solving the world’s most pressing problems – from climate change to famine – requires a great deal of cooperation between nations. But how likely is it that countries come together to tackle these complex issues? Reading the daily news gives one little reason for…

A WTO Framework on Investment Facilitation

, 11. February 2020

At a stock-taking and next-steps meeting of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development held last December in Geneva, participating WTO members decided to move into negotiating mode as of March 2020. Negotiations will be guided by the Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted…

The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
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Managing climate risks

Online, 06. October 2021

A significant body of literature establishes the critical role of social protection in strengthening risk management and adaptive capacities of the poor and socially marginalized people to respond to climate change. Social protection instruments are generally categorized into i) social assistance, ii) social insurance and microinsurance,…

Development policy is essential to overcoming international crises, but it must change

Scholz, Imme (2017)
The Current Column, 09. January 2017

2017 will be the year in which we must strive to establish the importance, goals, content and forms of international cooperation.

Aid was yesterday, what comes next?

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
The Current Column, 16. February 2015

On 2 February 2015 the House of Commons of the British Parliament released a report on what ‘beyond aid’ means for the future of British development cooperation.

“Beyond Aid” and the future of development cooperation

Bonn, 01. September 2014

Development cooperation is under pressure to change. The traditional aid model – a resource transfer from North to South – is outdated. There are only 36 low-income countries left in the world. Two-thirds of the poorest people live in middle-income countries. Eradicating poverty has become more complex. Aid is no longer used to only…

The measurement of poverty

Burchi, Francesco / Howard White (2024)
External Publications

Power politics or transnational public policy? European and Chinese development cooperation with Sri Lanka and Myanmar

Henökl, Thomas / Christian Webersik (2016)
External Publications

Why the next German government needs a long-term approach to Tunisia and Morocco

Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2021)
The Current Column, 22. November 2021

The new German government can play a positive role in support of transition in Tunisia and Morocco without compromising on core principles like social justice, human rights and open economic exchange.

Prudent industrial policies should guide markets

Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2018)
External Publications

Non-economic loss and damage: addressing the forgotten side of climate change impacts

Serdeczny, Olivia / Eleanor Waters / Sander Chan (2016)
Briefing Paper 3/2016

What is lost when climate impacts render places uninhabitable, change them beyond recognition? Such questions are addressed under the concept of non-economic loss and damage (NELD). It has emerged in the climate negotiations and requires systematic research integration for effective policy-making.

Renewable, ethical? Assessing the energy justice potential of renewable electricity

Banerjee, Aparajita / Emily Prehoda / Roman Sidortsov / Chelsea Schelly (2017)
External Publications

Who cares about aid? Voters do!

Leininger, Julia / Martin-Shields, Charles (2025)
The Current Column, 18. February 2025

Right now, voters’ positive feelings about aid are abstract. However, when voters understand that an investment in development cooperation is an investment in their community as well, they will continue to support it.

Advancing an international Energiewende policy

Potsdam, 29. June 2015

Over the past two decades, Germany has emerged as a frontrunner in the development of renewable energy. Its ambitious policies to support the deployment of renewable energy not only initiated the German Energiewende , they also helped stimulate a global process of innovation and diffusion of renewable energy technologies. While these…