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"More responsibility" in the world: the biggest challenges are not military ones

Grävingholt, Jörn (2014)
The Current Column, 10. February 2014

The German Foreign Minister, entering office for the second time, announced that there would be broad-based "internal reflection on German foreign policy’s future prospects".

New international cooperation approaches_Lessons from Climate Politics – a Chinese Perspective

Bonn, 10. February 2014

China’s 12th Five Years Plan, with its ambitions to turn China into a model of low-carbon growth, reflects the enormous and uncontested efforts in the recent domestic climate policy of China. Yet, at an international level, negotiations for a global deal on CO2-reductions are constantly at an impasse. Do we need a change of perspectives…

Post 2015: wie sollten Ziele für (inter)nationale Politik entworfen werden?

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 2/2014

Mitgliedsstaaten der Vereinten Nationen haben entschieden Verhandlungen über eine globale nachhaltige Entwicklungsagenda aufzunehmen. Dieses Papier vergleicht drei Verhandlungsansätze: den Ansatz der Millennium-Entwicklungsziele, den induktiven Ansatz und den zweistufigen Ansatz.

Ambiguous involvement: civil-society actors in forest carbon offsets: the case of the climate community and biodiversity standards (CCB)

Hein, Jonas / Heiko Garrelts (2014)
External Publications

Handeln stärker an Erfolgen orientieren

Mahn, Timo Casjen (2014)
External Publications

Tax collection in developing countries: new evidence on Semi-autonomous Revenue Agencies (SARAs)

von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller / Melody Garcia (2014)
External Publications

Post-2015: How to properly address biodiversity?

Lucas, Paul L. / José A. González / Carmen Richerzhagen (2014)
The Current Column, 03. February 2014

Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services is essential to meet the basic needs of the poor. But how to integrate them in the post-2015 development agenda?

Closing the Science-Practice Gap in Risk Management

Bonn, 30. January 2014

Public Lecture by Roger Kasperson, Research Professor at Clark University, Worchester/ USA The gap between science and decision making has long been a major concern in risk management. This presentation reports on the project "Vulnerability and Resilience in Science and Practice." This project has expored how knowledge enters into and…

Science-practice interactions for effective climate change adaptation

Bonn, 29. January 2014

Adaptation to the effects of climate change is a major challenge, particularly for highly vulnerable low-income countries. As adaptation to climate change is first and foremost a context specific and local process, it is evident that successful adaptation processes require context specific knowledge and analysis. Research can take an…

Conservation, REDD+ and the struggle for land in Jambi, Indonesia

Hein, Jonas / Heiko Faust (2014)
External Publications

Digital technologies for democratic governance in Latin America: opportunities and risks

Breuer, Anita / Yanina Welp (eds.) (2014)
Books

DIE rated leading think tank

DIE rated leading think tank DIE rated leading think tank 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Ranking: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has established itself in the top 100 think tanks worldwide Press Release, 22 January 2014 Today, the current Global Go To Think Tank Ranking was presented in New York, Washington D.C., and Berlin. In the group of leading development policy think tanks the German Development Institute /…

Renewable energy development in Egypt: the need for a new social contract

Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
External Publications

Germany should move from entitlement to performance-based aid

Keijzer, Niels / Timo Casjen Mahn, (2014)
The Current Column, 20. January 2014

The new German government deserves praise for its decision to increase its aid budget for the period 2013-2017. The decision on how to spend the lion’s share will be one of the first major tasks of the newly appointed minister Gerd Müller.

2014

2014 Jump to: 2014 Januar 2015 Dezember November October September August July June May April March February January 2014 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Januar 2015 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Ranking: DIE gut platziert Im aktuellen 2014 Global Go To Think Tank-Ranking erlangte das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in der Kategorie Top International Development Think Tanks mit dem 12. Platz erneut eine gute Position.…

Development cooperation: challenges of the new aid architecture

Klingebiel, Stephan (2014)
Books

Achieving inclusive competitiveness in the emerging solar energy sector in Morocco

Vidican, Georgeta / Matthias Böhning / Gina Burger / Elisa de Siqueira Regueira / Sandra Müller / Susanne Wendt (2013)
Studies 79

In light of the strong potential for solar energy in Morocco, this study assesses oppportunities for developing a competitive local industry in this emerging sector. A strong emphasis is placed on building business linkages to enhance technology transfer for harnessing technological capabilities.

Financial and Currency Liberalisation in China - Experiments and Challenges

Bonn, 14. January 2014

China's economic development has been based on a highly regulated domestic financial market, restricted capital in- and outflows and a non-convertible currency, the RMB. In the typical Chinese way of experimenting with new policies before they are introduced countrywide, several regions have been assigned as testing grounds for…

2014 – Time for a new policy of co-operation

Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 07. January 2014

In the new year, we will need courage to follow new paths and the ability to learn from the mistakes of the past when determining a new global agenda, to be in place as of 2016.

Common goals and differential commitments: the role of emerging economies in global development

Besharati, Neissan Alessandro (2013)
Discussion Paper 26/2013

How do middle-income countries fit in the post-Busan and post-2015 global development architecture?