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Developing green technologies and phasing them in

Never, Babette / René Kemp (2017)
External Publications

Germany: the energy transition as a green industrial development agenda

Pegels, Anna (2017)
External Publications

Pricing environmental resources and pollutants and the competitiveness of national industries

Schlegelmilch, Kai / Hans Eichel / Anna Pegels (2017)
External Publications

Renewable energy as a trigger for industrial development in Morocco

Vidican Auktor, Georgeta (2017)
External Publications

The trade regime complex and megaregionals: an exploration from the perspective of international domination

Brandi, Clara (2017)
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Why it is worth considering consumer trends among the new middle classes

Never, Babette (2017)
The Current Column, 04. December 2017

Middle-income countries are seeing growth among their middle classes. The problem is that our planet’s resources are finite. Time for a new consumer policy.

Governing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals: approaches to attain policy integration

Tosun, Jale / Julia Leininger (2017)
External Publications

Electric mobility and the quest for automobile industry upgrading in China

Altenburg, Tilman / Kaidong Feng / Qunhong Shen (2017)
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Green industrial policy: accelerating structural change towards wealthy green economies

Altenburg, Tilman / Dani Rodrik (2017)
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Green industrial policy: concept, policies, country experiences

Altenburg, Tilman / Claudia Assmann (eds.) (2017)
Books

Global tax fairness

Bonn, 29. November 2017

The increasing prominence of growing inequality around the world has intensified the interest in global tax fairness. In most countries, the tax burden has shifted from large multinational corporations (MNCs) and wealthy elites to ordinary citizens and smaller firms. This problem has been exacerbated by the inability of the Base Erosion…

Mobilising resources for development: The role of international cooperation in tax matters

Bonn, 28. November 2017

Recent years have seen important progress in international tax cooperation. Fuelled by government revenue needs after the world economic crisis in 2009 and by public outrage following a series of reports on worldwide tax avoidance and tax fraud, many governments have agreed upon exchanging information and closing regulatory loopholes in…

Why we need a European development bank

Wolff, Peter (2017)
The Current Column, 27. November 2017

The proposal of founding a new European development bank offers some benefits. However, this pragmatic approach does not go far enough.

Towards a shared understanding

Paris, 24. November 2017

Mark your calendar for this first in a series of upcoming opportunities to exchange lessons and discuss good practice in effective development co-operation among diverse actors. Researchers from select emerging economies will present independent research findings and exchange with participants on areas for synergy and future collaboration…

COP23: not great, but good enough

Bauer, Steffen (2017)
The Current Column, 23. November 2017

Transforming carbon consumption patterns of the new middle classes

Bonn, 23. November 2017

The unprecedented growth of the new middle classes in middle income developing countries implies a strong growth in both consumption and carbon emissions. If the new middle classes mirror the carbon-intensive lifestyles of the industrialized countries, the remaining carbon space to manage climate change will close much more quickly. But…

The effectiveness of Morocco’s industrial policy in promoting a national automotive industry

Hahn, Tina / Georgeta Vidican-Auktor (2017)
Discussion Paper 27/2017

We analyze the effectiveness of industrial policy in the Moroccan automotive industry. While low-value activities predominate, decision-makers take currently a more systemic approach, focused on fostering synergies, strengthening weak parts in the value chain and enhancing capabilities.

Autocratic angels? Democratic demons? The impact of regime type, state capacity and economic development on reaching environmental targets

Stepping, Katharina M.K. / Lilli Banholzer (2017)
Discussion Paper 26/2017

When it comes to environmental protection, the state plays a pivotal role. This paper investigates three key factors of a state: political regime type, state capacity and economic development. They matter individually and in combination in different ways than one might expect.

From debating social justice to proposed solutions - 10 years of the Managing Global Governance programme

Crncic, Zeljko (2017)
The Current Column, 20. November 2017

During faltering dialogue processes networks such as Managing Global Governance (MGG) become all the more relevant in the discussion of global problems and inequalities, which is also the focus of our MGG alumni and partner meeting this week.

Key challenges of the 2030 Agenda

Bonn, 19. November 2017

The MGG network celebrated its 10 th anniversary with a global alumni conference on “Global Justice and Social Cohesion: Key Challenges of the 2030 Agenda”. Alumni, partners and supporters of the MGG Network came together to discuss key challenges for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They focussed…