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Governing international science, technology, and innovation co-operation for sustainable development

Rio de Janeiro, 15. June 2012

Since 2008, an international expert group has been working under the guidance of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy on the question of how international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI) can be better organized to achieve faster and more effective knowledge-based responses to the challenges…

The End of the International Order as we know it

Online, 08. May 2025

The second Trump administration is shaking up the international order. Within little more than three months, the US has withdrawn from international UN entities, has frozen international aid, has imposed tariffs and escalated trade wars. How are the current changes in the international order perceived in different countries? What are the…

COVID-19 and political trust in local governments: evidence from Nepal

Fiedler, Charlotte / Hugo Marcos-Marne / Karina Mross (2024)
External Publications

NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)

Dzebo, Adis / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaëlle Beaussart / Aparajita Banerjee (2023)
Research Data

Can public works infrastructure affect employment outcomes? Evidence from the NREGS in India

Gehrke, Esther (2015)
Discussion Paper 9/2015

Public works programmes are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. Still we know very little about the long-terms effects of the infrastructure created in such programmes. This paper addresses this gab using data from the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Climate change threatens global development and international stability

Bauer, Steffen / Dirk Messner (2007)
Briefing Paper 7/2007

NDC-SDG Connections: Data on first NDC submissions (V1)

Iacobuţă, Gabriela / Clara Brandi / Adis Dzebo (2023)
Research Data

The Policy Implications of Recent Globalization Research

Online, 18. March 2021

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic…

Productive efficiency, structural change, and catch-up within Africa

Mensah, Emmanuel B. / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster-Mc Gregor (2023)
External Publications

Do preferential trade agreements increase their members’ foreign direct investment?

Büge, Max (2014)
Discussion Paper 37/2014

Is privatization of resettlement land viable in Zimbabwe? Land tenure policy considerations

Mazwi, Freedom / George Mudimu (2024)
External Publications

The evolution of connections between Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda in the NDCs

Bonn, 05. June 2023

This side event explores the development of climate activities in countries’ first and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their relation to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objective of the event is to showcase how countries’ NDCs have developed and to what extent they have strengthened the connection…

The future of European development finance – institutional reforms for sustainable solutions

Erforth, Benedikt / Lennart Kaplan (2019)
Briefing Paper 20/2019

This paper discusses how a reconfiguration of the European development finance system could increase efficiency and sustainability. In this regard, the focus should be shifted from institutional to substantial considerations, including partner countries’ needs.

Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Developing Countries and Emerging Markets

Berlin, 11. December 2008

aSince the financial crisis spilled over from the US and hit Europe with full force in September 2008, the effects of the crisis have become increasingly felt also in developing and emerging countries. Although it remains unclear for the time being how stark the consequences for developing and emerging countries will be, it has become…

A new Silk Road – China’s soft power

Grimm, Sven (2015)
The Current Column, 10. November 2015

China’s “One belt, one road” initiative promises to create a new Silk Road over land and sea. It is a trade policy initiative with a highly political dimension.

Facilitating sustainable investment to build back better

Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi / Bernard Hoekman / Makane Moïse Mbengue / Karl P. Sauvant / Matthew Stephenson (2021)
External Publications

Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch (2016)
Studies 92

How and to what extent can deep preferential trade agreements support upgrading of companies from developing countries within global value chains? The Transpacific Partnership and the EU-Vietnam agreement provide some new opportunities for Vietnam, but potentials will not materialize automatically.

The Development Dance: How Donors and Recipients Negotiate the Delivery of Foreign Aid

Bonn, 28. February 2018

In a book full of directly applicable lessons for policymakers, Haley J. Swedlund explores why foreign aid is delivered in different ways at different times, and why various approaches prove to be politically unsustainable. She finds that no aid-delivery mechanism has yet resolved commitment problems in the donor-recipient relationship;…

Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana

Okyere, Charles Yaw / Lukas Kornher (2024)
External Publications

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

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