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Directing structural change: from tools to policy

Altenburg, Tilman / Maria Kleinz / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2016)
Discussion Paper 24/2016

To accelerate structural change, governments need to lay the foundations for future competitive advantages. But how can they be anticipated? We discuss various methodologies and suggest ways to consolidate their most valuable features in one synthetic approach.

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.

Coherence and equity in a post-Paris climate governance landscape

Nairobi, 08. December 2016

With the Paris Agreement coming into force, the landscape of global climate governance is set to change. This raises a number of questions: How should climate governance retain coherence at multiple levels and across different sectors? What institutions, procedures and policies are required to ensure delivery 'on the ground' and to…

Crisis or progress? The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) after Nairobi

Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2016)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

From 28 November to 1 December, several thousand people gathered in Nairobi for the second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The first meeting was held in Mexico City 18 months ago. The question is: was the second meeting a success?

Crisis or progress? The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) after Nairobi

Klingebiel, Stephan / Xiaoyun Li (2016)
The Current Column, 06. December 2016

From 28 November to 1 December, several thousand people gathered in Nairobi for the second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The first meeting was held in Mexico City 18 months ago. The question is: was the second meeting a success?

Policy Innovations for Transformative Change

Bonn, 06. December 2016

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is going to hold a presentation and discussion of this year's Flagship Report of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) on “Policy Innovations for Transformative Change: Implementing the 2030 Agenda” in its premises in Bonn…

Financing UN Development Cooperation

Bonn, 06. December 2016

Changing financing flows, sources and trends, coupled with the demands and expectations placed on the UN development system (UNDS) by the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development constitute an opportunity – in fact an urgent need – to reflect and rethink how the UN Development System is financed: What are current mechanisms and…

Private investments in climate change adaptation

Nairobi, 05. December 2016

This workshop discussed the mobilisation of private investments in climate change adaptation. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, developed countries reaffirmed their commitment from the 2009 Copenhagen Accord to mobilise USD 100 billion annually by 2020 to support climate-change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. A substantial…

Public sector performance and development cooperation in Rwanda: results based approaches

Klingebiel, Stephan / Victoria Gonsior / Franziska Jakobs / Miriam Nikitka (2016)
Books

Green banking regulation: setting out a framework

Lindenberg, Nannette / Ulrich Volz (2016)
External Publications

It's institutions, not theology! Muslim actors’ influence on democratization in Mali

Leininger, Julia (2016)
External Publications

A new social contract for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
The Current Column, 05. December 2016

Western countries should no longer aim at ‘stabilising’ the existing political order in MENA countries but help them in designing new, more sustainable social contracts.

A new social contract for MENA

Bonn, 05. December 2016

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) hosted the third IPR-MENA social policy conference "A new social contract for MENA countries: Experiences from Development and Social Policies" on 5 and 6 December, in partnership with the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research . Participants…

Towards a new social contract for MENA

Bonn, 05. December 2016

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) need a new social contract. The upheavals that took place in 2011 and became known as “the Arab Spring” have shown that the MENA countries were much more fragile than many governments and observers had expected. They were built on a social contract that stipulated the distribution of…

T20 Kick-Off

Berlin, 01. December 2016

On 1 December Germany officially takes over the G20 Presidency from China. With the beginning of Germany's G20 Presidency for 2016/2017, the T20 will hold its inaugural conference of this year's process, which will jointly be coordinated by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Kiel…

Green finance: actors, challenges and policy recommendations

Berensmann, Kathrin / Nannette Lindenberg (2016)
Briefing Paper 23/2016

Broad international consensus exists about the need to scale up financing for green investments. However, private green finance is still scarce due to a range of microeconomic challenges. For enhancing private green investment, a coordinated approach of all actors of the financial system is needed.

Private finance for climate-change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for Kenya

Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2016)
Briefing Paper 22/2016

Private investments are important for countries to adapt to climate change. Yet how realistic is it to rely on the mobilisation of private investments in adaptation, in particular for less developed countries? This Policy Brief aims to answer this question in relation to Kenya

Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 28. November 2016

On 28 November begins the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Nairobi. When considering the future of effective development cooperation, we should start by appreciating the road it has travelled so far.

DIE at GPEDC

Nairobi, 28. November 2016

29 November 2016, 09:00 -13:00, Hilton Hotel Nairobi Workshop: Efforts and Accountability for Development Cooperation under the 2030 Agenda: Moving towards Convergence? Organisers: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Managing Global Governance (MGG) The 2030 Agenda is meant to stipulate and…

Upgrading in Global Value Chains

Bonn, 28. November 2016

The workshop brought together researchers from both qualitative and quantitative research backgrounds who have shown their expertise in this field in order to promote an exchange about the state of the art and potential future research avenues in relation to upgrading in GVCs. Each participant had the opportunity to present their recent…