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Mobilising a trillion dollars for climate mitigation in poor countries: a proposal for a new finance facility against climate change

Kraemer, Moritz / Ulrich Volz (2024)
External Publications

Operationalizing the product space: a road map to export sophistication

Fortunato, Piergiuseppe / Carlos Razo / Kasper Vrolijk (2015)
External Publications

Private finance for adaptation in LDCs? Spelling out the options

Dzebo, Adis / Pieter Pauw (2015)
External Publications

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…

MGG Network Meeting South Africa 2025

Pretoria, 20. June 2025

The theme of the South African 20 Presidency in 2025 is ‘Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability’. In this Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network Meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, experts from the MGG Network will discuss how South Africa is leveraging the G20 Presidency to advance these principles both domestically and globally and…

Climate change and the cost of capital in developing countries: assessing the impact of climate risks on sovereign borrowing costs

Buhr, Bob / Ulrich Volz / Charles Donovan / Gerhard Kling / Yuen Lo / Victor Murinde / Natalie Pullin (2018)
Books

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.

Hacking for the climate

von Weizsäcker, Franz / Clara Brandi (2017)
The Current Column, 13. November 2017

Working under the hashtag #Hack4Climate, hackers are pursuing the same objective as the climate experts, namely to push ahead with climate change mitigation efforts.

Why do paratransit operators resist participation in bus rapid transit? Case evidence from Bogota, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Lagos

Asimeng, Theodore / Dirk Heinrichs (2020)
External Publications

Two models, one goal: A new study compares E-Mobility policies in California and Germany

Press release of 18 November 2024. A new publication in Energy Policy reveals why California has been able to accelerate the buildup of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure more rapidly than Germany

العقد الاجتماعي: أداة تحلیلیة للبلدان في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقیا وأبعد (Arabic version of: The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond)

Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl // ماركوس لوفة / برنھارد تراوتنر/ تینا زينتلِ (2020)
Briefing Paper 6/2020

The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.

Trump and FfD4 – the Elephant in the Room starts to speak (and destroy)

Hilbrich, Sören / Yabibal Walle / Clara Brandi (2025)
External Publications

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.

Greening Innovations for Sustainable Development

Bonn, 21. May 2013

Climate change mitigation and other pressing environmental needs call for technological innovations in sustainable development. Some efforts to develop "green" technologies are in fact currently being undertaken, mainly in OECD countries and some of the major emerging economies. In addition to environmental objectives, governments and…

How can the cities of the Global South grow green?

Pegels, Anna / Alexander Kleibrink (2023)
External Publications

Nigeria’s economic powerhouse Lagos has doubled its population over the last two decades to 24 million. It could reach between 85 and 100 million inhabitants by 2100. As the cities of the Global South expand, can they grow green?

Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in Germany

Scholz, Imme / Niels Keijzer / Carmen Richerzhagen (2016)
Discussion Paper 13/2016

This paper analyses the past and present efforts by the German government at the federal level and its 16 federal states to contribute towards ongoing academic and policy debates on translating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into action.

Partner meeting of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy

Online, 29. June 2021

The African German Leadership Academy aims to provide the leadership skills and knowledge needed to foster sustainable development in line with the development visions of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This innovative and primarily in-person dialogue and training programme brings together young…

Deauville partnership MENA transition fund: priorities for the German G7 presidency in 2015

Furness, Mark (2014)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Rudolph, Alexandra

Rudolph, Alexandra Jump to: Vita Dr. Alexandra Rudolph Department Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Function Former Researcher Specialization Economist Work areas Political economy of aid allocation, pattern and future challenges Causes and consequences of human trafficking Labor market services in Sub-Saharan Africa Social welfare and social pension Vita since 3/2016 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher…

A demographic dividend for the developing countries? Consequences of the global aging process

Loewe, Markus (2007)
Briefing Paper 6/2007