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Can public participation deepen democracy? Insights from Nakuru City in Kenya

Gutheil, Lena (2023)
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Towards a democratic yardstick? Evaluations of international institutions in academic textbooks, 1970-2010

Dingwerth, Klaus / Ina Lehmann / Ellen Reichel / Tobias Weise (2011)
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Aid reform: southern voices excluded from crucial discussions

Keijzer, Niels / Adam Moe Fejerskov (2014)
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Learning from KfW’s ex-post evaluations? How conflicting objectives can limit their usefulness

Dörrbecker, Nicola M. (2023)
Discussion Paper 14/2023

How can German development cooperation learn from evaluations that are primarily used to monitor success and are also rarely read? Nicola Dörrbecker analyses such conflicts of interest with a focus on ex-post evaluations (EPE) by the development bank of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Access to environmental information: a driver of accountable governance in Morocco and Tunisia?

Houdret, Annabelle / Irene Pasqua / Saâd Filali Meknassi (2018)
Briefing Paper 10/2018

In North Africa, environmental problems increasingly lead to political protest. Governments and development partners should support access to environmental information and thereby accountable governance to avoid further discontent and destabilization.

Post-2015: how to design goals for (inter)national action?

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2013)
Briefing Paper 23/2013

In September 2013 UN Member States called for a single post-2015 framework that would be universal in nature and apply to all countries. This paper compares the pros and cons of a top-down, bottom-up or hybrid approach to negotiating and formulating this new agenda.

Information integrity and information pollution: vulnerabilities and impact on social cohesion and democracy in Mexico

Breuer, Anita (2024)
Discussion Paper 2/2024

This discussion paper analyses factors that enable and drive societal vulnerability towards information pollution in Mexico. It formulates national and international level recommendations to counter information pollution and mitigate its negative impacts on social cohesion and democracy.

Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI)

Online, 09. October 2023

The Council on Economic Policies ( CEP ) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability ( IDOS ) are launching the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI). The index aims at increasing tax expenditure transparency and accountability by providing a systematic framework to rank countries according to the regularity,…

Key players in accountable SDG implementation: national human rights institutions

Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Saionara König-Reis (2021)
Briefing Paper 16/2021

Achieving the SDGs requires the development of robust national-level accountability mechanisms. This Briefing Paper presents a cross-national overview and country examples on the role of National Human Rights Institutions in holding governments accountable in process of implementing the 2030 Agenda.

Lessons from delivering as one: options for UN member states

Weinlich, Silke / Urs Zollinger (2012)
Briefing Paper 13/2012

Kenya’s infrastructure deals: lessons from a decade of debt

Cheeseman, Nic / Hangwei Li (2025)
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A new lifeline for the G20? The role of African and European actors in enhancing its legitimacy and effectiveness

Barana, Luca / Daniele Fattibene / Christine Hackenesch / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Bernardo Venturi (2020)
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Cooperation between G20 and African states: delivering on African citizens’ demands

Gyimah-Boadi, Emmanuel / Michael Bratton / Julia Leininger (2017)
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Just transitions and resilience in contexts of conflict and fragility: the need for a transformative approach

McCandless, Erin / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2023)
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Innovations in governance: evaluations and research studies on electoral accountability, corruption and multidimensional peacekeeping

Garcia, Maria Melody (2013)
Discussion Paper 3/2013

Global ambition, local action: climate resilience for all

Bonn, 30. April 2018

Launch of the 15th Development & Climate Days report and discussion of key messages on climate resilience through empowerment and access, value of lived experience and local knowledge, transparency and downward accountability in climate finance, and resilience through private sector involvement. Confirmed speakers Sönke Kreft , Executive…

Investment Facilitation for Development: what Should FfD4 Deliver?

Berger, Axel / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2025)
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How to evaluate agents and agency

Chan, Sander / Ronald B. Mitchell (2020)
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The European supply chain law is coming after all – What can we make of the compromise?

Aboushady, Nora / Tilman Altenburg / Inga Carry / Jann Lay / Melanie Müller / Mark Schrolle / Frauke Steglich / Lea Strack / Tevin Tafese / Rainer Thiele (2024)
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Decentralisation in Morocco: a solution to the "Arab Spring"?

Houdret, Annabelle / Astrid Harnisch (2018)
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