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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)
External Publications

Ece Oyan

Ece Oyan is a former Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Green hydrogen in Namibia: opportunities and risks

Altenburg, Tilman / Anne Kantel (2024)
Discussion Paper 6/2024

Namibia hopes to benefit from green hydrogen markets. We assess the related opportunities and risks. If offtake agreements materialise, export revenues may be substantial. Job and industrial development effects will remain limited. How public revenues are used will determine development outcomes.

IDOS in den Medien

Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) erfährt auch 2024 eine breite Medienaufmerksamkeit, es folgt eine Übersicht der Beiträge.

Greening economies in partner countries: priorities for International cooperation

Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels / Mauricio Böhl Gutierrez et al. (2024)
Policy Brief 2/2024

In this brief, we discuss ideas for the support of a just and green structural transformation in BMZ portfolios that are • innovative: they suggest new priorities or new types of policy support and • concrete: they can easily be incorporated into ongoing international cooperation programmes.

Elvis Melia

Elvis Melia was an associate Researcher of the research programm "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems" at IDOS (former DIE).

Auktor, Georgeta

Georgeta Auktor ist Ökonomin und war Assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin am IDOS.

Europäische Lieferkettenregulierung nicht aufhalten!

Lay, Jann / Tilman Altenburg / Melanie Müller / Tevin Tafese / Rainer Thiele / Frauke Steglich (2024)
External Publications

Call for Applications: Short-Term Visiting Researcher (f/m/divers) Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

In 2024, the Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” offers two (2) short-term visiting researcher positions of around 4-6 weeks between April to December 2024.

Sustainable global supply chains in times of geopolitical crises: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Annual Report 2023

Altenburg, Tilman / Jann Lay / Melanie Müller / Rainer Thiele (Network hosts) (2024)
Books

Previous Research Teams

The Research Teams follow a long tradition due to the IDOS-Postgraduate Programme

Kasper Vrolijk

Kasper Vrolijk is Economist and former Researcher in the Research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

IDOS in den Medien

Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) erfährt auch 2023 eine breite Medienaufmerksamkeit, es folgt eine Übersicht der Beiträge.

Greening cooperation for economic development

Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels (2023)
The Current Column, 22. November 2023

To accelerate green transformation in low- and middle-income countries, it is therefore essential to provide evidence of how a greener economy can offer direct economic benefits to national economies and the majority of citizens.

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Klimalog – Research and dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation

The adoption of an ambitious international climate agenda at the upcoming UN climate conference in Paris and its resolute implementation are essential for sustainable development across the globe. With a view to prospective international climate policy, IDOS promotes the awareness of interlinkages between climate change and development and investigates specific conditions for a climate-smart and just transformation towards decarbonisation and resilience.

Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)

Special "Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)": In a research and advisory project funded by the BMZ, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is investigating what these changes mean for Germany's and Europe's cooperation with MENA countries.

Messner, Dirk

Dirk Messner is director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

Green hydrogen: implications for international cooperation: with special reference to South Africa

Stamm, Andreas / Tilman Altenburg / Rita Strohmaier / Ece Oyan / Katharina Thoms (2023)
Discussion Paper 9/2023

We explore the potential economic co-benefits of green hydrogen for exporting countries in the Global South and recommend policies for governments and international cooperation to enhance local value creation, employment and other forms of benefit-sharing. A case study on South Africa is included.

The global race to subsidise green technologies

Altenburg, Tilman / Axel Berger/ Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 17. April 2023

If competition between major industrialised nations over subsidies is focused on key green technologies, then this will accelerate the urgently needed development of clean technologies.