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How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit

Online, 10. May 2022

This ‘High-Level Regional Roundtable on Investment Facilitation for Development: How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit’ is co-organised by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Commission of the Organisation of…

Assessing policy reform and capacity building needs to implement a future WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement

Geneva, 05. May 2022

More than 110 World Trade Organization (WTO) Members are currently negotiating an Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement with the aim of finalising the negotiations by the end of 2022. Empirical research estimates that the IFD Agreement benefits participating Members, in particular developing and least-developed…

G7 measures to enhance global health equity and security

Kickbusch, Ilona / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Githinji Gitahi / Adam Kamradt - Scott (2022)
External Publications

Three cornerstones for Germany’s Feminist Development Policy

Friesen, Ina / Alma Wisskirchen (2022)
The Current Column, 02. May 2022

To ensure that commitment for feminist development policy (FDP) leads to a truly transformative feminist approach in Germany's development policy, it should be built on three key pillars.

Science for the global common good

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
External Publications

When cooperation meets negotiations: an approach to address the complexity of transformation to sustainability

Hernandez, Ariel (2022)
External Publications

Do not neglect African security

Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2022)
External Publications

The Ukraine war has important implications for the EU’s cooperation with African countries regarding security and peace. Policymakers must pay attention.

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2022 Jump to: Dezember 2022 November 2022 Oktober 2022 September 2022 August 2022 Juli 2022 Juni 2022 Mai 2022 April 2022 März 2022 Februar 2022 Januar 2022 Dezember 2022 Die Ampel und die Religion: Weniger Interesse am R-Faktor Eigentlich will die Bundesregierung den Bereich „Religion und Außenpolitik“ stärken. Auch im Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) hat das Interesse am R-Faktor nachgelassen. Zwar gehe die Kooperation mit…

Low carbon technology solutions and transitions

Online, 07. April 2022

A wealthy low-carbon economic development is hardly conceivable without technological innovation and changes in socio-technical systems (Rosenbloom et al 2020). Achieving net-zero emissions while not jeopardizing efforts to reduce poverty requires innovation and a fast transition towards zero emissions across all sectors including energy,…

What possible futures are conceivable for mobility in African metropolises?

Asimeng, Theodore (2022)
External Publications

Special: Russia's war against Ukraine

Russia's invasion in violation of international law marks a turning point in global politics. The DIE examines the far-reaching consequences, including for development cooperation and for German foreign and security policy.

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities: an experiment

Hilbrich, Sören (2022)
The Current Column, 28. March 2022

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities is a grand experiment. It carries the promise to define objectives for private enterprises that go beyond the pure maximisation of profits.

The G7 and multilateralism in times of aggression: Maintaining and strengthening cooperative and inclusive approaches for the global common good

Beisheim, Marianne / Axel Berger / Lars Brozus / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Ronja Scheler / Silke Weinlich (2022)
External Publications

What Putin’s war means for international cooperation

Grävingholt, Jörn (2022)
The Current Column, 23. March 2022

24 February 2022, or “2/24”, could go down in history as a new turning point. There is a real risk of the world being divided up into a new geopolitical order.

Charting a roadmap towards deep decarbonisation

Online, 22. March 2022

Worldwide decarbonization is not on track. While the magnitude of the challenge is beyond doubt, as well as the fact that inaction now drastically increases the costs of decarbonisation in the future, decision-makers around the world are shying away from determined action. While this is partly due to political opportunism, it also…

What future for cooperation in the Arctic? Scenarios after Putin’s war on Ukraine

Wehrmann, Dorothea / Michał Łuszczuk / Jacqueline Götze / Arne Riedel / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2022)
External Publications

The war in Ukraine gives reason to fear the worst: Will the Arctic turn again into a region of confrontation, remain a region of cooperation or become a region “on hold”? Three scenarios for future collaboration in the Arctic and their implications for global cooperation on climate change.

Thinking ahead: drought resilience and COVID-19

Subramanian, Saravanan et al. (2021)
External Publications

The Routledge Handbook of Smart Technologies: an Economic and Social Perspective

Heinz D. Kurz / Marlies Schütz / Rita Strohmaier / Stella S. Zilian (2022)
Books

Achieving globally equitable vaccine supply

Strupat, Christoph (2022)
The Current Column, 21. February 2022

To achieve a socially more justice world, vaccine manufacturers should participate in the mRNA hubs, which should be supported more broadly by the international development cooperation community.

How can the G7 and the UN make multilateralism sustainable?

Weinlich, Silke / Marianne Beisheim (2022)
The Current Column, 14. February 2022

How could the German G7 Presidency and the UN Secretary-General leverage their objectives to each other’s benefit?