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Digitalising the fiscal contract: an interdisciplinary framework for empirical inquiry

von Haldenwang, Christian (2020)
Discussion Paper 20/2020

Taxation is above all a political rather than a technical issue. But what happens if new digital technologies cause profound power shifts in the relationship between revenue authorities and taxpayers? The paper seeks to lay the conceptual groundwork for the analysis of this interplay.

Financing the UN Development System

Online, 29. October 2020

This event is part of the OECD webinar series on “Multilateral Development Finance in the COVID-19 era and beyond: Perspectives from Around the World” The world is facing a global pandemic with devastating economic and social consequences, accelerating climate change and rising inequalities. All this calls for more multilateral…

Sustainable finance: International standards are important

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
External Publications

Sustainable financing: huge financial needs

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
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Nachhaltige Finanzierung: Enormer Finanzbedarf

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
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Covid-19 Crisis: how should the G20 support heavily indebted low-income countries?

Berensmann, Kathrin / Abebe Shimeles / Njuguna Ndung'u (2020)
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Shared responsibility: debt relief for poorest countries

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
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Gemeinsame Verantwortung: Schuldenerlass für die ärmsten Länder

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
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What does a more assertive European Parliament mean for EU development policy?

Burni, Aline / Niels Keijzer / Benedikt Erforth (2020)
The Current Column, 26. October 2020

While in the past there was a perception that the European Parliament merely rubber-stamped the Council’s agreements, the current legislature is more imposing and confrontational.

Nachhaltige Finanzierung: Internationale Standards sind wichtig

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
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Europe’s role in post-COVID MENA

Online, 13. October 2020

The Covid-19 Pandemic has increased socio-economic vulnerability, with the potential to undermine social justice and peace across the MENA . Whether this results in increased pressure on Europe’s border security, asylum and health systems is unclear, but the demand for Europe to act in support of vulnerable communities in MENA countries…

New insights into microloans

Sommer, Christoph (2020)
The Current Column, 12. October 2020

Microcredits came in for increased criticism following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus. They need to be re-evaluated in light of what we now know.

Protest potentials in post-COVID Mena

Online, 06. October 2020

In the months prior to the Covid-19 crisis , mass protests in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan seemed to foreshadow a second Arab Spring. Persistent inequality and a series of events that visibilised the rampant state corruption had sparked widespread protests across the region. These protests demonstrated how a generation of young people…

Dealing with interlinkages: a focused approach for implementing the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 crisis

Scholz, Imme / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Robert Lepenies / Alex Goday-Faúndez / Felix Moronta Barrios / Anet Režek Jambrak / Armand Ketcha Malan Kablan / Tolu Oni / Moritz Riede / Yoko Shimpuku / Teresa Stoepler (2020)
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AU-EU partnership to promote sustainable energy transitions

Högl, Maximilian / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
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Mario Negre

Mario Negre is Economist and former Senior Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

The impact of climate vulnerability on firms’ cost of capital and access to finance

Kling, Gerhard / Ulrich Volz / Victor Murinde / Sibel Ayas (2020)
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A post-COVID social contract for the MENA region?

Online, 29. September 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has endangered fragile social contracts across the MENA region . The sharp economic downturn caused by the pandemic has reduced state revenues and had severe impacts on both formal and informal economic sectors. The demand for social protection has increased just as governments’ abilities to deliver has been…

How the European Green Deal should reshape Africa-EU relations

Högl, Maximilian / Christine Hackenesch / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
The Current Column, 28. September 2020

Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the European Green Deal’s importance as the flagship of the new EU Commission. The partnership with Africa is particularly important in this regard.

The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy on Japanese bank lending

Montgomery, Heather / Ulrich Volz (2020)
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