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Costs, benefits and the political economy of aid coordination: the case of the European Union

Klingebiel, Stephan / Mario Negre / Pedro Morazán (2017)
External Publications

Pro-government militias, human rights abuses and the ambiguous role of foreign aid

Carey, Sabine C. / Neil J. Mitchell (2016)
Briefing Paper 4/2016

Governments often use irregular armed groups to avoid accountability for human rights abuses when targeting a domestic opponent. As this increases the risk of atrocities, the international community must ensure governments are held accountable for violence committed by their informal agents, too.

Sustainable Development Goals: Pick and choose - or integration at last?

Heiner, Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
The Current Column, 01. February 2016

Since 1 January 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) guide development efforts around the world. 2016 will be about implementation. The key question is: How do we translate 17 goals and their 169 targets into policy making? One option is to continue business as usual and start selectively. Each country could pick and choose from the menu of goals and targets. A better option is to transform today’s policy making into a more coherent and integrated approach.

Vom Ergebnis her denken: Deutschland und die Nachhaltigkeitsziele

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2015)
External Publications

Making retail modernisation in developing countries inclusive: a development policy perspective

Altenburg, Tilman / Elmar Kulke / Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa / Lisa Peterskovsky / Caroline Reeg (2016)
Discussion Paper 2/2016

The diffusion of supermarkets in developing countries increases productivity, but fast roll-out also treatens the livelihoods of millions engaged in traditional stores and their supply chains. We show what governments and retail corporations can do to make retail modernisation inclusive.

MGG Alumni meeting Brazil

Brasilia, 24. February 2016

Since 2007 the programme Managing Global Governance as part of the German Development Institute organizes a platform for young professionals from rising powers. Hereby they discuss problems of global relevancy and search for possible solutions. However, not only the German Development Institute fosters the global exchange of knowledge, at…

The future of EU External Action

Berlin, 01. March 2016

The Juncker Commission together with the High Representative/Vice President Federica Mogherini have launched various strategy processes to reform both EU external and internal policies. These include the Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, the Review of the Neighbourhood Policy, the Trade Review, and a Review of Europe 2020. A…

Wasser als Waffe des IS

Bonn, 02. March 2016

Der Islamische Staat (IS) hat strategisch bedeutsame Wasserressourcen und weite Teile der Wasserinfrastruktur in Syrien und im Irak unter seine Kontrolle gebracht. An den Flüssen Euphrat, Tigris und Orontes haben die Eroberung von Staudämmen, das gezielte Überfluten von Städten und nicht zuletzt die Zerstörung und die mangelnde Wartung…

Desertification

Bauer, Steffen (2015)
External Publications

International organizations

Bauer, Steffen (2015)
External Publications

How does globalization affect ecological pressures? A robust empirical analysis using the ecological footprint

Rudolph, Alexandra / Lukas Figge (2015)
External Publications

Landscape transformation in Jambi province, Sumatra: an analysis of land tenure regulations under translational dynamics

Kunz, Yvonne (2016)
External Publications

Leave no one behind!

Crncic, Zeljko (2016)
The Current Column, 18. April 2016

Opportunities and limitations of the Agenda 2030 pledge to be inclusive

Urbanization and human health in urban India: institutional analysis of water-borne diseases in urban India’

Subramanian, Saravanan / Marissa Ayessa Idenal / Shahin Saiyed / Deepak Saxena / Solvay Gerke (2016)
External Publications

“Transforming our world!”: Courage for restructuring the United Nations development system

Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column, 25. April 2016

“Transforming our world” – this is the guiding principle for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains a new universal definition of development that should be used as a basis for re-visiting the underlying principles, tasks and global role of the UN development system.

Het kapitalisme heeft zijn langste tijd echt wel gehad

Pauw, Pieter (2016)
External Publications

The G20 and the future of the global trading system

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
Briefing Paper 10/2016

The G20 should assume a more proactive role with regard to the future of the world trading system.A reform is needed in light of the growing fragmentation of the system and the 2030 Agenda, which calls for sustainability to be the core principle of global cooperation.

Building peace after war: the knowns and unknowns of external support to post-conflict societies

Fiedler, Charlotte / Karina Mroß / Jörn Grävingholt (2016)
Briefing Paper 11/2016

Most violent conflicts today are recurrences of previous wars, disclosing the significant challenge building sustainable peace poses. Analyzing research on post-conflict peace support, this briefing paper reports which types of external engagement are known to be effective and which ones are not.

Biodiversity research: social sciences under-represented

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

The rapid loss of biodiversity can be traced back to human activity, and yet social scientists, who analyse the impact of human society on the environment, are under-represented in the field of biodiversity research.

A pioneers' alliance for climate action

Berlin, 25. May 2016

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the potentials of a…