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Internship in the MGG Academy Team: International Cooperation and Event Management

To support our team, we are looking for an intern (f/m/diverse) to assist in the preparation and implementation of the MGG Academy for a period of three months, starting 18 August 2025.

Intercultural dialogue on the challenges of global governance

Bonn, 25. June 2012

From 25 until 27 June 2012, the fifth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum - Culture, Education, Media. Shaping a Sustainable World took place in Bonn with more than 1,500 participants from 95 countries. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…

Katharina Bissinger

Katharina Bissinger is Economist and Reasearcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"

New Avenues to introduce Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries

Online, 30. November 2020

This online event investigates ways to introduce carbon pricing in developing countries. Carbon pricing is widely accepted as the most effective and efficient policy to reduce carbon emissions. Yet many countries, in particular in the Global South, face political and economic constraints when introducing carbon pricing. This workshop…

The Interplay between Fairness and Ambition

Bonn, 17. May 2017

In negotiations for international agreements, finding the delicate balance between ambition that matters and the fair and equitable treatment of the diverse parties is the vital factor of success. The Paris Agreement has addressed this interplay in a particularly intricate way. In global climate policy, ambition to cope with and avoid…

Global Summit Prenegotiation: The Case of the Australian G20 Presidency

Bonn, 31. May 2016

Public Lecture with Larry Crump In 2017, Germany will take over the G20 presidency after China. After ‘middle powers’ such as Australia and Turkey chaired the G20 for years, global economic heavyweights are now taking over. While continuity and effectivity have become crucial for G20 to maintain its relevance, we know little about the…

Lessons learnt from impact-oriented accompanying research: potentials and limitations to rigorously assessing the impact of governance programmes

Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2018)
Discussion Paper 28/2018

How can we assess impact in governance programs? This publication presents lessons learnt on how to conduct impact-oriented accompanying research succesfully. The focus is on governance interventions but the lessons can also be applied to other development interventions.

Why the world needs global governance for science cooperation

Schwachula, Anna (2021)
The Current Column, 15. February 2021

Social justice is an integral part of sustainable development. This means that power inequalities between countries need to be removed if social equity is to be more than a distant dream.

"Encircling the Seamless: India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons"

Bonn, 18. February 2011

Professor A. Damodaran of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore presented his book “Encircling the Seamless: India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons”. His book explores global environmental negotiations against the backdrop of complex political relations, the climate change conventions and multilateral environmental…

(How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Bonn, 26. November 2025

The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 May Social protection is crucial for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In times of rising inequalities and poverty rates, social protection must continue addressing life cycle risks to prevent individuals from falling further into poverty while also aiding those…

Do we need a global platform for SDG17?

Johannesburg, 03. February 2017

The 2030 Agenda is meant to stipulate and direct global efforts towards sustainable development. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires action by a multitude of actors in various policy fields and sectors to achieve the global goals under one common “ Global Partnership for…

An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results

Esser, Daniel (2022)
The Current Column, 26. September 2022

The Bundestag’s first debate on the proposed federal development budget for 2023, which took place earlier this month, was a worrisome testament to the state of international development politics in Germany.

Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (eds.) (2021)
Studies 104

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future.

MGG Alumni Meeting India

New Delhi, 04. April 2016

Addressing global challenges by joint knowledge production are at the core of the dialogue, research and training programme Managing Global Governance (MGG) that is implemented by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with partners from emerging economies. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda…

Privatization of Turkey’s rivers? The rise of water struggles and AKP government’s responses

Bonn, 12. March 2014

Rivers offer a huge potential for the generation of ‘clean’ electricity through hydropower development. But are the environmental impacts of dams really that small and does public interest in the name of renewable energy sources justify expropriation of local populations? In Turkey, these questions lead to heated debates– in midst of…

Bewerbungsfrist abgelaufen: Stellenausschreibung: Sachbearbeitung: Koordination der Managing Global Governance Academy (w/m/divers)

In unserem Forschungsprogramm „Inter- und Transnationale Zusammenarbeit“ im Bereich Wissenskooperation und Ausbildung suchen wir zur Koordination unserer Managing Global Governance (MGG) Academy ab sofort und unbefristet eine Sachbearbeitung: Koordination der MGG Academy (w/m/divers)

Partner country selection between development narratives and self-interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches

Baydag, Melis / Stephan Klingebiel (2023)
External Publications

Unfinished agenda or overtaken by events? Applying aid- and development-effectiveness principles to capacity development support

Keijzer, Niels (2013)
Discussion Paper 17/2013

Wie sollte Entwicklungspolitik künftig gestaltet werden? Zur Notwendigkeit neuer Narrative, Strategien und Umsetzungsansätze (Teil II)

Berlin, 29. January 2025

Themen der Veranstaltung Im zweiten Teil des Roundtables vertieften wir zwei zentrale Themen: Deutsche Entwicklungspolitik im Rahmen geopolitischer Veränderungen: Wie beeinflusst der internationale Kontext Entwicklungspolitik, wie kann deutsche Entwicklungspolitik versuchen, auf den internationalen geopolitischen Kontext Einfluss zu…

Johannes Brehm

Johannes Brehm is an Economist and former researcher in the research programme “Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).