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What if it’s not in our country’s interest? Against the nationalist turn

Effert, Sarah-Lea / Sören Hilbrich (2025)
External Publications

G20 and Africa after the summit: Need for continuity, global voice and vision

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
The Current Column, 17. July 2017

Africa has been a key priority of Germany’s G20 presidency. Can the G20’s priorities as outlined in the Communiqué make a difference for Africa’s global representation and its sustainable development? This edition of The current Column looks at where cooperation between G20 and Africa is making progress.

Reshaping the Global Development Cooperation Architecture: the Role of the Emerging Powers

Bonn, 17. April 2008

While there is a consensus on the need to create a more effective and participatory global development framework, fast-growing developingeconomies are emerging on the global stage and challenging the traditional parameters for development cooperation. No global solutions towardssustainable development will be conceivable without their…

Why emerging economies will play a decisive role in shaping the post-2015 debate

Hackenesch, Christine / ZHANG Haibing (2013)
The Current Column, 28. January 2013

The MENA Region in the “Zeitenwende” Era: An Opportunity for Socially Just Transition?

Berlin, 24. January 2023

The event brought together political decision makers and experts from Germany and the region to debate the following questions: How does Germany plan to link the just transition concept with its new cooperation priorities, such as green energy and feminist development policy, in the MENA region? How have the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Cooperation for a Green Transformation

Duisburg, 28. June 2012

We are increasingly exceeding our planet’s limits, with results such as advancing climate change and the destruction of biological diversity which jeopardises our natural life support systems. A major transformation towards sustainable societies is both necessary and feasible. It entails a considerable societal reorganization and…

South-South Cooperation and Triangular Programmes: Towards a New Paradigm in Global Development?

South-South Cooperation and Triangular Programmes: Towards a New Paradigm in Global Development? Download South-South_Cooperation_and_Triangular_Programmes_01.pdf

Assessing potential effects of development cooperation on inequality

Negre, Mario (2021)
Briefing Paper 4/2021

With inequality reduction now being officially and broadly recognised as a key development objective, simple, economical and quick methodologies to assess focus on this area are needed. The methodology presented herein allows to roughly assess potential impacts on inequality in such a fashion.

Religion and Development

Bonn, 18. May 2015

The relevance of religion for development has been widely acknowledged in global politics. International organizations such as the World Bank or bilateral players such as Germany or Switzerland emphasize the constructive role of religious organizations for development. Accordingly, Western donors, the United Nations, and civil society…

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through municipal partnerships with the global South

Dick, Eva / Paul Marschall / Christopher Wingens (2020)
The Current Column, 07. December 2020

A growing number of municipalities are contributing directly to the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. Leading the way on climate action, supporting fair trade and facilitating societal participation by migrants

Tomorrow’s global development landscape: mapping trends and reform dynamics

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2024)
Policy Brief 4/2024

This paper analyses structural factors of the institutional inertia in international cooperation and formulates expectations for where new reform impetus might come from. It maps and links key reform proposals for the global development system, with a specific focus on public financial flows.

Greening economies in partner countries

Bonn, 09. November 2023

Smart industrial policy anticipates the shift to a green economy; it guides and promotes the domestic economy so that it can take advantage of the opportunities offered by this structural change early on. At the same time, it is increasingly evident that the sustainability transition must be just to be acceptable and, thus, feasible.…

The promotion of civil society in developing countries - the example of European development cooperation

Windfuhr, Michael (1999)
Briefing Paper 6/1999

National, transnational, supra-national and multilateral actors

Cluster “National, transnational, supra-national and multilateral actors”: What are the objectives and interests of different actors and/or organisations such as the EU, the UN, the OECD, as well as public and non-public actors?

Universality in action: why and how United Nations development work should engage with high-income countries

Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug (2024)
Discussion Paper 5/2024

The paper makes the case for universality in United Nations development work. It argues that the UN has an important role to play in promoting sustainable development across all member states, including in high-income countries. Ideas are proposed how that role could look like practically.

Mobilising resources for development: The role of international cooperation in tax matters

Bonn, 28. November 2017

Recent years have seen important progress in international tax cooperation. Fuelled by government revenue needs after the world economic crisis in 2009 and by public outrage following a series of reports on worldwide tax avoidance and tax fraud, many governments have agreed upon exchanging information and closing regulatory loopholes in…

World in Turmoil

Bonn, 22. March 2017

Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and nationalist movements in Europe: The international system is facing serious challenges. In times when international cooperation is urgently needed to address global threats such as climate change, global conflict and extreme poverty, severe scepticism against multilateral institutions and…

Security policy is not development policy

Leininger, Julia / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2024)
The Current Column, 19. February 2024

In order to ensure human security and integrity, we need both development policy for viable global cooperation to shape sustainable futures and security policy alliances against aggressors where cooperation reaches its limits.

2014 – Time for a new policy of co-operation

Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 07. January 2014

In the new year, we will need courage to follow new paths and the ability to learn from the mistakes of the past when determining a new global agenda, to be in place as of 2016.

Thematic aid allocation: what are the benefits and risks?

Sebastian Paulo / Heiner Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Briefing Paper 19/2017

The paper analyses the trend of thematic allocation in development cooperation and illustrates which benefits and risks occur when donors increasingly allocate official development assistance primarily according to themes rather than countries.