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Against the current: how water access affects women and men differently

Online, 24. March 2026

In line with the UN’s 2026 World Water Day campaign ‘Where water flows, equality grows’, the Bonn Water Network * invites you to its debate on changing roles of women in water management and governance. The story is not a new one: in many countries, women bear the brunt of water insecurity. They are the ones hauling heavy water jugs over…

Job advertisement: Research assistant (f/m/diverse), Project MENA

To support with research and advisory tasks, the project "Contributions to stabilization and development in North Africa and the Middle East" (MENA) is looking for a new student / research assistant (f/m/diverse).

Institutional layering as (counter-)hegemonic strategy: unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative

Taggart, Jack / Han Cheng / Sebastian, Haug (2026)
External Publications

Trade as a Driver of Economic Transformation in Africa

Yaoundé, 28. March 2026

African economies face persistent challenges in translating trade integration into broad-based economic transformation. Traditional development pathways have emphasized manufacturing-led growth and integration into global value chains. However, changing global trade patterns, digitalization and servicification of global value chains, and…

Electrolysis-based nitrogen fertilisers as a promising innovation in Africa

Stamm, Andreas / Christine Bosch / Fernanda Nan (2026)
The Current Column, 30. March 2026

A way forward: decentralised, climate-neutral ammonia production based on electrified HBP fed by renewable energies

Sweden’s antithesis: China in United Nations development work

Haug, Sebastian (2026)
External Publications

Bullshit urgency and washing machines: As the US scrambles for a plan for Iran, pitfalls loom large

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2026)
External Publications

Heiner Janus and Daniel Esser argue that the rush to devise a strategy for Iran is bound to run into bureaucratic pathologies that drive failures in intelligence and foreign aid alike: manufactured urgency and institutional whitewashing.

Back to the future: the Pact for the Mediterranean and the mirage of Euro-Mediterranean integration

Furness, Mark (2026)
Policy Brief

The Pact for the Mediterranean has some potential to strengthen sectoral, functional cooperation. Sufficient resources and mutual trust-building may create incentives for Euro-Mediterranean relations to move beyond transactionalism and foster integration where past approaches have failed.

Sustainability as a Guiding Principle of Our Work

Our vision is to contribute to co-shaping a collaborative, multipolar world for sustainable futures. We do so by conducting high-quality research, independent policy advice, and transregional knowledge cooperation and training.

VAT tax expenditures analysis and reforms

Online, 16. April 2026

The Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) , together with the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) — the partners behind the Tax Expenditures Lab — have been cooperating to strengthen the transparency, governance, and effectiveness of tax expenditures (TEs) worldwide. The Tax…

Systemic Impact through Transformative Training

Jakarta, 19. April 2026

Bringing together stakeholders from different public schools of administration and training institutions, Lembaga Administrasi Negara (LAN, National School of Public Administration, Indonesia) and the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) are co-organizing a conference…

3rd biennial “Africa in the Global Economy“ Conference

Bonn, 02. December 2026

Africa’s role in the global economy is being reshaped by regional ambitions and external pressures. While the AfCFTA has generated momentum, intra-African trade remains fragile, exposing gaps in infrastructure and readiness. Meanwhile, external powers continue to influence Africa’s trajectory. The expiry of AGOA preferences and the…

Jeannine Hausmann

Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the Research Division (P5)

Dr. Maria Ziegler

Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the Research Division (P5)

Dr. Tina-Maria Schieder

Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the Research Division (P5)