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Cash transfers, food security and resilience in fragile contexts: general evidence and the German experience

Camacho, Luis A. / Merle Kreibaum (2017)
Discussion Paper 9/2017

This paper provides an overview of the evidence on the impact of cash-based interventions (CBIs) on immediate, underlying, and basic causes of food and nutrition security. In particular, their high flexibility to contexts and needs and their ability to link short and long-term outcomes underline that CBIs should be part of every response analysis.

The European Union Trust Fund for Africa: what implications for future EU development policy?

Castillejo, Clare (2017)
Briefing Paper 5/2017

The European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is a central part of the EU’s engagement in the area of migration policy. The paper reviews what the EUTF has achieved since it was established at the Valletta Summit in Malta in November 2015.

New Potentials, New Pitfalls?

Bonn, 16. March 2017

Trade rules and environmental protection, and sustainable development more broadly, should be made mutually supportive. In light of recent changes both in the trade and in the climate regimes, there is a need to explore the potentials and pitfalls of this endeavor. The World Trade Organization (WTO) seeks to contribute to the protection…

How Brexit hits EU External Action: the UK’s European legacy

Henökl, Thomas (2017)
The Current Column, 16. March 2017

As announced by Prime Minister Theresa May, the British Government is seeking a “clean break” with the EU and is prepared to leave the single market and the customs union in the process.

Mahn Jones, Timo Casjen

Mahn Jones, Timo Casjen Jump to: Vita Member of The information in this profile corresponds to the stand of information at the time of departure. Timo Casjen Mahn Jones Department Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Function Former Researcher Specialization Political Scientist Vita 2016-2017 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher 2014-2016 Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System Associate Evaluation and…

Do we need a shared impact and evaluation agenda?

Bonn, 21. March 2017

In September 2015, the members of the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda as the seminal and universally applicable goal setting for sustainable international cooperation in the next 15 years. Putting this agenda into practice is an enormous challenge for local, national, European and global policy makers and politicians alike. Even more…

Collective Action in Times of Global Transformation and Domestic Crisis

Brussels, 23. March 2017

Challenges such as economic and social exclusion, state fragility and environmental degradation – in particular climate change – have become more salient on the global agenda. This is aptly illustrated by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With the SDGs, the global development agenda…

Linking aid effectiveness with the 2030 Agenda: three steps

Rudolph, Alexandra / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
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Revitalising the development effectiveness agenda: seeking creativity and controversy

Keijzer, Niels / Heiner Janus (2016)
External Publications

African-European relations

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer (2016)
External Publications

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Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

Higher education for the SDGs – particularly in the global South

Stamm, Andreas (2017)
The Current Column, 12. April 2017

We need knowledge-based strategies for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise their implementation will fail. Development cooperation actors have long considered themselves expertise brokers. North-South knowledge transfer needs to be replaced by joint, practice-based learning among researchers from many different nations.

National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya

Nairobi, 25. April 2017

The goals and objectives of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) create profound challenges for the development and implementation of coherent policies in all countries and at all levels of governance. Kenya has…

The Marshall Plan with Africa – Looking ahead to the principles of development effectiveness

Rudolph, Alexandra / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
The Current Column, 02. May 2017

Development Minister Müller’s Marshall Plan with Africa includes key points for a new German development strategy with Africa. The Marshall Plan should include development effectiveness criteria for public and private players from the beginning, and thereby take the development effectiveness agenda further.

2017

2017 Jump to: Juli 2018 Juni 2018 Mai 2018 April 2018 März 2018 Februar 2018 Januar 2018 Dezember 2017 November 2017 Oktober 2017 September 2017 August 2017 Juli 2017 Juni 2017 Mai 2017 April 2017 März 2017 Februar 2017 Januar 2017 Juli 2018 Transatlantischer Handel in turbulenten Zeiten "Wenn man die Eskalationsspirale weiter dreht, verliert jeder", sagt Handelsexperte Axel Berger vom Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik zu den aktuellen Reaktionen der EU auf…

Is China's Silk Road initiative at a dead end?

Wolff, Peter (2017)
The Current Column, 15. May 2017

Last weekend saw Chinese President Xi Jinping welcome guests to Beijing for a major Silk Road forum. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a central element of Chinese globalisation strategy and Xi‘s reputation is closely tied to the initiative. Under its aegis the plan is to establish a network of transport, energy and communications through Asia to Europe and Africa. Doubts about BRI have recently been increasing.

Compact with Africa: fostering private long-term investment in Africa

Kappel, Robert / Birte Pfeiffer / Helmut Reisen (2017)
Discussion Paper 13/2017

How can the G20 Initiative “Compact with Africa” promote long-term investment in Africa? What is the potential role of institutional assets for infrastructure investment in Africa? Which preconditions are necessary to ensure that private investment drives structural change in Africa?

Wastewater reuse in nexus perspective

Dresden, 17. May 2017

Moderation Birguy Lamizana , UNEP Co-chairs Ines Dombrowsky , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tamara Avellan , UNU-FLORES The seminar explored the opportunities of using wastewater within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops. In this approach the…

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…