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Tackling the root causes of displacement: the German discourse

Schraven, Benjamin (2019)
External Publications

Knowing the ocean: epistemic inequalities in patterns of science collaboration

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Stefan Partelow / Kerstin Knopf (2023)
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Where privacy meets politics: EU–Kenya cooperation in data protection

Erforth, Benedikt / Charles Martin-Shields (2022)
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Behavioral changes during Asia's net zero transition: evidence from middle-class household consumption

Never, Babette (2023)
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Horizontal accountability for SDG implementation: a comparative cross-national analysis of emerging national accountability regimes

Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger (2021)
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Potentials and Challenges of a Future AU-EU Trade Agreement

Online, 12. May 2021

Africa’s role in the world trading system is currently receiving increased attention. In 2018, the members of the African Union (AU) adopted the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement to create the world’s largest free trade area in terms of participating countries. On 1 January 2021, Africa began trading under the AfCFTA,…

Place-making through the creation of common spaces in Lima’s self-built settlements: El Ermitaño and Pampa de Cueva as case studies for a regional urbanization strategy

Almaaroufi, Samar / Kathrin Golda-Pongratz / Franco Jauregui-Fung / Sara Pereira / Natalia Pulido-Castro / Jeffrey Kenworthy (2019)
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Financing for development series: Foreign direct investment - a means to foster sustainable development?

Kubny, Julia / Erik Lundsgaarde / Raja Fügner Patel (2008)
Briefing Paper 12/2008

Lutter contre les causes migratoires : le discours allemand

Schraven, Benjamin (2019)
External Publications

Connections between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda: the case for policy coherence

Dzebo, Adis / Hannah Janetschek / Clara Brandi / Gabriela Iacobuta (2019)
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Social protection as a tool to address slow onset climate events: emerging issues for research and policy

Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
Discussion Paper 16/2019

What is the potential for social protection to tackle climate risks? This discussion paper derives recommendations for advanced research and policy agenda on social protection and climate change with a specific focus on lessening loss and damage from slow onset events and addressing residual risks.

The devolution of the land and building tax in Indonesia

von Haldenwang, Christian / Alice Elfert / Tobias Engelmann / Samuel Germain / Gregor Sahler / Amelie Stanzel Ferreira (2015)
Studies 89

Indonesia has decentralised the responsibility for the land and building tax to cities and districts. But has the reform led to improved tax collection? The present study explores whether decentralisation leads to a better use of the potential of this revenue source.

The global partnership for effective development cooperation: origins, actions and future prospects

Abdel-Malek, Talaat (2015)
Studies 88

This study by one of the most influential policy-makers in development traces the evolution of the international aid system during the post-World War II period and analyses the potential of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation to become a universally accepted platform.

A five-point plan for dealing with the refugee crisis: there are no small solutions to big problems

Messner, Dirk (2015)
External Publications

A resolution for a quiet revolution: taking the United Nations to sustainable development ‘beyond aid’

Wennubst, Pio / Timo Casjen Mahn (2013)
Discussion Paper 22/2013

What is the future role of the United Nations development system, how will it function and what are the necessary means? This paper proposes a system-wide strategy and “quiet revolution” reforms to position the UN development system for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda.

The End of Citizenship

Duisburg, 21. November 2016

Citizenship has been one of the central idea(l)s of modern political thought. By combining rights, membership in a political community and political participation many considered the endowment of all those subjected to a political and/or social order with citizenship as a necessary and possibly even sufficient condition for the legitimacy…

Good governance in EU external relations: what role for development policy in a changing international context?

Hackenesch, Christine (2016)
External Publications

Jahresbericht - Annual Report 2023-2025

Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (2025)
Books

Development cooperation after USAID

Online, 28. February 2025

The US Presidential executive order freezing the Official development assistance, being provided through the USAID, has not only affected a large number of development activities across the Global South but has also added a huge uncertainty to the international development cooperation system. This webinar discussed implications for…

Financing South Africa's energy transition: making the just aspects count more

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Youba Sokona (2025)
External Publications

South Africa’s shift from coal to clean energy is not just about megawatts but also about people. With coal jobs at stake—many in Mpumalanga’s mining communities—the transition must put affected workers and communities first, so no one is left behind.