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The EU-CEAP impacts on developing countries – recommendations for development policy

To, Jenny (2022)
Policy Brief 10/2022

The policy brief examines major sectors addressed in the EU-CEAP: the plastic packaging, electric vehicles and batteries sectors. Within these, recommendations are made to expand present approaches of development policy that go beyond waste management and recycling.

Beyond reconstruction

Berlin, 16. September 2019

In the wake of the Arabellion and the ‘Arab winter’, a new, peaceful order in Europe's neighbouring region is not yet apparent. With the exception of Tunisia, the social, economic and political conflicts that erupted in 2011 have either been suppressed or partially addressed through superficial reforms to bring about ‘stability’ and to…

Populism: consequences for global sustainable development

Marschall, Paul / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
Briefing Paper 8/2019

Populist trends carry significant threats when it comes to dealing with cross-border challeng-es. States with strong populist outlooks can slow down global sustainable development. Conse-quently, countries less affected by such outlooks should take on key roles.

Rethinking Development Cooperation

Bonn, 18. September 2018

Sustainable development is increasingly recognised as a global, multi-sectoral endeavour and involves a growing variety of actors and their respective approaches. An ambivalent history of success, new modes of cooperation such as South-South cooperation and the need for transformation also in developed countries challenge conventional…

Strategic policymaking and the German aid programme in the MENA region since the Arab uprisings

Furness, Mark (2018)
Discussion Paper 5/2018

Germany’s annual aid to MENA countries more than doubled since 2011, but without a public strategy setting out objectives and the role of aid and other policy tools in achieving them. A whole of government strategy based on the 2030 Agenda could balance German interests with the MENA’s development priorities.

Financial Innovation & Emerging Markets - Opportunities for Growth vs Risks for Financial Stability

Berlin, 03. July 2008

An InWEnt-DIE initiative supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Financial markets that mobilize domestic savings and efficiently allocate these and foreign inflows to the most productive investments have long been recognized as key drivers of economic development. Financial markets will remain…

Revisiting hydro-hegemony from a benefitsharing perspective: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
Discussion Paper 5/2015

Does the construction of dam projects as a tactic to counter the dominance of hegemonic powers in transboundary rivers lead to a more equitable order for sharing water and benefits? The paper examines this question using the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Four futures for a Global development cooperation system in flux: policy at the intersection of geopolitics, norm contestation and institutional shift

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2025)
Policy Brief 11/2025

This brief situates the crisis of Official Development Assistance (ODA) within a broader transformation of global development cooperation. Today’s challenge goes beyond shrinking aid budgets; it reflects deeper pressures on the post-Cold War development consensus and its institutional architecture.

Solving the agricultural intensification paradox: a blended sustainable agriculture pathway

Mockshell, Jonathan / Godfrey Omulo / Frank Place / Marcela Quintero / Michael Brüntrup (2024)
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Reinvigorating the WTO as a negotiating forum

Nakagawa, Junji / Sait Akman / Axel Berger / Eduardo Bianchi / Manjiao Chi / Uri Dadush / Jean Dong / Gabriel Felbermayr / Andreas Freytag / Anabel Gonzalez / Bernard Hoekman / David Laborde / Sandra Rios / Sabyasachi Saha / Claudia Schmucker / Akihiko Ta (2019)
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Contagious politics and COVID-19: Does the infectious disease hit populist supporters harder?

Burni, Aline / Daniel Stockemer / Christine Hackenesch (2023)
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Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration

Pradhan, Prajal / Nina Weitz / Vassilis Daioglou / [...] / Julia Leininger / [...] / Christopher Wingens et al. (2024)
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O desafio da direita radical populista na Europa: alternativa política para além da dimensão eleitoral

Burni, Aline (2021)
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Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance

Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
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Strengthening social cohesion to mitigate human insecurity: Promise and peril

Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller / Charlotte Fiedler (2024)
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The global gateway in the Southern neighbourhood: the dilemma of investing in authoritarian MENA countries

Furness, Mark (2024)
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From individual to systemic impact: transnational networks and the meso-level of change

Lynders, Eva (2024)
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Green jobs and the city: towards a just transition in developing countries

Kleibrink, Alexander / Anna Pegels / Michael Fink / Wolfgang Scholz (2023)
Policy Brief 1/2023

This policy brief examines actions for a just transition of local job markets in developing countries. We identify building blocks for shifting from carbon- and resource-intensive towards green jobs in this transition, with a particular focus on managing winners and losers.

African-European Relations

Erforth, Benedikt / Keijzer, Niels (2023)
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How do smallholders cope with food price changes? Insights from a qualitative case study in North-Western Bangladesh

Molitor, Katharina / Boris Braun (2016)
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