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Emerging African Middle Classes

Bonn, 10. December 2012

Due to the winter weather, the Panel Discussion has been CANCELLED For more than a decade, the perception of Africa as a continent of expanding economic opportunities has spread among international observers. Improvements in macroeconomic management and governance, investments in human capital, improving terms of trade and increased…

Climate change mitigation and energy policy in development cooperation: what role for renewable energy technologies?

Scholz, Imme / Matthias Krause (2004)
Briefing Paper 2/2004

Reforming fossil-fuel subsidy regimes in the Middle East and North African countries

Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
External Publications

How does public procurement become sustainable?

Stoffel, Tim / Maximilian Müngersdorff (2019)
The Current Column, 11. November 2019

In the EU alone, public institutions spend EUR 2 trillion a year on procurement processes, making public procurement a major lever for achieving sustainability goals.

Trends in Mexican Financial System Development against the Backdrop of the Global Financial Crisis

Mexico, 03. December 2009

Due to its far-reaching effects, the global crisis has clearly shown that the stability of national and international financial markets has to be considered an important public good. Against this backdrop it is therefore of utmost significance to identify steering and control deficits in international financial markets, develop solutions…

Hannes Öhler

Hannes Öhler is Economist and former Researcher of the Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation".

Welcome to the club: the World Bank, too, accepts equal opportunities as a human right

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
The Current Column, 05. March 2012

Reconfiguring the world: a look back to the future

Messner, Dirk (2012)
The Current Column, 09. January 2012

Obama or Romney: does it make a difference for development?

Guarín, Alejandro (2012)
The Current Column, 29. October 2012

The role of the consumer and systemic policy mixes for circular business models in the EU

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna (2024)
Discussion Paper 3/2024

What role do consumers play for the transition to a circular economy (CE) and the development of circular business models (CBMs) in particular? Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel zooms in on potential consumer barriers to CBM demand and discusses different options for policy making to address those barriers.

Up-scaling co-benefits of sustainable consumption for development

Bonn, 13. June 2022

Environmentally sustainable consumption is now high on the agenda of researchers and policymakers in rich countries. In contrast, in developing countries the consuming middle classes are just emerging, mostly in cities, and concerns about the environmental footprint of consumption are only slowly entering the policy agenda. Given the…

Universal energy access: moving from technological fix to poverty reduction

Johnson, Oliver (2013)
Briefing Paper 6/2013

This briefing paper explores international commitment to achieving universal access to modern energy services by 2030. It highlights the need to move beyond equating energy access with grid connection and consider the wider context and constraints within which energy access initiatives are pursued.

Is privatization of resettlement land viable in Zimbabwe? Land tenure policy considerations

Mazwi, Freedom / George Mudimu (2024)
External Publications

Preparing the international development job market for the future

Bonn, 24. March 2025

The international development labour market, including in Germany, is undergoing significant changes, especially at the entry level. The sector is facing significant pressure, both financially and due to the current political and public discourse. Moreover, the current international system is marked by global power shifts and systemic…

Beyond protection, toward respect: struggle for environmental justice in the Kendeng Mountains

Kunz, Yvonne / Jonas Hein / Mokh Sobirin (2023)
External Publications

How can the EU contribute to making AfCFTA work?

Online, 24. June 2020

Thoughts on deepening trade relations between the EU and African Union (AU) at a continent-to-continent level were prompted by former EU Commission President Juncker in September 2018, who expressed a vision of the future creation of an EU-Africa Free Trade Area. While the formalization of trade relations based on reciprocal tariff…

How can public works programmes create sustainable employment?

Gehrke, Esther / Renate Hartwig (2015)
Discussion Paper 11/2015

Public works programmes are becoming increasingly popular in international development cooperation. Still we know very little about long-terms effects of such programmes on employment. This paper addresses this gab and reviews existing evidence from 16 programmes throughout the developing world.

A primer on blockchain technology and its potential for financial inclusion

Ohnesorge, Jan (2018)
Discussion Paper 2/2018

This discussion paper illustrates how different forms of blockchain technology work. It discusses specific risks and potentials of the technology to offer financially underserved people access to basic financial services. A focus area is (international) payments.

Financing adaptation to climate change: What is Europe’s role?

Bonn, 30. April 2009

Veranstaltung im Rahmen des 7th IHDP Open Meeting 2009 Adaptation to climate change is an inevitable challenge, especially in developing countries. Recent calculations have shown that costs of adaptation and corresponding needs for financial support could be of the order of USD 80 billion per year in the next decade – a huge figure when…

"Is Democracy in Decline?"

Bonn, 16. March 2015

In the last three decades, the number of democracies held steady or expanded every year from 1975 until 2007. Nothing like this continuous growth in democracy ever had been seen before in the history of the world. But then, around 2006, the expansion of freedom and democracy in the world came to a prolonged halt. Since then, there has…