Messner, Dirk (2016) External Publications
Bauer, Steffen / Lindsay C. Stringer (2015) The Current Column, 14. September 2015
This week, 15 September, the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative will launch its report “The Value of Land” at the European Commission in Brussels. The launch of the ELD report couldn’t be more timely.
Ragoussis, Alexandros (2016) Discussion Paper 5/2016
Government procurement internationalisation has been the explicit objective of many initiatives at the WTO; even though we know little about how open procurement markets actually are in developing countries, or how effective trade disciplines are to that end. This paper suggests they are not.
Friesen, Ina / Pauline Veron / Vera Mazzara (2020) External Publications
Koch, Svea / Aline Burni (2021) The Current Column, 06. December 2021
As the largest contributing member state to the EU's development budget, Germany needs to use its weight to push strategic debates and rally member states behind common European initiatives.
Bonn, 05. June 2015
The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) organised and took part in a series of events at and around the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2015. The main focus of the events was on an emerging groundswell of climate actions by cities, regions, companies and other groups, and their…
Scholz, Imme / Inge Kaul, Hertie School of Governance (2013) The Current Column, 17. February 2014
Ten days ago the focus of “The Current Column” by Jörg Faust and Dirk Messner was a plea for the establishment of a ministry for global development.
Daouda Cissé is economist and former Senior Researcher in the Megatrends Africa project of the Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation"
Nguyen, Quynh / Thomas Bernauer (2018) External Publications
Hackenesch, Christine / ZHANG Haibing (2013) The Current Column, 28. January 2013
Fiselier, Evelien / James W. S. Longhurst (2018) External Publications
Online, 05. May 2021
Investment facilitation can be understood as a set of measures concerned, among other things, with improving the transparency and predictability of investment frameworks, streamlining procedures related to foreign investors and enhancing coordination and cooperation among different stakeholders, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI)…
Akude, John Emeka (2014) Discussion Paper 18/2014
The paper reviews prevalent literature and major ideas in the relatively new field of knowledge management for development and concludes that the macro dimension of the subject matter has not been adequately treated. It then complements this lack by developing a more balanced research programme.
Berger, Axel / Florian Gitt / Ali Dadkhah (2025) External Publications
Bonn, 15. May 2017
There is a need for long-term planning to 2050 and beyond for both mitigation and adaptation. The Paris Agreement formulated a number of long-term goals, including holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels;…
Bonn, 17. July 2014
The planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has triggered controversial debates both domestically and abroad. Very few of these discussions move beyond the immediate EU-USA context, although what is expected to be the world’s biggest free trade agreement will have significant impact on global trade as a whole. Many…
Bruhn, Dominique (2015) External Publications
Vollmer, Frank (2012) Studies 67
Development co-operation needs “visibility”. And yet, effective development cooperation cannot handle every form of visibility. The study analyses the influence of visibility on the implementation of the aid effectiveness agenda and puts forward parameters of a visibility that is conducive to the agenda.
It is increasingly clear that a fundamental adjustment of structures and capabilities of the UN development system (UNDS) is needed.
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2021) The Current Column, 15. November 2021
The German G7 Presidency should coordinate closely with France, Italy and the EU to place the focus on assuming responsibility for the global common good and strengthening cooperation within the UN and G20 frameworks.
