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Cities for sustainable global development

Dick, Eva (2018)
The Current Column, 29. October 2018

The theme of this year’s World Cities Day on 31 October is “Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities”. The growing importance of cities is also reflected in the self-perception of the “urban community”.

Instruction by the Minister of Finance

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
The Current Column, 04. May 2023

The posting simplifies and distorts Germany's laudable ODA performance, but links it to a political announcement: there will be no more money!

Now what? European foreign and development policy after Brexit

Hackenesch, Christine / Thomas Henökl / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 27. June 2016

The British have decided to leave the EU, with a narrow majority of 52 percent. What does the impending Brexit mean for European foreign and development policy?

Challenged by complexity

Koch, Svea / Mark Furness (2015)
External Publications

Experts argue for Sustainable Digitalisation Goals

Experts argue for Sustainable Digitalisation Goals Experts argue for Sustainable Digitalisation Goals Press release of 10 January 2019 The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the German Academic Exchange Service / Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) have released joint expert conclusions on “Digital Transformation: Higher Education and research for Sustainable Development”. They imply the need to deal better…

Connecting competences for sustainable water futures

Online, 17. November 2020

2.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and more than 4.5 billion have no safe sanitation. In many countries, increasing water scarcity threatens food security and energy production or leads to conflict. For the past 15 years, seven Bonn-based organizations have been sharing their insights into solutions towards a more…

Digging Deeper

Online, 23. March 2022

This year's theme for World Water Day is “Groundwater - making the invisible visible”. Although not directly observable with our eyes, groundwater represents the largest share of our global freshwater resources. Especially in many arid and semi-arid areas, where the potential for surface water use has already been exhausted, groundwater…

Reforming the United Nations Development System

The UNDS has been undergoing an ambitious reform process. Member states and UN organisations need to step up their support for reforms to succeed.

Annual Report 2013-2014: 50 years of building bridges between research and practice

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (ed.) (2014)
Books

Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 28. November 2016

On 28 November begins the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Nairobi. When considering the future of effective development cooperation, we should start by appreciating the road it has travelled so far.

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society Press Release of 15 February 2011 An International Centre of Excellence for research on international cooperation A great success for the North Rhine-Westphalian research community is the impending acquisition of the International Centre for Advanced Studies on Political Cultures of World Society. An international panel of experts…

“Beyond Aid” and the future of development cooperation

Bonn, 01. September 2014

Development cooperation is under pressure to change. The traditional aid model – a resource transfer from North to South – is outdated. There are only 36 low-income countries left in the world. Two-thirds of the poorest people live in middle-income countries. Eradicating poverty has become more complex. Aid is no longer used to only…

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Global "Go-To Think Tanks“: German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Press Release of 25 January 2011 The latest edition of The Global “Go-To Think Tanks” has just been published. Of 6480 institutions identified globally for inclusion in the study, 75 Think Tanks were nominated as “The Leading Think Tanks In The World“ – among them the German Development Institute / Deutsches…

A multilateral investment agreement: a road to nowhere?

Berger, Axel (2016)
External Publications

Post 2015: setting up a coherent accountability framework

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2014)
Briefing Paper 13/2014

This briefing addresses both the conceptual and the political underpinnings of a post-2015 accountability framework. It examines how key components of post-2015 accountability can be brought together in one coherent framework.

Are there universal values?

Lätt, Jeanne (2010)
The Current Column, 08. November 2010

Diverging notions of access and their consequences for ocean science

Online, 11. May 2022

"Access" does not only mean the ability to physically reach a resource. It also refers to the capacity of different stakeholders to derive benefits from it. As the international community is stepping up its efforts to increase the accessibility of ocean science, e.g. by making more data available, improving the usability of products,…

Employment creation through industrial policy in the MENA countries

Bonn, 21. September 2018

Lack of productive employment is one of the most pressing challenges of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). No other region in the world has such high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Policy makers across the region are extremely concerned about the problem but have not yet been able to identify an effective…

Financing Loss and Damage

Bonn, 17. May 2016

The workshop kicked off with an introduction to the idea of Loss and Damage in the context of the UNFCCC and set the stage to discuss how the issue of Loss and Damage has been evolving since COP-19 in Warsaw via COP-21 in Paris towards COP-22 in Marrakesh and beyond. Dedicated workshop sessions notably included a review of pertinent…

Theory and practice? A comparative analysis of migration and development policies in eleven European countries and the European Commission

Keijzer, Niels / Julia Héraud / Malin Frankenhaeuser (2015)
External Publications