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Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection

Grimm, Sven / Stephan Klingebiel (Eds.) (2024)
Discussion Paper 4/2024

This collection pursues the questions of where and how transnational cooperation proves to be effective for transformational policy-making towards the global common good. It exploratively builds on examples from IDOS research and knowledge cooperation.

Does women's economic empowerment promote human development in low- and middle-income countries? A meta-analysis

Balasubramanian, Pooja / Marcela Ibanez / Sarah Khan / Soham Sahoo (2024)
External Publications

60 years of research, policy advice and training at IDOS

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
The Current Column, 11. March 2024

We look back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and implementation-oriented solutions to current development challenges.

Transnational and transdisciplinary knowledge networks as a tool to foster cooperation: how to unfold transformative potential through investing in alumni network development

Vogel, Johanna (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The role of training and dialogue formats for transnational cooperation

Reiber, Tatjana / Isabelle Eberz (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

From individual to systemic impact: transnational networks and the meso-level of change

Lynders, Eva (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Coping with power asymmetries in transnational mutual learning and dialogue formats

Ruppel, Samantha / Anna Schwachula (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The role of transnational democracy activists during Togo’s constitutional reform episode, 2017-2019

Nowack, Daniel (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Sámi-EU relations as an example of transnational cooperation for sustainable development?

Götze, Jacqueline (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Transnationalisation light: non-state inclusion and North/South differentials in global development governance

Haug, Sebastian / Jack Taggart (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Transnational cooperation and social contracts

Furness, Mark (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The involvement of the private sector and other non-state actors in EU development policy: current ambitions and directions

Bergmann, Julian / Benedikt Erforth / Niels Keijzer (2024)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Constellations of State Fragility: improving international cooperation through analytical differentiation

Lorch, Jasmin / Sebastian Ziaja / Jörn Grävingholt (2024)
Policy Brief 5/2024

The “Constellations of State Fragility” model, developed at IDOS, provides a multi-dimensional model to measure state fragility. In doing so, it avoids putting countries with different problems into the same "boxes". Moreover, the model is also sensitive to risks of fragility in the Global North.

Why transportation should work for women in Africa

Asimeng, Theodore / Pooja Balasubramanian (2024)
The Current Column, 06. March 2024

Policymakers, funding institutions and researchers interested in reforming the current public transport services must address the inequalities women face in addition to their focus on efficiency and environmental goals.

How to map and measure quality of employment?

Bonn and Online, 06. March 2024

Un- and underemployment is one of the most pressing issues in low and middle income countries. At the same time, many of the available jobs are precarious and lack proper working conditions. The MENA region is particularly affected by un- and underemployment, caused by a structural shortage of job creation as well as labour market…

Tomorrow’s global development landscape: mapping trends and reform dynamics

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2024)
Policy Brief 4/2024

This paper analyses structural factors of the institutional inertia in international cooperation and formulates expectations for where new reform impetus might come from. It maps and links key reform proposals for the global development system, with a specific focus on public financial flows.

Social contract and social cohesion: synergies and tensions between two related concepts

Loewe, Markus / Armin von Schiller / Tina Zintl / Julia Leininger (2024)
Policy Brief 3/2024

“Social cohesion” and the “social contract” are two interrelated concepts that help to understand the relationships between individuals, social groups and state institutions. Both enable governments and foreign actors to design policies for sustainable development, albeit in different contexts.

Development Finance at a turning point

Against the backdrop of significant financing gaps for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the multiple crises of our time - climate crisis, debt crisis and increasing geopolitical tensions - the international financial system is facing a variety of challenges. In this context, the IDOS finance team is conducting research and providing policy advice on the question of how a resilient and sustainable international financial system should be designed to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and prevent crises.

Greening economies in partner countries: priorities for International cooperation

Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels / Mauricio Böhl Gutierrez et al. (2024)
Policy Brief 2/2024

In this brief, we discuss ideas for the support of a just and green structural transformation in BMZ portfolios that are • innovative: they suggest new priorities or new types of policy support and • concrete: they can easily be incorporated into ongoing international cooperation programmes.

Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese private FDI in Zambia

Polus, Andrzej / Hangwei Li (2023)
External Publications