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The Concept of the 'Social Contract'

Special "The Concept of the Social Contract”: A research and advisory project is working on developing the concept further and facilitating its use by researchers and policymakers.

Press release: DIE again third best development policy think tank worldwide

DIE again third world's most renowned development policy research institute in Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. Also recognised for one of the best works on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Common good policies in Africa

DIE is examining options for shaping future cooperation with Africa in such a way for achieving a transformation to sustainable development in Africa.

2021

2021 Jump to: April 2022 März 2022 Februar 2022 Januar 2022 Dezember 2021 November 2021 Oktober 2021 September 2021 August 2021 Juli 2021 Juni 2021 Mai 2021 April 2021 März 2021 Februar 2021 Januar 2021 April 2022 Grüne wollen über Folgen des Ukraine-Kriegs beraten – und gründen Task Force „Zeitenwende“ Der russische Angriffskrieg bedeutet eine politische und wirtschaftliche Zäsur. Die Grünen haben eine 36-köpfige Gruppe zusammengestellt, die Impulse liefern…

Can the G20 serve as a launchpad for a multilateral investment agreement?

Berger, Axel / Wan-Hsin Liu (2021)
External Publications

Citizens’ councils for promoting the global common good

Mathis, Okka Lou (2021)
The Current Column, 18. March 2021

Citizens' councils, which stand out for diversity and inclusiveness, promise to reduce disenchantment with politics and to promote courageous solutions to socially controversial issues.

How can the EU support its partner countries to avoid and resolve debt crises?

Online, 19. March 2021

Many developing countries will not find their way out of the COVID-19 crisis on their own, and in addition to the direct public health and economic implications face both immediate and medium-term fiscal challenges. As long-standing providers of concessional finance and direct investment to developing countries, the international…

The G20’s missed opportunity

Akhtar, Shamshad / Ulrich Volz / Moritz Kraemer / Stephany Griffith-Jones With dozens of low- an (2021)
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A new multilateralism for the post-COVID world: What role for the EU-Africa partnership?

Teevan, Chloe / Luca Barana / Daniele Fattibene / Gabriela Iacobuta / Silke Weinlich / Steffen Bauer (2021)
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Covid-19 Crisis: G20 and debt sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Berensmann / Aloysius Ordu / Lemma W. Senbet (2021)
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Exploring South African 'Green Leadership' in the context of the European Green Deal

Chevallier, Romy / Alex Benkenstein (2021)
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Enter the "Green Twenties"

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
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The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
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Proposals to make the T20 a more impactful, effective, and continuous think tank process

Berger, Axel / Imme Scholz / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Sait Akman / Jann Lay / Gustavo Martinez / Stormy Mildner / Amrita Narlikar / Andrea Ordóñez / Claudia Schmucker / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Sébastien Treyer (2021)
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How to align national Covid-19 recoveries with the Sustainable Development Goals

Hege, Elisabeth / Niels Keijzer (2021)
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The EU "Green Deal": An opportunity to strengthen EU-India relationship

Bhattacharjya, Souvik (2021)
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Knowledge for strengthening Ocean Resilience

Dippel, Beatrice / Irina Rafliana (2021)
The Current Column, 25. June 2021

The Ocean is an existential part of Southeast Asia‘s cultural identities and heritage. At the same time, Southeast Asian countries are highly exposed to complex ocean-related risks and the consequences of global mean sea-level rise.

WTO reform: the role of the G20

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2021)
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G20 ministerial meetings: high-time for development and finance ministers to work hand in hand for a sustainable global recovery

Keijzer, Niels / Daniele Fattibene / Elisabeth Hege (2021)
External Publications

On 29 June, G20 Ministers responsible for development policy convened for the first time under the Italian Presidency. The meeting saw the adoption of a detailed and ambitious policy communique that in addition to prompting international action is also expected to further inform the deliberations of other G20 ‘tracks’ that may affect developing countries. It seems particularly strategic to us that the meeting of Finance Ministers at the end of this week in Venice picks up and further develops on these commitments.

Export curbs on essential goods in the wake of Covid-19 and the Least Developed Countries: permanent scarring from a temporary outburst

Evenett, Simon (2021)
Briefing Paper 19/2021

This Briefing Paper outlines the key policy developments implicating the trade in essential goods during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic and draws out the implications for development policy and trade policy cooperation.