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Economic impacts of an Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement

Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2025)
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Domestic Investment Facilitation Frameworks: measuring their extent and variation

Berger, Axel / Florian Gitt / Ali Dadkhah (2025)
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Think outside the stocks (and bonds): how capital markets indirectly contribute to SME finance

Sommer, Christoph (2025)
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SMEs are key to development, as they provide livelihoods and jobs for the majority of people in LMICs. Yet, their development is often hampered by constrained access to finance. SMEs mostly depend on bank loans for external finance. However, these have been insufficient to overcome SMEs’ financing constraints, especially in LMICs, such that it seems pertinent to consider other financing sources. Hence, this piece explores the role of capital markets for SME finance in LMICs and derives policy implications.

Underutilised crops in Europe: an interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices

McClatchie, Meriel / Matterne, Véronique / Rovira Buendia, Núria / ... / Banerjee, Aparajita et al. (2025)
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Time to strengthen the EU's engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states

Bergmann, Julian / Abi Watson (2025)
External Publications

Recently, EU foreign policy discussions have been dominated by its Global Gateway and Re-Arm strategies, both of which are receiving significant monetary and political support. While these initiatives are welcome steps forward in addressing gaps in European defence and geopolitical policies, there is a risk that other important issues — like EU engagement in fragile and conflict-affected countries and addressing the drivers of fragility and conflict — are deprioritised to facilitate the surge of political and financial investment in these flagship initiatives. It is time for a new EU strategic framework for fragility and conflict.

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The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives

Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi (eds.) (2025)
Book 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…

How to deal with the current debt crisis of developing countries?

Zattler, Jürgen (2025)
Discussion Paper 11/2025

This paper presents a practical and coherent approach to address the current debt crisis which focuses as far as possible on incentives for debtor countries and private creditors.

Frozen in time: how to rethink the role of foreign aid in FFD4

Janus, Heiner (2025)
External Publications

Why we need to fight right-wing populism to save our glaciers!

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2025)
The Current Column, 19. March 2025

Sustainable water management must be central to climate strategies, not just as an environmental necessity but as a safeguard for communities, jobs, and economic stability—issues that resonate across political divides.

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality

Berlin, 19. March 2025

For this synthesis conference, planned as a one-day event, we aimed to offer a mix of formats that facilitate discussions on feminisms in different contexts and critical exchanges on the potentials and limits of feminist approaches to development. We recognised the political sensitivities that are linked to questions of gender equality…

Making supply chains sustainable

Special “Making Supply Chains sustainable”: Our Research on supply chains helps to identify opportunities for companies in developing countries.

Cash-for-work as an instrument of reconstruction in Syria

Zintl, Tina / Markus Loewe (2025)
The Current Column, 17. March 2025

It is equally important to restore the social fabric and re-establish trust – a country’s ‘software’ – as it is to rebuild the physical infrastructure – its ‘hardware’ – during the reconstruction of war-torn countries.

Reframing the agrarian question(s): pluralism, politics and the promise of critical agrarian studies

Mudimu, George (2025)
External Publications

Trade Policy in Turbulent Times: Perspectives from the Global South

Online, 13. March 2025

In light of the recent political developments, particularly the new term of President Trump and his approach to trade policy, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS ) in cooperation with the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) organized a high-level expert roundtable to explore the future of global…

Info Session March on the application phase for the 61st Postgraduate Programme

Online, 13. March 2025

Until March 31, we welcome applications from postgraduate students for our 61 st postgraduate programme. Are you looking for an exciting and research-intensive preparation for your work in international cooperation for development and sustainability? In our postgraduate programme, we enhance the competences of participants aspiring a…

The Group of 77 in the FfD negotiations

Novoselova, Anna (2025)
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Epistemic oscillation: living with ocean risks

Rafliana, Irina (2025)
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