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Which agreements boost agricultural trade in Africa?

Aboushady, Nora / Myriam Ramzy / Chahir Zaki (2023)
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Geopolitics, the Global South and Development Policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 14/2023

Far-reaching geopolitical upheavals have shaped international relations in the recent past. This policy brief discusses the new geopolitical and geo-economic context and its significance for the Global South and development policy.

No Sellout of Democracy

Leininger, Julia (2023)
The Current Column, 12. September 2023

The G20 summit showcased that democracies and autocracies need to cooperate with each other. "Standing up for democracy and cooperating with autocrats - is that possible?" asks Julia Leininger in the Current Column.

Simultaneously Realising a Just Energy Transition and the Implications for Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Africa

Online, 11. September 2023

WWF South Africa (WWF-SA), in partnership with the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), organised this workshop as part of an international research study titled "Implementing sustainable development goals in an incoherent world: aligning climate action and reduced inequalities." The South African study has been…

Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months

Gupta, Prankur / Daniel Stein /[...]/Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo et al. (2024)
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The EU's approach to fragile states: conflicting norms, practices, and lessons learnt

Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2023)
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Cooperation for the Sake of Cooperation?

Potsdam, 08. September 2023

The current global dynamics have significant consequences on policy-making in and beyond the Arctic. To limit the effects of the ever more visible global climate crisis, however, multi-dimensional and multi-sided cooperation remain crucial. To better understand how legitimacies are constructed and used to intensify and to abandon…

Job advertisment: Researcher (f/m/diverse) Science Futures

Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems“ is looking for a Researcher (f/m/diverse)within the CRC, “Science Futures: Between ‘intensification’ and ’conservation’ discourses on African rural development”.

Geopolitik, Globaler Süden und Entwicklungspolitik

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 12/2023

Weitreichende geopolitische Verwerfungen prägen die internationalen Beziehungen der jüngsten Vergangenheit. Dieser Policy Brief diskutiert den neuen geopolitischen und geoökonomischen Kontext und seine Bedeutung für den Globalen Süden sowie die Entwicklungspolitik.

Paving the way for the SDG Summit?

Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
The Current Column, 04. September 2023

“It is vital that the summits in New Delhi and New York generate political momentum and also result in concrete initiatives, as the progress made halfway through the 2030 Agenda timeline is disastrously slow.“

Pathways towards enhanced capacity in water governance to deal with complex management challenges

Pahl-Wostl, Claudia / Ines Dombrowsky / Andreas Lenschow / Andreas Thiel (2023)
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Is Africa left behind in the global climate finance architecture: redefining climate vulnerability and revamping the climate finance landscape - a comprehensive review

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Malesela Molala / Malebogo Bakwena / Hugue Nkoutchou / Helen Onyeaka (2023)
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For a more binding nature of commitments in the 2030 Agenda implementation

Waltenberg, Tabea / Leonie Droste (2023)
The Current Column, 28. August 2023

Even though the very existence of the 2030 Agenda as a joint steering instrument can certainly be seen as a success in view of the complex conflicts of interest at a multilateral level, the agenda needs to act as a framework throughout the world through legally binding norms and laws in order to accelerate its implementation.

A case for open science in Indonesia: advancing digital literacy, scientific infrastructure, and leadership

Stewart, Benjamin (2023)
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Die Vereinten Nationen und Chinas Aufstieg: Qu Dongyu bleibt FAO-Generaldirektor

Baumann, Max-Otto (2023)
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The United Nations and China's rise: Qu Dongyu remains FAO Director-General

Baumann, Max (2023)
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Food security in West and Central Africa

Online, 18. August 2023

The West and Central Africa regional block of the African Academy Alumni Network organized a webinar under the topic “Food security in West and Central Africa: The need to reinforce sustainable mechanism”. The objective of this webinar was to provide a space for insightful inputs on the topic and joint discussions. African Academy Alumni…

United Nations Youth Day

Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023)
The Current Column, 07. August 2023

Green skills can have a transformational power as they play a key role in transitioning societies, economies, and industries towards a more sustainable future. However, green skills must also be taught in a transformative way, equipping learners with the ability to confront challenges in today’s complex world.

Wüstenrose oder Fata Morgana? Die G5 Sahel und ihre Partnerschaft mit der Europäischen Union

Bergmann, Julian (2023)
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Whose policy coherence counts? Assessing sustainable fisheries in Ghana and the European Union's engagement

Keijzer, Niels / Lina Galvis / Sarah Delputte (2023)
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