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Elvis Melia

Elvis Melia was an associate Researcher of the research programm "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems" at IDOS (former DIE).

What we can learn from and about Africa in the corona crisis

Roll, Michael (2020)
The Current Column, 02. April 2020

Is Africa defenceless in the face of the corona pandemic? In part, some African countries are even better prepared for pandemics than Europe and the United States. Nigeria’s success in fighting its 2014 Ebola outbreak illustrates why that is the case.

Escaping from the debt trap

Berensmann, Kathrin (2022)
External Publications

Head of Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” with Professorship in Göttingen (f/m/diverse)

The University of Göttingen and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) invite applications for the following position effective at the earliest possible date a Head of Research Department “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” combined with a Professorship in Development Economics and Sustainability Policy (f/m/diverse)

Water plays a key role in the implementation of the Paris climate agreement

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret (2020)
The Current Column, 20. March 2020

Without sustainable water management, both food production and electricity generation, let alone drinking water supplies, are at risk.

Translating knowledge into climate action

Bauer, Steffen / Robert Bradley (2019)
The Current Column, 11. June 2019

With the update of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), international climate policy is entering a decisive phase. However, tackling climate change is a big and complex task.

The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants: more than just heart-warming words?

Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 27. September 2016

A considerable number of critics view the UN summit for refugees and migrants as little more than a summit of heat-warming words and declarations of intent that will have no impact whatsoever.

The politics of finance: how capital sways African Central Banks

Dafe, Florence (2019)
External Publications

Re-defining ‘good business’ in the face of Asian drivers of global change: China and the global corporate social responsibility discussion

Weikert, Jochen (2011)
Studies 61

Assuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

Stamm, Andreas / Jeffrey Orozco (2020)
The Current Column, 04. May 2020

The Costa Rican government has proposed to the WHO that it should lead a global effort to pool intellectual rights on technologies that are useful against Covid-19.

The transatlantic free trade agreement: think of the consequences!

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013)
The Current Column, 04. March 2013

Climate finance: do developed countries keep their promise?

Pauw, Pieter (2012)
The Current Column, 14. May 2012

The Declaration of Principles on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam: A breakthrough or another unfair deal?

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
The Current Column, 25. March 2015

The Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has sparked much controversy among experts and commentators in Egypt.

Time for a paradigm shift in policy on Syria and the Middle East?

Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 31. March 2015

With the Syrian conflict in its fifth year, is it time for a paradigm shift in Western policy on the Middle East?

Corona and development cooperation

Special "The Corona Virus and international development cooperation": Experts from IDOS explore the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.

Kiel Institute and DIE support G20

Kiel Institute and DIE support G20 Kiel Institute and DIE support G20 Press Release, 29 July 2016 Kiel, Bonn, 29 July 2016. The Federal Government has jointly entrusted the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn, with the support of Germany's G20 presidency next year. The two institutes are tasked with chairing and organising the so-called T20 process, during which…

China G20 Presidency

Washington, DC, 13. April 2016

In der Reihe von T20-Veranstaltungen zur chinesischen G20-Präsidentschaft war das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Mitveranstalter einer Konferenz bei Brookings, in der Peter Wolff vom DIE und Stefan Kooths vom Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft als Referenten teilnahmen. In der Konferenz am Rande der Frühjahrstagung von…

Financing for development and domestic revenue mobilisation: more international reforms are needed

von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage (2019)
Briefing Paper 13/2019

Many governments are under pressure to mobilise revenues at home. More international cooperation is needed to support them. In particular, additional efforts are required to fight tax avoidance, tax evasion and harmful or ineffective tax expenditures.

Reforming fossil fuel subsidies in the MENA countries

Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
External Publications

Transformative Pathways to Implement the 2030 Agenda

New York, 17. July 2018

The World in 2050 (TWI2050) is global multi-year, multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary research initiative designed to provide a science-based, integrative approach to address all 17 SDGs building on the synergies and multiple benefits while alleviating trade-offs across competing SDGs. TWI2050 is a partnership between some 20 science and…