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Climate conference in Bonn: good COP or bad COP?

Bauer, Steffen (2017)
The Current Column, 15. November 2017

Two years after adopting the Paris Agreement in 2015, the UN Climate Change Conference reconvenes in Bonn for COP23 to advice the agreement's implementation. They seek to find ways of increasing their nationally determined contributions in the short term without losing sight of national and international development goals in the process.

The effectiveness of Morocco’s industrial policy in promoting a national automotive industry

Hahn, Tina / Georgeta Vidican-Auktor (2017)
Discussion Paper 27/2017

We analyze the effectiveness of industrial policy in the Moroccan automotive industry. While low-value activities predominate, decision-makers take currently a more systemic approach, focused on fostering synergies, strengthening weak parts in the value chain and enhancing capabilities.

COP23: not great, but good enough

Bauer, Steffen (2017)
The Current Column, 23. November 2017

Towards a shared understanding

Paris, 24. November 2017

Mark your calendar for this first in a series of upcoming opportunities to exchange lessons and discuss good practice in effective development co-operation among diverse actors. Researchers from select emerging economies will present independent research findings and exchange with participants on areas for synergy and future collaboration…

Why we need a European development bank

Wolff, Peter (2017)
The Current Column, 27. November 2017

The proposal of founding a new European development bank offers some benefits. However, this pragmatic approach does not go far enough.

Global tax fairness

Bonn, 29. November 2017

The increasing prominence of growing inequality around the world has intensified the interest in global tax fairness. In most countries, the tax burden has shifted from large multinational corporations (MNCs) and wealthy elites to ordinary citizens and smaller firms. This problem has been exacerbated by the inability of the Base Erosion…

International experts present ten-point memorandum on tackling climate change ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

. In preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), which begins today in Bonn, some 300 experts from the spheres of research, politics, civil society, business and the media including climate negotiators met at the weekend to discuss the future of global cooperation and options for decarbonising the global economy in a socially responsible manner.

Regional Migration Governance in Africa

Bonn, 11. December 2017

While migration from Africa to Europe leads news headlines, migration within the African continent is much more prevalent, and requires effective policy responses. In the last two decades, regional organisations in Africa, such as ECOWAS in West Africa and IGAD at the Horn of Africa, have developed policies to address human mobility.…

The future of multilateralism is at stake

Berger, Axel (2017)
The Current Column, 11. December 2017

This week sees the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for its eleventh Ministerial Conference. However, bubbling under the surface is a conflict that threatens to split the WTO and with it the multilateral trading system.

The EU Migration Partnership Framework: time for a rethink?

Castillejo, Clare (2017)
Discussion Paper 28/2017

The EU Migration Partnership Framework has caused controversy for its strong focus on EU interests and use of positive and negative incentives to ensure partner cooperation. This paper examines the politics, implementation and impact of the framework, and its lessons for future EU migration policy.

State fragility as a cause of forced displacement: identifying theoretical channels for empirical research

Martin-Shields, Charles P. (2017)
Discussion Paper 30/2017

The relationship between state fragility and forced displacement provides an empirically rich space for new research. This Discussion Paper provides a review of how forced displacement is conceptualised, and proposes new directions for research on state fragility and forced displacement.

Time to think about 2019 now!

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Christine Hackenesch / Janina Sturm (2017)
The Current Column, 18. December 2017

It is high time to shake things up in Europe and make the 2030 Agenda the basis of both internal and external European policies.

Understanding public perceptions of wood-based electricity production in Wisconsin, United States: the place-based dynamics of social representations

Banerjee, Aparjita / C. Shelly / Kathleen E. Halvorsen (2017)
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Climate change impacts and potential benefits of heat-tolerant maize in South Asia

Tesfaye, Kindie / P. H. Zaidi / Sika Gbegbelegbe / Christian Boeber / Dil Bahadur Rahut / Fite Getaneh / K. Seetharam / Olaf Erenstein / Clare Stirling (2017)
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Economic transformation and job creation in Mozambique

Balchin, Neil / Peter Coughlin / Phyllis Papadavid / Dirk Willem te Velde / Kasper Vrolijk (2017)
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Bridging science and development: lessons learnt from two decades of development research

Callo-Concha, Daniel / Manfred Denich / John P.A. Lamers / Anna Schwachula / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Asia Khamzina / Christian Borgemeister (2017)
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Post-project sustainability and sustainable land management (SLM): lessons learnt and future directions

Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / K.K.Bandru / C. Sperk / I. Agarwal (2017)
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Can the EU prioritise both the African Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group?

Keijzer, Niels / Alfonso Medinilla (2017)
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ACP-EU relations beyond 2020: engaging the future or perpetuating the past?

Bossuyt, Jean / Niels Keijzer / Alfonso Medinilla / Andrew Sherriff / Geert Laporte / Marc de Tollenaere (2017)
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Disciplinary diversity in marine sciences; the urgent case for an integration of research

Markus, Till / Helmuth Hillebrand / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Gesche Krause / Achim Schlüter (2017)
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