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Postgraduates started 11-week field research

Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2011 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and…

The Internet – Uncharted Territory for Development Policy?

Janus, Heiner / Sebastian Paulo (2013)
The Current Column, 30. September 2013

The great transformation to a global low carbon society

Messner, Dirk (2011)
The Current Column, 26. April 2011

2009

2009 Jump to: Archive 2009 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2009 Jan . Feb . March April May June July Aug . Sep . Oct . Nov . Dec . December «Jetzt müssen wir den gordischen Knoten durchhauen» Nach dem dürftigen Ergebnis von Kopenhagen ist guter Rat teuer. Dirk Messner , wissenschaftlicher Berater der deutschen Regierung, schlägt ein Klima-Abkommen vor, das besser, einfacher und gerechter sei. Der Bund…

Combating drought requires greater global political impetus

Brüntrup, Michael (2023)
The Current Column, 18. December 2023

Poorer countries hope that a binding drought agreement will provide them with support in laying the essential groundwork for more drought risk management.

Labour Migration: from absentee to key driver in a global development framework?

Knoll, Anna / Niels Keijzer (2013)
The Current Column, 29. April 2013

Drought challenges and policy options: lessons drawn, and the way forward

Tsegai, Daniel / Michael Brüntrup (2019)
External Publications

New Africa Standing Group for joint knowledge production and policy advice launched

Initiated by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), a new Africa Standing Group (T20 ASG) was launched at the G20 summit in Berlin.

Preventing the worst from happening is not enough.

Messner, Dirk (2018)
External Publications

We live in turbulent times. The world (economy) is becoming increasingly interconnected, as are political issues around the globe. However, it is the new nationalist approach to world affairs. This approach cannot go well in the long term.

The Imperative of Responsibility-Understanding Hans Jonas

Bonn, 25. April 2019

Forty years ago, Hans Jonas’ main writing “The Imperative of Responsibility” was first published (in German: “Das Prinzip Verantwortung”). Starting from moral theory he derives fundamental thoughts about a responsible approach to dealing with new technologies, and mainly - in today’s wording -“disruptive innovations”. Starting point of…

Footprint methodologies and their role in policy development and communication

Bonn, 21. January 2019

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a holistic view of sustainable development, including targets on all its three dimensions: environmental, economic and social. Moreover, these goals are universal and apply to all countries, high- and low- income ones. This means that it is crucial to implement the SDGs in an integrated…

Handbook on social protection systems

Schüring, Esther / Markus Loewe (eds.) (2021)
Books

5. Deutsche SDSN-Versammlung

Bonn, 16. October 2018

Die jährliche deutsche SDSN-Versammlung hat sich an Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Mitglieds- und Partnerorganisationen sowie an Freunde und Wegbegleiter und Wegbegleiterinnen von SDSN Germany gerichtet. Programm Leitung der Versammlung: Dirk Messner und Gesine Schwan Begrüßung Bericht zu Netzwerkentwicklung und Wahl des…

Up-scaling co-benefits of sustainable consumption for development

Bonn, 13. June 2022

Environmentally sustainable consumption is now high on the agenda of researchers and policymakers in rich countries. In contrast, in developing countries the consuming middle classes are just emerging, mostly in cities, and concerns about the environmental footprint of consumption are only slowly entering the policy agenda. Given the…

The Future of World Trade

Special "Future of the World Trade System": The world trade system is in a phase of upheaval and uncertainty. Against this background, the trade experts at DIE analyse the effectiveness, legitimacy and sustainability of the international trading system.

The UN Water conference – time to govern water as a global commons!

Dombrowsky, Ines / Annabelle Houdret / Olcay Ünver (2023)
The Current Column, 21. March 2023

The March 2023 UN Water Conference should lay the ground for improved governance of water as a global commons, ideally through a UN mandated multi-stakeholder platform on water.

Strict environmental and resettlement standards for dam projects: applicable only to the OECD countries?

Scheumann, Waltina (2010)
The Current Column, 22. November 2010

Is the earth still governable? ... and what that implies for development policy

Messner, Dirk (2010)
The Current Column, 11. January 2010

European Think-Tanks Group

European Think-Tanks Group European Think-Tanks Group publishes Policy Brief on the European External Action Service Press Release of 2 June 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) –…

Financing global development: Can foreign direct investments be increased through international investment agreements?

Berger, Axel (2015)
Briefing Paper 9/2015

Developing countries signed international investment agreements to attract foreign investments. The empirical evidence suggests they are no panacea in this respect. A debate is needed about how these agreements can be reformed to promote foreign investments while preserving policy space.