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The inter-relationship between climate change, inequality, poverty and food security in Africa: a bibliometric review and content analysis approach

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Helen Onyeaka / Andenike Akinsemolu / Malebogo Bakwena (2023)
External Publications

How and Why to Involve Policy Makers More Structurally Into Impact Evaluations?

Online, 23. February 2023

In impact evaluations, the involvement of research in program implementation is crucial for the development of an adequate design and the accurate interpretation of results. In turn, the active involvement of policy makers in the research process is important for the buy-in and effective dissemination of the results. A new tool has been…

Green Industrial Policy

We need to pursue economic development and wealth creation while keeping resource consumption and pollution in accordance with Earth’s bio-capacity. This is what Green Industrial Policy is about.

The politics of “what works”: evidence incentives and entrepreneurship in development organisations

Yanguas, Pablo (2023)
Discussion Paper 3/2023

What determines the use of evidence by national development agencies, and whose evidence matters most? Pablo Yanguas explores these important questions in a new IDOS Discussion Paper. He argues that institutionalisation and entrepreneurship play critical roles in centering policy making on evidence.

Integrated approaches for a circular economy in German development cooperation

Never, Babette (2023)
The Current Column, 13. February 2023

In the context of green industrial policy, the circular economy offers tremendous overlooked potential for creating green jobs and conserving resources in Africa and beyond.

Vor der Halbzeit von Agenda 2030 und SDGs

Bonn, 13. February 2023

Das Jahr 2023 markiert die Halbzeit bei der Umsetzung der Agenda 2030 und ihrer Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs). Angesichts verschärfter geopolitischer Konflikte und unbewältigter Krisen werden Regierungen, zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und Wissenschaftler*innen Zwischenbilanz ziehen. Was wurde bei der Verwirklichung der…

Green jobs and the city: towards a just transition in developing countries

Kleibrink, Alexander / Anna Pegels / Michael Fink / Wolfgang Scholz (2023)
Policy Brief 1/2023

This policy brief examines actions for a just transition of local job markets in developing countries. We identify building blocks for shifting from carbon- and resource-intensive towards green jobs in this transition, with a particular focus on managing winners and losers.

The (un)intended effects of EU development cooperation on democracy

Keijzer, Niels / Nathan Vandeputte (2023)
External Publications

Analysing and acknowledging the (un)intended effects of EU democracy support within the wider context of its external action brings two potential gains. First of all, it will allow us to learn more about the effectiveness of the specific budgets set aside for democracy support abroad. Secondly, such a broad inquiry will both allow us to learn more about how the EU is perceived by its partners – who generally look beyond individual projects when forming such appreciations over time – and also signal the EU’s willingness to learn from its international cooperation efforts.

The EU must prioritise the maritime dimension of migration from West Africa

Keijzer, Niels / Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood (2023)
External Publications

The EU is insistent on combatting the ‘root causes’ of migration. Yet this has led it to overlook other reasons why people leave their homeland. Niels Keijzer and Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood argue these include the threatened livelihoods of coastal communities in the Gulf of Guinea

Violence: a critical issue for development?

Bonn, 08. February 2023

At the event of the first meeting of IDOS’ newly appointed International Scientific Advisory Board , Prof Dr Anke Hoeffler held a lecture on “Violence - A Critical Issue for Development?”. Prof Hoeffler is Professor of Development Research, Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. While the study of…

The new Africa Strategy of Germany’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development: more self-critical, credible and values-based?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
External Publications

Afrikastrategie des BMZs: selbstkritisch, glaubwürdig, wertegeleitet?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
External Publications

A rights-based approach for implementing the European Green Deal

Nystø Keskitalo Anja Márjá / Jacqueline Götze (2023)
The Current Column, 06. February 2023

The green transition entails questions of justice – in the European Arctic and beyond. Why a rights-based approach is needed to implement sustainable policies.

The future of EU blended finance and guarantees: an assessment of cooperation strategies with least developed countries in Africa

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2023)
Discussion Paper 2/2023

This paper examines the EU’s intentions regarding the use of public funds to mobilise additional public and private investment, with a specific focus on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa.

Iraq’s quest for a social contract: an approach to promoting social cohesion and state resilience

Mühlberger, Wolfgang (2023)
Discussion Paper 1/2023

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between state and society in Iraq. The analysis situates the social contract concept in the Iraqi context and explores ist implications for state-society relations.

Do information communication technologies (ICTs) support self-reliance among urban refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia

Martin-Shields, Charles / Katrina Munir-Asen (2022)
External Publications

Global structural policy 2.0 – more self-critical, credible and values-based?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
The Current Column, 30. January 2023

German cooperation with African partners wants to distinguish itself by being based on common interests and values. Germany wants to increase its attractiveness as a partner bilaterally and as part of the EU through an even stronger commitment to democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

Practising organizational autonomy at the community level: evidence from advocacy projects in Uganda and Vietnam

Gutheil, Lena (2023)
External Publications

The MENA Region in the “Zeitenwende” Era: An Opportunity for Socially Just Transition?

Berlin, 24. January 2023

The event brought together political decision makers and experts from Germany and the region to debate the following questions: How does Germany plan to link the just transition concept with its new cooperation priorities, such as green energy and feminist development policy, in the MENA region? How have the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

More inspiration on the sustainability front, please!

Berger, Axel (2023)
The Current Column, 16. January 2023

Germany will need to step up its work as a driving force and an implementor at regional and global level in 2023 and beyond in order to promote peace, international law and sustainable development. This will require bold, practical action, not just good intentions.