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Who’s the Boss? Strengthening the effectiveness of capacity-development support

Keijzer, Niels (2013)
Briefing Paper 15/2013

National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya

Nairobi, 25. April 2017

The goals and objectives of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) create profound challenges for the development and implementation of coherent policies in all countries and at all levels of governance. Kenya has…

Health Economics, Development and Climate Change

Bonn, 27. September 2024

The 2024 fall workshop of the Working Group on Health Economics and Development Cooperation privilege presentations related to the thematic focus: “Health Economics, Development and Climate Change”. The workshop will try to cover a wide variety of topics, such as: health systems and policy reactions to climate change, design of…

Linking results-based aid and capacity development support: conceptual and practical challenges

Keijzer, Niels / Heiner Janus (2014)
Discussion Paper 25/2014

This paper assesses how result-based aid interventions relate to capacity development support on both a conceptual and practical level, and concludes that irrespective of the approach chosen the effectiveness hinges on adequate investment in design and space for adaptation to ongoing changes.

Global public goods: a concept for framing the post-2015 agenda?

Kaul, Inge (2013)
Discussion Paper 2/2013

New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns?

New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns? Jump to: New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns Chaturvedi, Sachin / Thomas Fues / Elizabeth Sidiropoulus (eds.) (2012): Development cooperation and emerging powers: new partners or old patterns? London/New York: ZED Books ISBN: 9781780320632 The new book "…

Impact assessments in the governance sector

Bonn, 21. November 2018

Impact assessment has become a common practice in international development cooperation. This is also the case when it comes to governance programmes. Against this background, the „Impact Initiative Africa“ was launched as a cooperation between GIZ Headquarters, the GIZ offices in Benin and Mozambique and the DIE. The project officially…

AfCFTA – how to make it a game changer?

Online, 17. June 2020

On 30 May 2019, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) entered into force for the 24 countries that had deposited their instruments of ratification. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has led to a postponement of the effective utilization of the trading conditions provided through the AfCFTA which…

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: What next for a global architecture?

Talaat, Abdel-Malek (2014)
The Current Column, 08. May 2014

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) was endorsed in December 2011 by 3500 delegates as a reaffirmation of their will to accelerate progress in improving development cooperation outcomes.

South-south cooperation and western aid: learning from and with each other?

Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm (2010)
The Current Column, 06. September 2010

Aid was yesterday, what comes next?

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
The Current Column, 16. February 2015

On 2 February 2015 the House of Commons of the British Parliament released a report on what ‘beyond aid’ means for the future of British development cooperation.

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan: the critical role of an enabling environment in the mobilisation of domestic and external resources

Ali, Murad (2017)
Discussion Paper 14/2017

This discussion paper examines the role of ‘enabling environments’ for mobilizing resources needed for implementing the 2030 Agenda. It argues that generating additional resources depends on the prevalence of good governance and presence of effective institutions.

DIE with new Department: Training

DIE with new Department: Training German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with new Department: Training Press Release of 5 January 2009 As of 1 January 2009 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has a new Department VI – Training . The Postgraduate Training Programme and the Global Governance School are assigned to this department. Head of the department is Thomas Fues who worked at…

Lundsgaarde, Erik

Lundsgaarde, Erik Jump to: Vita Dr. Erik Lundsgaarde Department Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Function Former Researcher Specialization Political Scientist Vita 2008-2014 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher 2007 University of Washington (Seattle) Ph.D. in Political Science 2003 University of Washington (Seattle) M.A. in Political Science 2001 University of Strasbourg Diplôme Interdisciplinaire…

EU-LAC cooperation on climate change and energy transitions

Riaño, Maria Alejandra / Damien Barchiche / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Niels Keijzer (2024)
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Implementing the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness: where does Germany stand?

Ashoff, Guido (2008)
Briefing Paper 5/2008

UN80: Making room for what’s possible

Berlin, 30. June 2025

Triggered by drastic funding shortfalls, the United Nations has embarked on a new reform initiative in its 80 th year. A longstanding reform backlog and the need to adjust the United Nations to a changing global landscape only add to the urgency for significant reforms. The goal is to make the United Nations, in the words of the UN…

The financing of development cooperation at the United Nations: why more means less

Mahn, Timo Casjen (2012)
Briefing Paper 8/2012

International technology cooperation: lessons for the upcoming technology mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Bhasin, Shikha (2013)
Briefing Paper 20/2013

Is the world the limit?

Bonn, 13. September 2011

Human cooperative bias and the possibilities for global cooperation Solving the world’s most pressing problems – from climate change to famine – requires a great deal of cooperation between nations. But how likely is it that countries come together to tackle these complex issues? Reading the daily news gives one little reason for…