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The asylum hump: why country income level predicts new asylum seekers, but not new refugees

Ruhe, Constantin / Charles Martin-Shields / Lisa Maria Groß (2020)
External Publications

Systemic challenges and opportunities of Franco-German development cooperation

Kaplan, Lennart (2020)
Discussion Paper 10/2020

How can France and Germany develop a vision for an improved collaboration towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development? This paper compares the French and German development systems to identify barriers and opportunities for a closer cooperation with partner countries.

How the corona crisis is calling into question the “right to the city”

Dick, Eva (2020)
The Current Column, 09. April 2020

Repeated reference has been made to the risks associated with COVID-19. Nonetheless, there has so far been insufficient consideration given to the urban dimension of the crisis.

Inside an enclave: the dynamics of capitalism and rural politics in a post-land reform context

Mudimu, George T. / Ting Zuo / Nkumbu Nalwimba (2020)
External Publications

Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
External Publications

How the EU and rising powers can shape their future sustainably

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Benjamin Stewart (2020)
The Current Column, 06. April 2020

Given the catalytic function of the Covid-19 pandemic for digitalisation, the current crisis is an urgent call for a profound analysis of the impact of digitalisation on sustainability

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.

Parallels between the corona pandemic and climate change

Fuhrmann, Hanna / Sascha Kuhn (2020)
The Current Column, 01. April 2020

Measures are being taken all over the world to slow down the spread of the virus and minimise the economic damage. In this situation, behavioural change of individuals is indispensable.

Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) in multi-level regulatory frameworks: assessment report on policy space for SRPP regulation and implementation in Germany and Kenya

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
Discussion Paper 9/2020

What leeway is there for Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) in Germany and Kenya? In both countries public procurement is influenced by a multi-level regulatory framework. Analysing it generates insights and policy considerations on how to overcome the implementation gap for SRPP.

PRODIGEES – Digitalisation and Sustainability

, 31. March 2020

On March 30, 2020 members from the MGG network and beyond held the kick-off meeting for the new EU Horizon2020 project PRODIGEES “ Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development ”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the meeting was not held in Berlin, as originally planned, but as a series…

COVID-19: impacts on food trade - is global food security at risk?

Kornher, Lukas / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2020)
External Publications

How we will need to tackle climate migration post-coronavirus

Schraven, Benjamin (2020)
The Current Column, 30. March 2020

Might we take a different approach to other global problems after the corona pandemic? The list of these global challenges runs from combating hunger and the climate crisis through to dealing with migration.

Strategies to strengthen socially responsible public procurement practices in German municipalities: a mapping exercise

Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)
Discussion Paper 8/2020

German municipalities do not sufficiently use their purchasing power to contribute to socially responsible public procurement (SRPP). We identified success factors and their triggers that support SRPP implementation in German municipalities and thus, their contribution to SDG 12 of the Agenda 2030.

Why social protection is crucial in the corona crisis

Strupat, Christoph / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba (2020)
The Current Column, 26. March 2020

The Spanish flu was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, claiming up to 50 million lives worldwide between 1918 and 1919. It has many parallels with the current coronavirus and the international community would do well to learn from such past pandemics.

Tobacco contract farming in Zimbabwe: power dynamics, accumulation trajectories, land use patterns and livelihoods

Mazwi, Freedom / Walter Chambati / George T. Mudimu (2020)
External Publications

Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward - reform proposals

Andhov, Marta / Roberto Caranta / Tim Stoffel et al. (2020)
External Publications

Coronavirus as an opportunity for international cooperation

Marschall, Paul / Wulf Reiners (2020)
The Current Column, 23. March 2020

The novel coronavirus is keeping the world in suspense. The measures taken by numerous states are having a massive impact.

It’s time for a major issuance of the IMF’s special drawing rights

Gallagher, Kevin P. / José Antonio Ocampo / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

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.

Harnessing development cooperation to foster European climate leadership

Brüssel, 18. March 2020

The recent UN climate change conference in Madrid (COP25) was widely perceived as underwhelming in its failure to agree on key matters to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to ensure more ambitious climate action. All the while, the European Commission released its ambitious Green Deal and the European Parliament…