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State fragility and development cooperation: putting the empirics to use in policy and planning

Martin-Shields, Charles / Diana Koester (2024)
Policy Brief 8/2024

The concept of state fragility is a useful lens for planning development policy in complex settings. This policy brief shows how to apply the IDOS and OECD fragility concepts of critical policy issues.

Decentralization and its effect on urban governance in Africa

Gutheil, Lena (2024)
External Publications

The dream of dictatorship

Mross, Karina (2024)
The Current Column, 24. April 2024

No democracy is perfect. But it is the best we have.

IDOS in den Medien

Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) erfährt auch 2024 eine breite Medienaufmerksamkeit, es folgt eine Übersicht der Beiträge.

Session: Local Actors in Environmental Governance?

Berlin, 08. May 2024

Analyses of environmental governance in the Arctic often focused on state-to-state relations. The latter are currently experiencing dramatic turns with a variety of implications for regional cooperation and livelihoods. Over the past three decades, "the people of the North" were increasingly recognised in Arctic politics, but diverse…

Comprehensive power shifts in the making: China's policy transfer partnerships with the United Nations

Haug, Sebastian / Laura Trajber Waisbich (2024)
External Publications

Why attaining gender equality is critical for climate action

Sen, Amrita / Aparajita Banerjee (2024)
The Current Column, 03. June 2024

Gender-responsive climate action would require much work on the basics, like education, financial independence, and creating opportunities to learn soft skills.

Civil society organizations, migrants, and challenges in African contexts

Jaji, Rose (2024)
External Publications

Amplifying climate resilience: The impact of social protection, social cohesion, and social capital on public support for climate change action

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Patricia Kefilwe Mogomotsi / Helen Onyeaka / Geomeone E.J. Mogomotsi (2024)
External Publications

The Changing Dynamics of International Institutions in an Era of Multiple Crisis

Online, 12. June 2024

In an era marked by unprecedented global challenges, the dynamics of international institutions are undergoing profound transformation. From climate emergencies to pandemics, economic instabilities to geopolitical tensions, the landscape of crises is multifaceted and ever-evolving. The role and efficacy of international institutions—once…

Plea for a stronger role for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Brüntrup, Michael (2024)
The Current Column, 17. June 2024

Striking the right balance is particularly important in this case, because the largest group of poor and vulnerable people live from land and soil.

Smart packages: six steps to design effective behavioural policies

Pegels, Anna (2024)
Policy Brief 22/2024

Effective development policies often rely on behavioural change of target populations. IDOS developed a six-step procedure for behaviour-centered policies, based on 10+ years of experience. The steps are illustrated with waste management practice cases but are broadly applicable.

Operationalising social contracts: towards an index of government deliverables

Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Tina Zintl (2024)
Discussion Paper 8/2024

We introduce, describe and test three indices to measure government deliverables in social contracts (protection, provision and participation) and to compare social contracts over time and space.

„Offene strategische Autonomie“: eine entwicklungspolitische Standortbestimmung und Positionierung für die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik

Klingebiel, Stephan (2024)
Policy Brief 26/2024

Der Policy Brief gibt einen Überblick und Einschätzungen zu Debatten über Entwicklungspolitik. Er befasst sich mit der Notwendigkeit, die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik angesichts veränderter internationaler Kontexte langfristig neu auszurichten und Reformen anzustoßen.

Drivers of change in social contracts: building a conceptual framework

Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Tina Zintl (2024)
External Publications

The role of capital markets for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance

Sommer, Christoph (2024)
External Publications

Moving towards smarter social contracts? Digital transformation as a driver of change in state–society relations in the MENA region

Zintl, Tina / Annabelle Houdret (2024)
External Publications

“Open strategic autonomy”: an assessment and positioning for German development policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2024)
Policy Brief 27/2024

This Policy Brief provides an overview and assessments of debates on development policy. It deals with the the need to reorient German development policy in the long term in view of international contexts and the need to initiate reforms.

Further Theme Specials

Further Theme Specials Jump to: UN80 Initiative Trump's comeback in the White House Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) Russia's war against Ukraine Investment Facilitation for Development Development Finance at a turning point Tomorrow's Development System Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens Setting the course for a new German development policy Strengthening global health Building knowledge on water governance Ocean and Polar regions…

Do public works programs foster climate resilience? Conceptual framework and review of empirical evidence

Aurino, Elisabetta / Francesco Burchi / Tekalign Sakketa / Anastasia Terskaya (2024)
External Publications