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Municipalities are Shaping the Future

Dick, Eva / Paul Marschall / Christopher Wingens (2021)
The Current Column, 14. June 2021

Some local authorities are engaged in long-standing partnerships in which the administrations of both parties engage in dialogue on sustainable public services. This results in both parties learning lessons.

COP23

Bonn, 04. November 2017

The international Climate Change Conference 2017, under the presidency of Fiji, was held in Bonn from 6 to 17 November 2017. This year’s delegations at the Climate Change Conference (23rd Conference of the Parties) needed to prove their commitment to the climate-related obligations passed in Paris 2015 and Marrakesh 2016. This time, it…

Partner meeting of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy

Online, 29. June 2021

The African German Leadership Academy aims to provide the leadership skills and knowledge needed to foster sustainable development in line with the development visions of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This innovative and primarily in-person dialogue and training programme brings together young…

When ‘unintended effects’ reveal hidden intentions: implications of ‘mutual benefit’ discourses for evaluating development cooperation

Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2017)
External Publications

European Development Co-operation to the Year 2020 (EDC 2020): What are the Emerging Issues?

Brüssel, 02. June 2008

The EU accounts for more than half of the world’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and, as the main trade partner of the developing countries, heavily influences economic opportunities for the world’s poorest. The kick-off conference of the EDC2020 project – an EU (FP7) funded project investigating key emerging issues regarding the…

The Internet – Uncharted Territory for Development Policy?

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

Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: why the EU must do more to implement the 2030 Agenda

Hackenesch, Christine / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Svea Koch / Ingeborg Niestroy / Imme Scholz (2016)
Briefing Paper 6/2016

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts the interdependence of domestic and external policy-making center stage. It reflects core European values and interests. The EU Global Strategy and the revised EU 2020 Strategy should become umbrella strategies for domestic and external implementation.

Can the Anthropocene become sustainable?

Bonn and Online, 02. June 2022

The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research cooperatively organizes the bonnalliance lecture series in the field of “sustainable development”. Until 1972, environmental protection was essentially local; “The Limits to Growth” was the breakthrough to global environmental policy. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, German environmental scientist…

Addressing the global water crisis in a challenging political environment

Online, 10. March 2025

Too little, too much, too dirty – water challenges in virtually all countries are increasing with climate change and due to overuse and lacking treatment of the precious resource. Global and local changes in water flows could “(…) increasingly lead to threatening situations that are beyond the spectrum of human experience and could…

56 Postgraduate Course

Participants and Research Teams of the 56 Postgraduate Course of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

12th EADI General Conference

Genf, 24. June 2008

Global Governance for Sustainable Development From 24-28 June 2008 the EADI General Conference "Global Governance for Sustainable Development - The need for policy coherence and new partnerships" took place in Geneva, Switzerland. 500 researchers and practitioners came together to discuss and exchange ideas in lectures, plenary and…

Reforming development cooperation at the United Nations: an analysis of policy position and actions of key states on reform options

Weinlich, Silke (2011)
Studies 59

Knowledge sharing for global development – Building up new partnerships

Bonn, 17. November 2011

The World Bank is positioning itself as a knowledge institution – not just a lending bank – by creating, sharing and applying knowledge for development. World Bank Managing Director Mahmoud Mohieldin presented the recently published comprehensive report on the topic: "Knowledge for Development". The report recognizes that knowledge, not…

Assessing potential effects of development cooperation on inequality

Negre, Mario (2021)
Briefing Paper 4/2021

With inequality reduction now being officially and broadly recognised as a key development objective, simple, economical and quick methodologies to assess focus on this area are needed. The methodology presented herein allows to roughly assess potential impacts on inequality in such a fashion.

Rising Powers

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
External Publications

Post 2015: what can be learnt from the impact of health performance on donor policies for health assistance?

Stepping, Katharina M.K. (2013)
Briefing Paper 1/2013

Health conditions in the recipient country are not the only decisive factor for the provision of health assistance. The decision pattern of donors has not remarkably changed after the definition of international health objectives. Future health objectives should reflect inter-sectoral reciprocities.

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.

UN reform and the COVID-19 pandemic – what role for the UN to better serve the world?

Baumann, Max-Otto / Silke Weinlich (2020)
External Publications

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through municipal partnerships with the global South

Dick, Eva / Paul Marschall / Christopher Wingens (2020)
The Current Column, 07. December 2020

A growing number of municipalities are contributing directly to the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. Leading the way on climate action, supporting fair trade and facilitating societal participation by migrants

The G20 and Africa – an alliance for sustainability?

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017)
The Current Column, 30. January 2017

Cooperation with Africa is high on Germany’s agenda for its G20 Presidency. This creates high expectations for Germany and Europe’s future policies on Africa.