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The post-2015 development agenda: the European Union must contribute more than just aid

Furness, Mark / Stephan Klingebiel (2012)
The Current Column, 24. September 2012

Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance

Chan, Sander / Gabriela Iacobuta / Ramona Hägele (2020)
External Publications

The global trading system at a turning point

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013)

Social cohesion and economic development: unpacking the relationship

Sommer, Christoph (2019)
Briefing Paper 16/2019

The drifting-apart of societies has become a major concern in many regions. Economic factors such as income inequality are often assumed to aggravate these trends. This brief depicts what we actually know about the relation between economic factors and social cohesion and outlines policy implications.

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…

Successfully promoting decentralisation: the potential of the multi-stakeholder approach

Groß, Lisa (2018)
Briefing Paper 2/2018

Sustainable Development Goal 17 assigns an important role to multi-stakeholder approaches in the implementation of the SDGs. This briefing paper explores how the multi-stakeholderapproach can make a concrete contribution to the success of decentralisation reforms.

Participants of the 61st Postgraduate Course 2025/2026

The 61st course of the Postgraduate Programme (2025/26) at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) began on 1 September 2025.

Assist those most in need, or most of those in need? The challenge of allocative efficiency for aid effectiveness

Pietschmann, Elena (2013)
Briefing Paper 17/2013

The UN and a new set of goals: Fit-for-Purpose?

Bonn, 12. December 2014

While the United Nations (UN) are central to the process of determining the new set of goals that will follow the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, there has been little introspection on its own organisational capacity to help countries to meet them. Which role should it play in the implementation of the new agenda? How does the…

The Internet – Uncharted Territory for Development Policy?

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

The European Report on Development 2011/2012

Berlin, 14. June 2012

The third European Report on Development (ERD) – drawn up by three European think tanks, the Overseas Development Institute ( ODI ), the European Centre for Development Policy Management ( ECDPM ) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) – focuses on the use of scarce resources for inclusive…

Financial stability as a precondition for the financing of sustainable development in emerging and developing countries

Bordon, Ingo / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
Briefing Paper 23/2015

Financing plays a key role in the realisation of the objectives of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Will additional and new sources of financing fundamentally alter the financial structure in developing countries and what effects will this have on financial stability?

Trump's comeback in the White House

What changes and upheavals is President Donald Trump making for international cooperation? Possible scenarios, initial assessments and effects on trade, security and multilateral organizations.

The microfinance crisis

Wolff, Peter (2010)
The Current Column, 15. March 2010

Klimalog @COP24

Katowice, 02. December 2018

The Klimalog project of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has been happy to play an active role in the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 03 to 14 December Official COP24 exhibit: Klimalog Booth in cooperation with…

International support to peace and democracy in fragile states

Bonn, 16. December 2014

It has almost become common knowledge that fragile states pose an immense challenge to international cooperation. Documents such as the OECD “Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations” and the “New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States” demonstrate that the international community has tried to tailor…

Jahresbericht - Annual Report 2021-2022

German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (2023)
Books

Towards a digital development partnership that meets African interests

Erforth, Benedikt / Kerstin Fritzsche (2022)
External Publications

Cumbersome but essential: the United Nations Financing for Development process ahead of its 4th Conference

Berensmann, Kathrin / Clara Brandi / Sören Hilbrich / Yabibal Walle (2025)
External Publications

Displacement crises, fragile states and development cooperation: why governance support is needed to reduce reasons to flee

Grävingholt, Jörn (2022)
External Publications