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Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?

Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
The Current Column, 21. August 2023

To secure that success, India sees a solution in re-orienting its G20 narrative towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an existing common point of reference and framework for cooperation.

Is Africa left behind in the global climate finance architecture: redefining climate vulnerability and revamping the climate finance landscape - a comprehensive review

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Malesela Molala / Malebogo Bakwena / Hugue Nkoutchou / Helen Onyeaka (2023)
External Publications

Paving the way for the SDG Summit?

Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
The Current Column, 04. September 2023

“It is vital that the summits in New Delhi and New York generate political momentum and also result in concrete initiatives, as the progress made halfway through the 2030 Agenda timeline is disastrously slow.“

Cross-border risks of a global economy in mid-transition

Espagne, Etienne / William Oman / Jean-François Mercure / Romain Svartzman / Ulrich Volz et al. (2023)
External Publications

The relationship between state fragility and refugees

Martin-Shields, Charles (2023)
External Publications

Researching sustainable land management in sub-Sahara Africa

Berlin, 20. September 2023

The workshop presented the programme "Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the strategy of its platform Research for Sustainability (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit, FONA). This programme will be active over the next 4 years and has chosen…

Debt relief by multilateral lenders: why, how and how much?

Zucker-Marques / Ulrich Volz / Kevin P. Gallagher (2023)
External Publications

The Ongoing Reform of the World Bank

Walle, Yabibal M. / Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 02. October 2023

Shareholders must make a substantial commitment to increase the lending capacity of the World Bank far beyond the $50 billion over the next ten years that was committed during the Spring Meetings.

Towards a UN Tax Convention?

Laudage Teles, Sabine / Christian von Haldenwang (2023)
The Current Column, 09. October 2023

A UN tax convention would make decision-making processes on international tax regimes and reforms more inclusive and effective.

Should humanitarian aid for the Palestinians nonetheless be continued?

Loewe, Markus (2023)
The Current Column, 12. October 2023

Stopping support for the Palestinians altogether and permanently would not be right; at least humanitarian aid should continue.

Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)

Special "Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)": In a research and advisory project funded by the BMZ, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is investigating what these changes mean for Germany's and Europe's cooperation with MENA countries.

Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index

Redonda, Agustin / Lucas Millan / Christian von Haldenwang / Flurim Aliu (2023)
Books

Equitable International Research Cooperation

Bonn, 23. October 2023

Ensuring equitable research collaboration between partners from low-, middle-, and high-income countries is emphatically affirmed by all guiding strategy documents of Germany’s foreign and research policy. One pertinent example is the Africa Strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which highlights the need for a…

Klimalog – Research and dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation

The adoption of an ambitious international climate agenda at the upcoming UN climate conference in Paris and its resolute implementation are essential for sustainable development across the globe. With a view to prospective international climate policy, IDOS promotes the awareness of interlinkages between climate change and development and investigates specific conditions for a climate-smart and just transformation towards decarbonisation and resilience.

The international community must finally provide debt relief

Berensmann, Kathrin (2023)
The Current Column, 06. November 2023

The world’s highly indebted poorest countries depend on debt relief. Otherwise, the development progress made over the past decade risks being reversed.

Broad support vs. deep opposition: the politics of bus rapid transit in low- and middle-income countries

Goedeking, Nicholas (2023)
External Publications

The future of climate and development finance: balancing separate accounting with integrated policy responses

Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
Policy Brief 19/2023

This paper discusses the blurring of development and climate finance and argues that the NCQG process and the integration of loss and damage into the climate finance system must go hand in hand with a separation of ODA and climate finance whilst ensuring integrated policy responses.

Are cash-for-work programmes good for local economic growth? The case of donor-funded public works for refugees and nationals in Jordan

Loewe, Markus / Tina Zintl (2023)
External Publications

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Greening cooperation for economic development

Altenburg, Tilman / Anna Pegels (2023)
The Current Column, 22. November 2023

To accelerate green transformation in low- and middle-income countries, it is therefore essential to provide evidence of how a greener economy can offer direct economic benefits to national economies and the majority of citizens.