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Groß, Lisa

Researcher, Research Programme "Normative and institutional preconditions of the common good and peace".

A primer on blockchain technology and its potential for financial inclusion

Ohnesorge, Jan (2018)
Discussion Paper 2/2018

This discussion paper illustrates how different forms of blockchain technology work. It discusses specific risks and potentials of the technology to offer financially underserved people access to basic financial services. A focus area is (international) payments.

Monitoring and evaluation in South-South Cooperation: the case of CPEC in Pakistan

Ali, Murad (2018)
Discussion Paper 1/2018

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Pakistan. Using an analytical framework aimed to assess the quality of South-South Cooperation (SCC), this discussion paper examines to what extent China adheres to SSC principles in Pakistan.

COP23

COP23 Jump to: COP23 Team Publications Infographics COP23 From 6 to 17 November, the 2017 Climate Change Conference (COP 23) took place in Germany under the Fiji Presidency. DIE has been conducting research on key issues in the field of climate change, UN climate negotiations and their implications for international cooperation for many years. During COP23, DIE was involved in many of the formats held during the negotations. Within our project “ Klimalog – Research…

NDC-SDG Connections

NDC-SDG Connections Jump to: Team Publications Projects The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement (NDCs) have some important things in common. Both are universal – in the sense that they demand action in all countries of the world, and that they seek to benefit everyone, including the most vulnerable and marginalised. They are both designed to be implemented from the bottom up, as countries set…

Preventing the worst from happening is not enough.

Messner, Dirk (2018)
External Publications

We live in turbulent times. The world (economy) is becoming increasingly interconnected, as are political issues around the globe. However, it is the new nationalist approach to world affairs. This approach cannot go well in the long term.

Energy security, sustainability and development in Morocco

Auktor, Georgeta (2018)
External Publications

Coastal ecotourism in The Gambia: effects of sustainability communication on environments and rural livelihoods

Attemene, Pauline / Irit Eguavoen (2017)
External Publications

Understanding public perceptions of wood-based electricity production in Wisconsin, United States: the place-based dynamics of social representations

Banerjee, Aparjita / C. Shelly / Kathleen E. Halvorsen (2017)
External Publications

Renewable, ethical? Assessing the energy justice potential of renewable electricity

Banerjee, Aparajita / Emily Prehoda / Roman Sidortsov / Chelsea Schelly (2017)
External Publications

"But where the danger is, also grows the saving power"

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column, 22. December 2017

In this year’s last The Current Column, the German Chancellor from the year 2030 gives her New Year’s address. In her fictional speech, she tells of grave crisis and the resulting challenges of the years past, as well as how despite everything the Agenda 2030 became a success.

Politics of green energy policy

Anna Pegels / Georgeta Vidican-Auktor / Wilfried Lütkenhorst / Tilman Altenburg (2017)
External Publications

Pension schemes in MENA: generous—but not to the poor!

Loewe, Markus (2017)
External Publications

The European Fund for Sustainable Development: changing the game?

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2017)
Discussion Paper 29/2017

As the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) enters the implementation phase, this paper reviews the features of this blended finance facility, outlines debates surrounding its establishment, and explores the fund’s prospects at country level with illustrations from Ghana and Senegal.

International experts present ten-point memorandum on tackling climate change ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

. In preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), which begins today in Bonn, some 300 experts from the spheres of research, politics, civil society, business and the media including climate negotiators met at the weekend to discuss the future of global cooperation and options for decarbonising the global economy in a socially responsible manner.

Germany: the energy transition as a green industrial development agenda

Pegels, Anna (2017)
External Publications

Why it is worth considering consumer trends among the new middle classes

Never, Babette (2017)
The Current Column, 04. December 2017

Middle-income countries are seeing growth among their middle classes. The problem is that our planet’s resources are finite. Time for a new consumer policy.

Green industrial policy: concept, policies, country experiences

Altenburg, Tilman / Claudia Assmann (eds.) (2017)
Books

Why we need a European development bank

Wolff, Peter (2017)
The Current Column, 27. November 2017

The proposal of founding a new European development bank offers some benefits. However, this pragmatic approach does not go far enough.

Transforming carbon consumption patterns of the new middle classes

Bonn, 23. November 2017

The unprecedented growth of the new middle classes in middle income developing countries implies a strong growth in both consumption and carbon emissions. If the new middle classes mirror the carbon-intensive lifestyles of the industrialized countries, the remaining carbon space to manage climate change will close much more quickly. But…