Search

Inclusive and sustainable industrial policy in developing countries

Bonn, 15. September 2014

In order to catch up with more advanced countries, low- and lower-middle income countries need to diversify their economies and accelerate structural change. In view of multiple market failures and huge capability gaps between local companies and their foreign competitors, few experts question the need for industrial policies. But two…

South Sudan’s tragedy is the responsibility of the country’s political elite

Furness, Mark (2014)
The Current Column, 08. May 2014

The South Sudanese political elite have chosen violence over peace. Until this changes, the international community’s options are limited to trying to raise the costs of war.

We Are in There Together with Germany: Observations by a Canadian

Gal-Or, Noemi (2014)
The Current Column, 21. February 2014

To a Canadian, a bold speech such as the one recently delivered by the German President Joachim Gauck would not be expected from Canada’s Governor.

Slacktivism or efficiency-increased activism? Online political participation and the Brazilian Ficha Limpa anti-corruption campaign

Breuer, Anita / Jacob Groshek (2014)
External Publications

Alpaca sweaters or Innovation Tourette's? Hopes for a more evidence-based approach to development policy in a grand coalition

Koch, Svea / Stefan Leiderer (2013)
The Current Column, 02. December 2013

The signing of the draft coalition agreement sees the grand coalition's development policy beginning to take shape.

Facebook, Twitter & Co.: Enablers of participatory democracy or henchmen of the digital surveillance state?

Breuer, Anita / Sergio Burns (2013)
The Current Column, 05. August 2013

A quiet election day in Mali is no guarantee of peace

Leininger, Julia (2013)
The Current Column, 29. July 2013

Arab Spring but bad harvests: why rural Tunisia matters for the success of the revolution

Houdret, Annabelle / Mohamed Elloumi (2013)

Fighting tax fraud and avoidance must be part of the global Post-2015 agenda

von Haldenwang, Christian / Uwe Kerkow (2013)

The “Arab Spring” at the crossroads: where is Morocco heading to?

Bonn, 09. July 2013

In his lecture "The Arab Spring at the crossroads: where is Morocco heading to?" Aboubakr Jamai, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Foundation, talked about Morocco´s way to democracy and the related obstacles and dynamics. Although there have been peaceful uprisings in the past the government did not change drastically…

Post-2015: the international battle against tax fraud and evasion

von Haldenwang, Christian / Uwe Kerkow (2013)
Briefing Paper 16/2013

50 years of peer reviews by the OECD's development assistance committee: an instrument of quality assurance and mutual learning

Ashoff, Guido (2013)
Briefing Paper 12/2013

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee is the only international organisation that regularly reviews it's members' development cooperation policies and systems. The reviews are critrical and constructive and have proved their worth as an instrument of quality assurance and collective learning.

2009

2009 Jump to: Archive 2009 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2009 Jan . Feb . March April May June July Aug . Sep . Oct . Nov . Dec . December «Jetzt müssen wir den gordischen Knoten durchhauen» Nach dem dürftigen Ergebnis von Kopenhagen ist guter Rat teuer. Dirk Messner , wissenschaftlicher Berater der deutschen Regierung, schlägt ein Klima-Abkommen vor, das besser, einfacher und gerechter sei. Der Bund…

2011

2011 Jump to: Archive 2011 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2011 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. December Football and Politics in Africa: A Comment on The Rebel Attack on The Togolese National Team During Angola 2010 and Its Aftermath In his article DIE-researcher John Emeka Akude reviews the rebel attack on the Togolese national team during World Cup in Angola 2010 and its…

2012

2012 Jump to: Archive 2012 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2012 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sep . Oct. Nov. Dec. December A Hand Up Subsidies have long served as a safety net for needy Egyptians, but they are also inefficient, wasteful and expensive. Now the government is working to come up with a better social welfare system, one that encourages the poor to participate in Egypt’s economic…

Haiti: international aid risks replacing rather than strengthening partners

Ashoff, Guido (2013)
The Current Column, 25. February 2013

Innovations in governance: evaluations and research studies on electoral accountability, corruption and multidimensional peacekeeping

Garcia, Maria Melody (2013)
Discussion Paper 3/2013

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.

Does conditionality work? A test for an innovative US aid scheme

Öhler, Hannes / Peter Nunnenkamp / Axel Dreher (2012)
External Publications

China’s economic policy dilemma

Fischer, Doris (2012)
The Current Column, 05. November 2012