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Greening economies in partner countries

Bonn, 09. November 2023

Smart industrial policy anticipates the shift to a green economy; it guides and promotes the domestic economy so that it can take advantage of the opportunities offered by this structural change early on. At the same time, it is increasingly evident that the sustainability transition must be just to be acceptable and, thus, feasible.…

No contradiction: European development policy and geopolitics go hand in hand

Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2023)
The Current Column, 08. May 2023

Against the backdrop of a changing world order, geopolitics has become the central topic of political discourse in Brussels. However, the EU must not pursue its geopolitical ambitions at the expense of its development policy

Renewing the mission of EU development policy in times of global polycrisis

Brussels, 16. April 2024

Context and objectives This year, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) celebrated its 60th birthday and six decades of development research, policy advice and training. IDOS has played a key role in German development cooperation, providing evidence-based policy advice on development and sustainability. When it…

Seven principles to guide German development policy

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Imme Scholz (2021)
The Current Column, 10. May 2021

For Germany in this election year, a number of questions arise in its external policy areas. What will the future model for German development policy look like?

The development policy system: where do we stand? Where do we go? 发展政策体系:我们站在哪里？我们走向何方？

Gonsior, Victoria / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
External Publications

Promoting policy coherence within the 2030 Agenda framework: externalities, trade-offs and politics

Brand, Alexander / Mark Furness / Niels Keijzer (2021)
External Publications

Industrial policy in developing countries: failing markets, weak states

Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2015)
Books

Attention all democratic parties - the EU redefines its global role!

Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2025)
The Current Column, 03. February 2025

With the contours and exact focus of the EU’s economic foreign policy still to be determined, democratic parties in Germany need to think ahead already now to have ideas ready for common positions in Brussels in a new government.

Municipal development policy in Germany: current trends, challenges and recommendations for further promotion

Beck, Andrea / Martin Bruder / Eva Dick / Verena Gantner / Klaus Hermanns / Johannes Schmitt / Christopher Wingens (2023)
External Publications

Germany and the UK: perspectives for deepening the bilateral dialogue on development policy

Keijzer, Niels / Ina Friesen (2022)
Briefing Paper 3/2022

Germany and the United Kingdom are key international cooperation actors. Halfway through the period envisaged for the completion of the 2030 Agenda, both countries are adjusting their development policies, seeking to determine their future European roles and global development ambitions.

Whose policy coherence counts? Assessing sustainable fisheries in Ghana and the European Union's engagement

Keijzer, Niels / Lina Galvis / Sarah Delputte (2023)
External Publications

50 years

In 2014, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) celebrates its 50th anniversary. This special bundles information, historical backgrounds and opinions around five decades of DIE and represents a synopsis of the anniversary events with pictures and videos.

Policy advice in development cooperation: a distinct type of policy advice

von Haldenwang, Christian / Marianne Alker (2009)
Briefing Paper 15/2009

Sustainable Development: Do we need a green industrial policy?

Sustainable Development: Do we need a green industrial policy? Download Sustainable_Development_Do_we_need_a_green_industrial_policy.pdf

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

Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2017)
External Publications

Linking climate-smart development, latecomer industrialization and social inclusion: Implications for Green Industrial Policy

Wien, 10. September 2015

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (DIE) have jointly initiated the publication of a report on Green Industrial Policy, with contributions from other PAGE (Partnership for Action on…

Does more aid equal to more aid effectiveness?

Faust, Jörg (2010)
The Current Column, 25. October 2010

IDOS in den Medien

Das German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) erfährt auch 2023 eine breite Medienaufmerksamkeit, es folgt eine Übersicht der Beiträge.

Policy Innovations for Transformative Change

Bonn, 06. December 2016

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is going to hold a presentation and discussion of this year's Flagship Report of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) on “Policy Innovations for Transformative Change: Implementing the 2030 Agenda” in its premises in Bonn…

The world economy in times of COVID-19

Online, 07. December 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic represents a stress test for global economic governance and has far reaching effects for developing countries. This is particularly true in light of the global community’s ambition to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a key policy agenda to ensure a fairer and more inclusive globalisation. The…