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Sustainable Development Goals: From ‘silo thinking’ towards an integrated approach

Rio de Janeiro, 19. June 2012

Insights from the European Development Report The Rio+20 Conference is leading a new agenda around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), combining economic, social and environmental targets. Poor countries and the poorest people within them need growth and access to natural resources for human development - which will require…

Learning from the Greek fiasco: we need an insolvency procedure for states

Berensmann, Kathrin (2011)
The Current Column, 18. July 2011

UN Leadership in Times of Crises

Bonn, 11. October 2022

The world is undergoing multiple, simultaneous crises in a way we have not seen before. Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine hit back-to-back, and are interacting with sweeping social and economic shifts, dangerous planetary changes, and increases in polarization and loss of social cohesion in many societies. Added to…

Climate finance to leverage social protection for climate action

Bonn, 05. June 2024

The relevance of social protection for inclusive, people-centred climate action has gained increasing attention under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) including in the contexts of the work programme on just transition pathways, loss and damage, and the global goal on adaptation. UN climate funds can play an…

NDC Explorer (V 3.0)

Pauw, Pieter / Tanja Beck / María José Valverde / Davide Cassanmagnano / Kennedy Mbeva / et. al. (2021)
Research Data

Why do paratransit operators resist participation in bus rapid transit? Case evidence from Bogota, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Lagos

Asimeng, Theodore / Dirk Heinrichs (2020)
External Publications

Covid-19 and its impact on the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Online, 10. February 2021

It is still difficult to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on several dimension. This is particularly the case for the informal economies in developing countries. Severe lockdowns in many developing countries appear to have had some success in dealing with the pandemic but the economic, social and even political consequences are…

2020 Europe Sustainable Development Report

Online, 08. December 2020

Die COVID-19-Pandemie und die sozio-ökonomischen Auswirkungen stellen die Europäische Union und die internationale Kooperation vor eine große Herausforderung für die Erreichung der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , das Pariser Klimaabkommen und den Europäischen Green Deal . Gleichzeitig sind die SDGs wichtiger denn je, da sie einen…

What can we learn from regional initiatives on investment facilitation

Online, 05. October 2020

This is the fifth of a webinar series on investment facilitation for development, held in the framework of a joint ITC/DIE project on Investment Facilitation for Development. The webinar will be conducted in an interactive manner and allow for questions by participants. The emergence of regional initiatives such as the MERCOSUR Protocol,…

EU development policy: evolving as an instrument of foreign policy and as an expression of solidarity

Furness, Mark / Luciana-Alexandra Ghica / Simon Lightfoot / Balázs Szent-Iványi (2020)
External Publications

Financial crisis in post-COVID MENA and the role of IFIs

Online, 22. September 2020

As architects of the globalized world, international financial institutions (IFIs) - particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank - exert varying degrees of influence over economic policy in the MENA region . They have intervened to address economic crises since the 1960s, promoting a deregulated, private…

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. March 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

Strategies to strengthen socially responsible public procurement practices in German municipalities: a mapping exercise

Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)
Discussion Paper 8/2020

German municipalities do not sufficiently use their purchasing power to contribute to socially responsible public procurement (SRPP). We identified success factors and their triggers that support SRPP implementation in German municipalities and thus, their contribution to SDG 12 of the Agenda 2030.

A strong norm for democratic governance in Africa

Leininger, Julia (2014)
External Publications

Against all odds: strong democratic norms in the African Union

Leininger, Julia (2015)
External Publications

Developing countries and the future of the international investment regime

Berger, Axel (2015)
External Publications

Peaceland: Effectiveness of peace missions

Bonn, 02. March 2016

Why do international interventions often fail to reach their full potential? Severine Autesserre offers a new explanation and shows how everyday practices, habits and narratives of peacebuilders have counterproductive effects. These everyday elements shape the intervention from the bottom up and reproduce ways of working that have been…

Interlinking sustainability science in a Global North-South dialogue

Bonn, 15. July 2024

Sustainability science (Nachhaltigkeitsforschung) aims to provide solutions to the current complex socio-ecological problems by working beyond ‘modern’ disciplinary boundaries. However, it focuses mainly on the Global North. In this workshop we elaborate on the question of how sustainability science is conceptualized in countries of the…

Research meets Practitioners: Implementing SDG 16

Bonn, 26. September 2016

With the adoption of the Agenda 2030 far-reaching policy goals were formulated. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires strong political institutions and processes. SDG 16 (“Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies”) explicitly acknowledges this need and prescribes “effective, accountable and inclusive…

New Potentials, New Pitfalls?

Bonn, 16. March 2017

Trade rules and environmental protection, and sustainable development more broadly, should be made mutually supportive. In light of recent changes both in the trade and in the climate regimes, there is a need to explore the potentials and pitfalls of this endeavor. The World Trade Organization (WTO) seeks to contribute to the protection…