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A strategic phase-out of Colombia’s diesel subsidy to support the energy transition

Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio / José Vega Araújo / Elisa Arond (2024)
Policy Brief 20/2024

Phasing out fuel subsidies is crucial for Colombia's fiscal health and energy transition. Given the socio-economic impacts, a coordinated approach is essential. We recommend six short- and medium-term measures for the government to guide this process and reengage with transport sector stakeholders.

Getting special drawing rights right: opportunities for re-channelling SDRs to vulnerable countries

Zattler, Jürgen K. (2024)
Policy Brief 9/2024

The G7 and G20 have committed to re-channelling 100 billion worth of SDRs to developing countries. If well done, this could provide urgently needed breathing space to vulnerable developing countries.

The implementation of sustainable finance taxonomies: learning from South African experiences

Lötters-Viehof, Steffen / Sören Hilbrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen / Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Policy Brief 20/2023

Embracing sustainable finance taxonomies – potential to facilitate investments in sustainable economic activities. This Policy Brief presents recommendations for a successful introduction of sustainable taxonomies based on research conducted in South Africa.

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…

Shrinking spaces in the Middle East and North Africa: supporting resilience of civil society

Saliba, Ilyas (2023)
Policy Brief 17/2023

CSOs face mounting challenges due to surveillance and persecution. Their work in advancing inclusive development is increasingly criminalised. This is worrying, since a free civil society is key for human development. Despite shrinking spaces there are at least seven ways to support civil society.

Revenue collection and social policies: their underestimated contribution to social cohesion

Burchi, Francesco / Christoph Strupat / Armin von Schiller (2020)
Briefing Paper 1/2020

The question how societies hold together and which policies enhance social cohesion is receiving increasing attention. This Briefing Paper stresses the contribution to social cohesion that revenue collection and social policies can have, as well as the inter-linkages between these two areas.

Drought adaptation and resilience in developing countries

Brüntrup, Michael / Daniel Tsegai (2017)
Briefing Paper 23/2017

Drought is increasing in severity, duration and spatial extent. The far-reaching impacts of droughts underscore the need for coordinated approaches. Overcoming the prevailing structure of a ‘reactive’ approach and a move towards a more ‘proactive’approach is crucial.

Regional migration governance: contributions to a sustainable international migration architecture

Dick, Eva / Anne Koch / Benjamin Schraven / Benjamin Etzold (2018)
Briefing Paper 1/2018

The global migration governance is in a period of transition. Although most cross-border migration and displacement takes place within regions of the Global South, the important contribution of regional organisations to the cooperation on migration and displacement is not sufficiently recognised.

Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: why the EU must do more to implement the 2030 Agenda

Hackenesch, Christine / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Svea Koch / Ingeborg Niestroy / Imme Scholz (2016)
Briefing Paper 6/2016

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts the interdependence of domestic and external policy-making center stage. It reflects core European values and interests. The EU Global Strategy and the revised EU 2020 Strategy should become umbrella strategies for domestic and external implementation.

SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) in the context of the German Sustainable Development Strategy: are we leaving the starving behind?

Holzapfel, Sarah / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 13/2017

This analysis and commentary examines the German Sustainable Development Strategy, which outlines measures designed to implement the 2030 Agenda with regard to SDG 2: ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.

Advancing female education by improving democratic institutions and women’s political representation

Burchi, Francesco / Luis A. Camacho (2014)
Briefing Paper 16/2014

DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank

DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank Jump to: DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank Bonn, 20 January 2012 . An impressive success for the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE): For the fourth consecutive time DIE has been selected as one of the best think tanks and research institutions in several categories. The experts compiling the “2011 Global Go-To Think…

Inter- and Transnational Cooperation

The research department "Inter- and transnational cooperation" is based on the premise that the nation states can best assert their interests by creating formal international institutions. This results in three closely interwoven dimensions.

Can guarantees effectively leverage financing for SMEs in low- and middle-income countries?

Bambe, Bao-We-Wal (2025)
Policy Brief 3/2025

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Legal Notice The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is registered with the District Court in Bonn under HRB 8741. Legal jurisdiction is Bonn. Legal responsibility Anna-Katharina Hornidge , Director Contact German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Tulpenfeld 6 D-53133 Bonn, Germany Telephone: +49 (0)228 94927-0 Fax: +49 (0)228 94927-130 E-mail: idos@idos-research.de Copyright The content of this Website is copyright of the…

How to make mobile money and digital financial services work for consumers: lessons from Kenya

Sommer, Christoph / Albert Nsengumuremyi / Anna Mader / Oliver Mußhoff (2025)
Policy Brief 10/2025

Kenya is a frontrunner in digital financial inclusion—but overindebtedness, low financial literacy, and market concentration reveal growing consumer risks. This Policy Brief calls for stronger consumer protection, including fair competition and regulation, to make digital finance truly inclusive.

Complex coherence: unpacking the EU’s trade and development policy dilemma

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2024)
External Publications

Europe Sustainable Development Report 2021: transforming the European Union to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Lafortune, Guillaume / María Cortés Puch / Aline Mosnier / Grayson Fuller / María Diaz / Angelo Riccaboni / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Theodoros Zachariadis / Eugenio Carli / Antoine Oger (2021)
External Publications

Economic Research for Development & Sustainability

Bonn, 16. May 2024

Second edition of our joint workshop of IDOS’ Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” and the University of Bonn’s Economics Department on “Economic Research for Development & Sustainability”. The event was hosted in person at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

Konfliktprävention in Unterkünften: Selbstverantwortung geflüchteter Menschen stärken

Christ, Simone / Esther Meininghaus / Tim Röing (2017)
External Publications