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Global Solutions Initiative and German Development Institute to chair G7 think tank group

Global Solutions Initiative and German Development Institute to chair G7 think tank group German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Global Solutions Initiative take over Chair of the G7 Think Tank Group Joint Press Release of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Global Solutions Initiative of 12 October 2021 Official mandate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the…

Transitioning to low-carbon economies under the 2030 Agenda: minimizing trade-offs and enhancing co-benefits of climate-change action for the SDGs

Iacobuta, Gabriela / Niklas Höhne / Heleen L. van Soest / Rik Leemans (2021)
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COVID-19, asset markets and capital flows

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Eric Sugandi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
External Publications

Water governance and policies

Pahl-Wostl, Claudia / Ines Dombrowsky / Naho Mirumachi (2021)
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It’s about water!

Online, 07. October 2021

Climate change impacts cities in manifold ways and often affects water resources: floods and other natural hazards damage urban infrastructure, drinking water quality can deteriorate, and pressure on surrounding water-based ecosystems can increase. The Bonn Water Network (BWN) invites you to its session at the Daring Cities Conference…

Managing climate risks

Online, 06. October 2021

A significant body of literature establishes the critical role of social protection in strengthening risk management and adaptive capacities of the poor and socially marginalized people to respond to climate change. Social protection instruments are generally categorized into i) social assistance, ii) social insurance and microinsurance,…

Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: empirical evidence from Nigeria

Danquah, Michael / Solomon Owusu (2021)
External Publications

What future for the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee?

Klingebiel, Stephan (2021)
The Current Column, 04. October 2021

In a sense, 1961 can be regarded as the “Big Bang” for international development policy. Under the shadow of the Cold War, the US was pushing an international system to support developing countries.

Contested Categories

Online, 04. October 2021

Workshop objective and background The aggregation of information is a mundane procedure in research processes. Clustering, labelling and categorising are basic tools used by researchers to structure data and order information with the objective to systematically make sense of “the world out there”. This process is crucial for reaching…

Handbook on Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) takes a stock of successes and challenges of the DAC.

The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), edited by Gerardo Bracho, Richard Carey, William Hynes, Stephan Klingebiel, Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval published

The three great stimulants: an analysis of the cocoa, coffee, and tea value chains in Africa

Aboushady, Nora / Chahir Zaki / Devesh Roy (2022)
External Publications

Revitalizing Investment for Covid-19 Recovery

Online, 30. September 2021

WTO members face a huge challenge to tackle declining foreign direct investment (FDI) flows as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to UNCTAD, global FDI contracted by 35% in 2020, compared to the previous year, due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The world, and particularly the developing world, needs…

Mechanisms for governing the Water-Land-Food Nexus in the Lower Awash River Basin, Ethiopia: ensuring policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Anita Breuer / Waltina Scheumann (2021)
Discussion Paper 26/2021

Are the governance mechanisms for land and water in Ethiopia effective in managing the WEF nexus interdependencies? We assess the conditions that affect coordination for policy coherence in achieving the 2030 Agenda.

The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Online, 29. September 2021

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future. How intense diplomacy by US Deputy Secretary…

Launch of the Social Cohesion Seminar Series

Online, 28. September 2021

This is the first event of the Social Cohesion Online Event Series, organized by the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice Team at the World Bank and the Social Cohesion Team at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). The purpose of this seminar series is bringing together leading…

The Governance Challenge of Integrated SDG Implementation

Online, 27. September 2021

With the 2030 Agenda, the international community has established an ambitious, interlinked goal system for a global sustainability transformation. The successful implementation of the Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires that the complex interactions between the SDGs and their targets are taken into account. This…

5th International Contested Mobility Workshop

Online, 27. September 2021

Public Event: “Covid-19 – A game changer for migration (policy)?” 27 September 2021, 2-3:30pm CEST Covid-19 in many aspects has changed our understanding of the world and it has significant effects on international migration and its policies. After more than one and a half years of the pandemic, in this panel we will discuss the…

Entwicklungsforschung und Entwicklungspolitik im "New Normal" des 21. Jahrhunderts

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2021)
External Publications

Weltweit sind aktuell global-umfassende Entwicklungen wie Klimawandel und Ressourcenknappheit, geopolitische Machtverschiebungen, Migration, Verstädterung, soziale Ungleichheit, Globalisierung sowie Digitalisierung zu beobachten. Für das Zukunftsmodell einer deutschen Entwicklungspolitik im "New Normal" hat das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik sieben Leitlinien entwickelt.

Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (eds.) (2021)
Studies 104

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future.

Why Germany’s hydrogen strategy needs supplementing with a multilateral agenda

Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Tilman Altenburg / Huri Ece Oyan / Katharina Thoms (2021)
The Current Column, 22. September 2021

Knowledge sharing and scientific cooperation are essential if developing countries are to be empowered to develop their own H2-based solutions.