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The post-2015 agenda – keep your eye on the global economy!

Berensmann, Kathrin / Clara Brandi / Matthias Schöneberger (2014)
The Current Column, 22. September 2014

Trade and the international financial architecture need to form forward-looking cornerstones of the post-2015 agenda. Insufficient thought has been paid to this thus far.

Impact investing: a promising niche solution?

Lindenberg, Nannette / Caroline Pöll (2014)
The Current Column, 16. June 2014

Two weeks after the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned against further social spending cutbacks in European countries in its World Social Protection Report 2014/2015 a group of politicians and experts from the fields of business, academia and finance is meeting in London to discuss ways of further developing the international market for social impact investments.

2014 – Time for a new policy of co-operation

Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column, 07. January 2014

In the new year, we will need courage to follow new paths and the ability to learn from the mistakes of the past when determining a new global agenda, to be in place as of 2016.

Sustainable Development: Do we need a green industrial policy?

Rio de Janeiro, 17. June 2012

Industrial policy has made a forceful comeback. The global economic and financial crisis demanded swift action by governments to support and restructure productive activities, and industry in particular, in order to protect employment. At the same time global challenges such as climate change cannot be addressed without decisive policy…

Why are we so critical about China’s engagement in Africa?

Berger, Axel / Deborah Brautigam / Philipp Baumgartner (2011)
The Current Column, 15. August 2011

Europe is reorganising its external relations: and development policy?

Grimm, Sven (2009)
The Current Column, 02. November 2009

An eye on the middle class

Guarin, Alejandro (2012)
The Current Column, 27. February 2012

Lindenberg, Nannette

Former Senior Researcher at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Regional expertise on Central Asia and Eastern Europe: This page brings together thematic work of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) for Central Asia and Eastern Europe. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

Transformative force of Digitalisation

Special "Transformative force of Digitalisation": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) addresses the tension between our digital potential and current politics and procedures through innovative, policy-relevant research.

Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 01. April 2019

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Office at the University of Bonn co-organized the Alumni Spring School „Global transformation towards Sustainability – Transciplinary peer learning between Africa, Europe and Rising Powers for the 2030 Agenda”, which took place from 1…

Global Partnerships – Knowledge, Dialogue, and Action

Bonn, 25. September 2023

Six years after the last MGG Global Network Conference (GNC), the MGG Network gathered again to reconnect, exchange and move from knowledge to action in cooperating for sustainability transformations at all levels. From 25 to 28 September 2023, the conference "Global Partnerships: Knowledge, Dialogue, and Action" brought together in Bonn…

State of the science of “political futures”

Bonn, Germany, 24. October 2022

Rationale : Enhancing the use of social science expertise is fundamental to the development of scenarios of climate and societal futures that are responsive to a wider range of challenges towards strong climate action and sustainability. In particular, there is an agreement that socio-political factors must inform scenarios and be…

The role of the consumer and systemic policy mixes for circular business models in the EU

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna (2024)
Discussion Paper 3/2024

What role do consumers play for the transition to a circular economy (CE) and the development of circular business models (CBMs) in particular? Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel zooms in on potential consumer barriers to CBM demand and discusses different options for policy making to address those barriers.

The emerging global challenge of data authoritarianism

Bonn, 16. November 2023

With the rise of digital economies and digital innovations, issues surrounding data are becoming increasingly important in public debates around the world. While new challenges have emerged regarding data misuses in the past years, the political, legal and multilateral responses have been lagging, partly due to the complexity of these new…

Up-scaling co-benefits of sustainable consumption for development

Bonn, 13. June 2022

Environmentally sustainable consumption is now high on the agenda of researchers and policymakers in rich countries. In contrast, in developing countries the consuming middle classes are just emerging, mostly in cities, and concerns about the environmental footprint of consumption are only slowly entering the policy agenda. Given the…

Next steps towards a comprehensive Africa-EU partnership

Online, 03. November 2021

In March 2020, the EU published a proposal for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, ahead of their regular summit with the African Union scheduled for October that year. Both the strategy and the planned summit were soon overtaken by the dramatic events of the global COVID-19 pandemic. One and a half years onwards, discussions are now…

Plurilateral Initiatives in the WTO

Online, 23. November 2021

Inclusive plurilaterals are important to revitalize multilateral trade cooperation at the WTO. Yet they are largely pursued by advanced economies and developing countries often do not participate in them. In a recent Think20 Policy Brief the steering committee members of the Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) propose that…

The (Im)possibility of Governing Transformation to Sustainability

Barcelona and Online, 06. July 2021

The panel on the "(Im)possibility of Governing Transformation to Sustainability" aims to bring together academic scholars and policy experts to advance the discourse on the governance of transformation to sustainability (T2S). The (im)possibility of governance of transformation to sustainability is driven by how the related multiple…

Social protection and coloniality: learning from the past and present: framework paper

Roelen, Keetie / Roosa Lambin / Arsène Brice Bado / Thaís de Carvalho / Julia Chukwuma / Kevin Deane / Winnie C. Muangi (2025)
Discussion Paper 21/2025

Across low and middle-income countries, social protection continues to be shaped by the effects of colonialism. This paper analyses how social protection across Africa is characterised by colonial legacy and postcolonial influence and how this intersects with countries’ own interests and priorities.