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“Transforming our world!”: Courage for restructuring the United Nations development system

Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column, 25. April 2016

“Transforming our world” – this is the guiding principle for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains a new universal definition of development that should be used as a basis for re-visiting the underlying principles, tasks and global role of the UN development system.

T20 Summit Argentina 2018

Buenos Aires, 16. September 2018

PANELS OF THE T20 AFRICA STANDING GROUP (TASK FORCE “COOPERATION WITH AFRICA”) Panel I: Why G20 – Africa cooperation matters for global development Monday, 17 September, 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Competition among G20 countries to pursue new cooperation initiatives with Africa is high. In this regard, G20 countries generally follow two parallel…

Promoting Climate Action around the World

Bonn, 07. June 2024

Science-Policy Dialogue during the 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies The goal of this Science Policy Dialogue, organized by German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and by the University of Bonn, is to discuss insights from the latest policy-relevant research on climate action. We invite you to join us to…

Building domestic capabilities in renewable energy: a case study of Egypt

Vidican, Georgeta (2012)
Studies 66

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

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

EU engagement with Africa on migration: a change of approach required

Castillejo, Clare (2018)
Briefing Paper 9/2018

The EU's approach to addressing migration from Africa is undermining development principles and relations with African partners, while failing to achieve results. This paper examines the limitations of the EU’s current approach and argues that more constructive engagement on migration is required.

Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review

Berlin, 22. May 2017

Global Soil Week (GSW) 2017 was a conference that brought together actors from politics, economics, science and civil society to discuss about sustainable land use. This year's theme 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review' aimed at contributing to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2017. The GSW'17 Lab, an open…

Legitimacy of Future Development Cooperation

Bonn, 29. November 2010

The year 2010 has offered a number of milestones to reflect on future directions for development cooperation policy. As donors consider how to move forward with the MDG Agenda, improve the effectiveness of their development interventions, and engage in organisational restructuring processes to confront future challenges, they find…

Why we need to fight right-wing populism to save our glaciers!

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2025)
The Current Column, 19. March 2025

Sustainable water management must be central to climate strategies, not just as an environmental necessity but as a safeguard for communities, jobs, and economic stability—issues that resonate across political divides.

Introduction: Germany and Korea as partners in International development and green transitions

Klingebiel, Stephan / Thomas Kalinowski / Niels Keijzer (2024)
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Essays on public service delivery in India

von Haaren, Paula (2022)
External Publications

NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)

Dzebo, Adis / Aparajita Banerjee / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaelle Beaussart (2024)
Research Data

Climate ambition and sustainable development for a new decade: a catalytic framework

Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Harro van Asselt et al. (2021)
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NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)

Dzebo, Adis / Aparajita Banerjee / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaëlle Beaussart (2025)
Research Data

Deconstructing sustainable rubber production: contesting narratives in rural Sumatra

Otten, Fenna / Jonas Hein / Hannah Bondy / Heiko Faust (2020)
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Working on (knowledge) cooperation means working in cooperation

Schwachula Anna / Paulo Esteves (2020)
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Rio+20 and sustainable development: what role does the private sector play?

Rio+20 and sustainable development: what role does the private sector play? Download Rio20_und_nachhaltige_Entwicklung_welche_Rolle_spielt_die_Privatwirtschaft_02.07.2012_Programm_DE_01.pdf

Making Aid Work

Online, 20. November 2025

Development aid is increasingly under criticism for failing to achieve its objectives. The question, however, is how its effectiveness is measured. In many parts of the world, development aid pursues a whole range of goals that are incompatible with one another. This is particularly true in the Middle East and North Africa, where the…

The COVID-19 crisis: Nail in the coffin or shot in the arm for a sustainable global migration regime?

Online, 23. September 2020

The 2030 Agenda and the Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees, agreed upon in 2018, have emphasized the need for a comprehensive and cooperative approach to human mobility at the global level . Against this background, bilateral aid agencies and international organisations are directing significant resources toward supporting…

Sustainable financing for development

Kharas, Homi / Sachin Chaturvedi / Mustafizur Rahman / Imme Scholz (2019)
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