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To save biodiversity, transform the economy

Rodríguez, Jean Carlo / Ina Lehmann (2021)
The Current Column, 17. May 2021

As countries of the Global North consider how to re-set their economies after the COVID-19 pandemic, this window of political opportunity should be used now to transform our economic system.

Hydro-social dynamics of miningscapes: obstacles to implementing water protection legislation in Mongolia

Schoderer, Mirja / Daniel Karthe / Ines Dombrowsky / Jampel Dell'Angelo (2021)
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Seven principles to guide German development policy

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Imme Scholz (2021)
The Current Column, 10. May 2021

For Germany in this election year, a number of questions arise in its external policy areas. What will the future model for German development policy look like?

Benefits and challenges of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development for Latin American economies

Online, 05. May 2021

Investment facilitation can be understood as a set of measures concerned, among other things, with improving the transparency and predictability of investment frameworks, streamlining procedures related to foreign investors and enhancing coordination and cooperation among different stakeholders, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI)…

How COVID-19 is highlighting the benefits of a localisation of development cooperation

Roll, Michael / Tim Kornprobst (2021)
The Current Column, 03. May 2021

The pandemic shows that greater localisation can make development cooperation more participatory and possibly more effective and sustainable.

The second hand market for air conditioners in Metro Manila. Business models, resource use, policy options

Never, Babette (2021)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

About the need for a public debate about social cohesion and democracy

Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller (2021)
The Current Column, 28. April 2021

Against what many “preached” at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, societies did not become stronger through the crisis.

Newly founded African-German Leadership Academy fosters mutual learning on sustainability

Press Release: Shaping sustainable economic and social change together - that is the aim of the newly established BMZ African-German Leadership Academy.

Renewable energy consumption in Africa: evidence from a bias corrected dynamic panel

Baye, Richmond / Allesandro Olper / Albert Ahenkan /Issa Justice Musah-Surugu /Samuel Weniga Anuga / Samuel Darkwah (2021)
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Mainstreaming South-South and triangular cooperation: work in progress at the United Nations

Haug, Sebastian (2021)
Discussion Paper 15/2021

This paper shows how the United Nations (UN) has tried to mainstream support for South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). It provides a scorecard of UN entities and identifies key factors that condition the heterogeneous and increasingly controversial trajectory of SSTC at the UN.

Green transitions in Africa–Europe relations: what role for the European Green Deal?

Hackenesch, Christine / Maximilian Högl / Gabriela Iacobuta / Hanne Knaepen / John Asafu-Adjaye (2021)
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Reaching the poorest and most vulnerable: addressing loss and damage through social protection

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Cecilia Costella (2021)
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The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
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De-Globalization and the Future of GVCs

Online, 20. April 2021

The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic…

Exploring South African 'Green Leadership' in the context of the European Green Deal

Chevallier, Romy / Alex Benkenstein (2021)
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Come on, into the “Green Twenties”!

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column, 19. April 2021

“Restore Our Earth!” is the theme and rallying cry for this year’s Earth Day on 22 April. This is not something that can be achieved on a single day.

Avoiding too little, too late: debt relief for a green and inclusive recovery

Volz, Ulrich (2021)
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A new multilateralism for the post-COVID world: What role for the EU-Africa partnership?

Teevan, Chloe / Luca Barana / Daniele Fattibene / Gabriela Iacobuta / Silke Weinlich / Steffen Bauer (2021)
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How knowledge networks develop their transformative potential

Vogel, Johanna (2021)
The Current Column, 12. April 2021

The pandemic highlights the importance of knowledge networks as instruments. To be successful, they need to be interdisciplinary, as well as transnational and also need to pursue a common global vision.

A Thirdspace approach to the ‘Global South’: insights from the margins of a popular category

Haug, Sebastian (2021)
External Publications