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Footprints: taking the right steps towards global sustainability

Figueroa, Aurelia (2012)

An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results

Esser, Daniel (2022)
The Current Column, 26. September 2022

The Bundestag’s first debate on the proposed federal development budget for 2023, which took place earlier this month, was a worrisome testament to the state of international development politics in Germany.

A five-point plan for dealing with the refugee crisis: there are no small solutions to big problems

Messner, Dirk (2015)
The Current Column, 11. September 2015

Bonn, 11 September 2015. Europe and Germany cannot be an island of contentment, because cross-border crises do not simply disappear by building walls, looking away and failing to act.

Governing just transitions in a fraught world, with courage and fast

Bauer, Steffen / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2022)
The Current Column, 26. October 2022

Joined by a strong research delegation from IDOS, participants addressed a plethora of questions that are also being asked by decision-makers who today find themselves in a messy policy pickle.

Haiti: international aid risks replacing rather than strengthening partners

Ashoff, Guido (2013)
The Current Column, 25. February 2013

Security policy is not development policy

Leininger, Julia / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2024)
The Current Column, 19. February 2024

In order to ensure human security and integrity, we need both development policy for viable global cooperation to shape sustainable futures and security policy alliances against aggressors where cooperation reaches its limits.

What should development policy actors do about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2015)
Briefing Paper 1/2015

TTIP is being hotly debated, but with a narrow focus. Proponents and critics are primarily concerned with the impact of TTIP on Germany and Europe. Too little attention is being paid to the implications of this mega-regional for the rest of the world.

World Population Day 2009: The developing countries would do well to bear in mind: their population will not only continue to grow, it will also age

Loewe, Markus (2009)
The Current Column, 06. July 2009

Investment Facilitation Book Project

Online, 26. October 2020

The virtual Workshops to discuss the contributions to the Book Project “Law, politics and economics of international disciplines on investment facilitation” are jointly organised by the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Center for International Economic Law and Policy (CIELP), Law…

Somali refugees, informality, and self-initiative at local integration in Ethiopia and Kenya

Muhumad, Abdirahman A. / Rose Jaji (2023)
External Publications

Yet another development bank: the BRICS bank

Reisen, Helmut (2013)

The neglected role of cities in the Global Compact on Refugees

Dick, Eva / Jana Kuhnt (2019)
The Current Column, 22. January 2019

If a sustainable policy on refugees is to be implemented, the potential of cities and municipalities has to be given greater acknowledgement and support.

Reforming the United Nations Development System

The UNDS has been undergoing an ambitious reform process. Member states and UN organisations need to step up their support for reforms to succeed.

The End of Citizenship

Duisburg, 21. November 2016

Citizenship has been one of the central idea(l)s of modern political thought. By combining rights, membership in a political community and political participation many considered the endowment of all those subjected to a political and/or social order with citizenship as a necessary and possibly even sufficient condition for the legitimacy…

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership

World Bank and DIE broaden partnership World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality Press Release of 22 June 2015 Ending extreme poverty is one of the most important issues on the international agenda, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. The past few decades have seen major progress in poverty reduction;…

Securing a development-friendly US trade policy: the urgent need for an AGOA revamp

Britz, Wolfgang / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Tim Vogel (2025)
Policy Brief 2/2025

As AGOA expiration looms, Sub-Saharan Africa faces uncertainty regarding its US trade. While overall impacts seem mild, some countries and key sectors risk severe losses. This policy brief explores what is at stake and outlines reforms to modernise AGOA to foster Africa’s sustainable future.

The dynamics of mass killings: testing time-series models of one-sided violence in Bosnia

Schneider, Gerald / Margit Bussmann / Constantin Ruhe (2012)
External Publications

Consumers, the environment, and the new global middle classes

Guarín, Alejandro / Imme Scholz (2015)
External Publications

Time for European unity in development

Lundsgaarde, Erik / Davina Makhan (2010)
The Current Column, 10. May 2010

Reform agenda 2005: The United Nations at a historic fork of the road

Fues, Thomas (2004)
Briefing Paper 5/2004