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CETA and investment protection reform: winds of change or gentle breeze?

Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
The Current Column, 07. March 2016

Last week, the European Union (EU) and Canada agreed on fundamental reforms to investor dispute settlement mechanism as part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Whether or not the changes introduced to CETA will spark reforms in the international investment system as a whole is now primarily dependent on Washington’s response in the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Non-economic loss and damage in the context of climate change: understanding the challenges

Serdeczny, Olivia / Eleanor Waters / Sander Chan (2016)
Discussion Paper 3/2016

The concept of non-economic loss and damage (NELD) groups the impacts of climate change that are hard to measure or quantify. This paper outlines the main characteristics of NELD and the specific challenges they pose to research and policy-making at the national and international level.

Self-differentiation of countries’ responsibilities: addressing climate change through intended nationally determined contributions

Mbeva, Kennedy Liti / Pieter Pauw (2016)
Discussion Paper 4/2016

Do INDCs lead to self-differentiation of countries' responsibilities to address climate change? This paper shows that 1) INDCs advance CBDR-RC beyond mitigation to include, at least, adaptation and finance; 2) INDCs advance differentiation beyond the bifurcation of Annex I and non-Annex I countries.

Rudolph, Alexandra

Rudolph, Alexandra Jump to: Vita The information in this profile corresponds to the stand of information at the time of departure. Dr. Alexandra Rudolph Department Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Function Former Researcher Specialization Economist Work areas Political economy of aid allocation, pattern and future challenges Causes and consequences of human trafficking Labor market services in Sub-Saharan Africa Social welfare and social pension Vita since 3/2016…

An Italian researcher is tortured to death in Cairo – sombre cause to reconsider the way we work with Egypt

Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican (2016)
The Current Column, 17. March 2016

In January Giulio Regeni, who spent last summer as a visiting researcher at our institute, was killed in Cairo. His gruesome death leaves us worried about future cooperation with Egypt.

What does the Paris climate agreement mean for water policy?

Dombrowsky, Ines / Steffen Bauer / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
The Current Column, 22. March 2016

After the WTO conference in Nairobi: what is the future of the World Trade Organisation?

Dieter, Heribert / Rolf J. Langhammer / Marc Bungenberg / Andreas Freytag / Catherine Grant Makokera / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2016)
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New approaches to development cooperation in middle income countries: brokering collective action for global sustainable development

Paulo, Sebastian / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
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Mission impossible? International cooperation in science, technology and innovation for grand challenges

Stamm, Andreas / Aurelia Figueroa (2016)
The Current Column, 04. April 2016

Many of today’s grand challenges are global in scope. Social innovations are needed, concerted efforts across disciplinary fields must be made. Resources must be assembled across borders.

Sustainability Standards in Global Value Chains

New Delhi, 05. April 2016

The CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in the context of its Managing Global Governance (MGG) Knowledge Cooperation hosted an authors' workshop and policy dialogue on social and environmental ("sustainability") standards in…

South-South Cooperation: Global force, uncertain identity

Fues, Thomas (2016)
The Current Column, 11. April 2016

Rising powers in the South, are now ready to play a pro-active part in collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals, the Financing for Development Addis Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Large-scale agricultural investments and rural development in Tanzania: lessons learned, steering requirements and policy responses

Brüntrup, Michael / Thomas Absmayr / Jonas Dylla / Franziska Eckhard / Kerstin Remke / Konrad Sternisko (2016)
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The European Union’s Global Strategy: making support for democracy and human rights a key priority

Hackenesch, Christine / Clare Castillejo (2016)
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China G20 Presidency

Washington, DC, 13. April 2016

In der Reihe von T20-Veranstaltungen zur chinesischen G20-Präsidentschaft war das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Mitveranstalter einer Konferenz bei Brookings, in der Peter Wolff vom DIE und Stefan Kooths vom Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft als Referenten teilnahmen. In der Konferenz am Rande der Frühjahrstagung von…

A financial sector to support development in low-income countries

Griffith-Jones, Stephany / Eva Karwowski / Florence Dafe (2016)
External Publications

Disruptive Structural Change

Bonn, 26. April 2016

The workshop explored the socio-economic implications of global technological megatrends and the key principles and best practices of innovative industrial policy responses. It brought together two technological domains that so far had been largely addressed in parallel by separate research communities: the revolutionary changes to…

Urban governance for sustainable global development: from the SDGs to the New Urban Agenda

Dick, Eva (2016)
Briefing Paper 8/2016

“Our struggle for global sustainability will be lost or won in cities”, said Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, in April 2012. However, the Agenda 2030 does not sufficiently accommodate the key role of cities and urban governance for global development pathways.

Fostering Green Finance in Asia

Volz, Ulrich (2016)
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The global refugee crisis: The key role of cities

Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 02. May 2016

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there were over 60 million displaced persons worldwide in 2015, a figure unparalleled since 1945.

Entwicklungshilfe

Klingebiel, Stephan (2016)
External Publications