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

Schoderer, Mirja / Daniel Karthe / Ines Dombrowsky / Jampel Dell'Angelo (2021)
External Publications

Is foreign direct investment losing clout in development?

Berger, Axel / Alexandros Ragoussis (2022)
Briefing Paper 2/2022

This Briefing Paper calls for rethinking of policies that help to improve the impact of FDI to development. We argue that four secular trends invite for a conversation on a renewed basis around the kind of foreign investment we want and expectations on this source of finance for development.

Tax expenditures country report: France

Ecalle, François (2024)
Books

Engaging Crimea: Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation

Bonn, 09. April 2015

A year ago on 16th March 2014 the Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a highly controversial referendum on its legal status. A translation of the referendum questions from Ukrainian and Russian to English indicated a choice between autonomy within Ukraine as per the 1992 constitution or joining the Russian Federation. Maintaining the…

Re-defining Mobility through Innovation in Services

Figueroa, Aurelia (2013)
The Current Column, 17. June 2013

DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks

DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks DIE ranked among the world’s best Development Think Tanks Press release, 26 January 2017 Philadelphia / Bonn . The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) was named among the best research institutions and policy-advisers in the world. This is according to the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report by the University of Pennsylvania. Among the category Top…

Filling and Operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – A Way Out

Online, 04. May 2021

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has a concrete volume of 10.5 million m3, making it the largest dam —per volume— in Africa. The dam supposed to be a hydropower dam necessary for the Ethiopian economy. The filling and operation of this gigantic dam, which has a 74-billion-cubic-meter reservoir that can theoretically store as…

Biodiversity research: social sciences under-represented

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

The rapid loss of biodiversity can be traced back to human activity, and yet social scientists, who analyse the impact of human society on the environment, are under-represented in the field of biodiversity research.

Transforming our world? The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals at half-time

Keijzer, Niels (2023)
External Publications

Vulnerability to Rainfall-induced landslide of three communities in Infanta, Quezon, Philippines

Talubo, Joan Pauline P. / Arian J. Jacildo / Victoria O. Espaldon / Lilibeth A. Acosta-Michlik / Damasa M. Macandog / Gloria Luz M. Nelson / Nelita M. Lalican / Edwin R. Abucay / Charisma T. Malenab / Jaderick P. Pabico / Moises A. Dorado (2015)
External Publications

Statehood and governance: challenges in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus

Grävingholt, Jörn (2007)
Briefing Paper 2/2007

“Climate migration” as a political challenge: time to take stock of the actors and activities

Schraven, Benjamin / Jamie Slater (2024)
The Current Column, 16. December 2024

The general political mission is to promote the positive potential of migration as an adaptation strategy and to minimise dangers and risks such as forced displacement as best as possible, for example through prevention measures.

Water supply MDG achieved ahead of target – now what?

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2012)
The Current Column, 26. March 2012

The case for an EU-China investment treaty

Berger, Axel (2014)
The Current Column, 10. June 2014

While the European public debate focuses mainly on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) the European Union is also negotiating a host of other treaties.

The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column, 24. February 2020

Although it is not legally binding, the UN Human Rights Committee ruling is the first to address someone’s attempt to be granted refugee status due to the impacts of climate change.

International trade and climate change: border adjustment measures and developing countries

Brandi, Clara (2010)
Briefing Paper 11/2010

Predicting social tipping points: current research and the way forward

Grimm, Sonja / Gerald Schneider (2011)
Discussion Paper 8/2011

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities: an experiment

Hilbrich, Sören (2022)
The Current Column, 28. March 2022

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities is a grand experiment. It carries the promise to define objectives for private enterprises that go beyond the pure maximisation of profits.

Financial market regulation must also help refugees and migrants

Schraven, Benjamin / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
The Current Column, 13. April 2015

The plight of refugees and displaced persons continues to captivate public attention and dominate political discourse in Germany and Europe. This is for instance seen in the ongoing dispute between the German central government and the federal states over supposedly unrealistic forecasts of refugee numbers, the public debate in Germany on xenophobia following an arson attack on a future refugee home in Saxony-Anhalt or the Greek defence minister's threat to send refugees to Germany.

Keeping global sustainability in mind

Berger, Axel (2022)
The Current Column, 20. June 2022

The German Government launched an ambitious sustainability agenda in early 2022 as part of its G7 Presidency. Less than two months later, it was confronted with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, requiring a change of priorities and calling old certainties into question.