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From protection to reduction? The impact of the public health insurance scheme on child labour in Ghana

Strupat, Christoph (2016)
Discussion Paper 16/2016

This study empirically investigates whether the National Health Insurance Scheme affects child labour in Ghana. The findings suggest that the insurance scheme has a negative impact on out-of-pocket payments for health purposes which is accompanied by a substantial reduction of child labor incidence

Strengthening integrated approach for promoting the SDGs: what role for the high-level political forum?

Janetschek, Hannah / Imme Scholz / Niels Keijzer (2018)
External Publications

Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India

Altenburg, Tilman (ed.) (2016)
Books

The securitization of foreign aid: trends, explanations and prospects

Brown, Stephen / Jörn Grävingholt / Rosalind Raddatz (2016)
External Publications

Electric mobility and the quest for automobile industry upgrading in China

Altenburg, Tilman / Kaidong Feng / Qunhong Shen (2017)
External Publications

Future hunger emergencies likely if business as usual continues

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011)
The Current Column, 10. October 2011

"Encircling the Seamless: India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons"

Bonn, 18. February 2011

Professor A. Damodaran of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore presented his book “Encircling the Seamless: India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons”. His book explores global environmental negotiations against the backdrop of complex political relations, the climate change conventions and multilateral environmental…

Decentralization and its effect on urban governance in Africa

Gutheil, Lena (2024)
External Publications

Middle East and North Africa: the importance of long-term effects

Loewe, Markus (2025)
The Current Column, 17. February 2025

The next German Federal Government should aim to achieve lasting impacts rather than seeking quick advantages in terms of trade, the stabilisation of authoritarian regimes or migration management, as the latter often have disastrous side effects in the long term.

2030 agenda for sustainable development – how relevant will it be?

Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column, 22. September 2015

This coming weekend the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) is set to pass a new agenda that is intended to apply for the next decade and a half. Will this work programme be relevant for domestic political and social action in rich and poor countries alike, as well as for international co-operation?

What priorities does the new Global Commission on Adaptation need to set?

Horstmann, Britta (2018)
The Current Column, 19. October 2018

Just this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest report highlighting the dramatic impacts of the global temperature rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius. The scientists’ emphatic appeal shows that quick and comprehensive action is needed at all levels.

Why the European Union needs a new global strategy

Messner, Dirk / Imme Scholz (2015)
The Current Column, 20. May 2015

The EU's Foreign and Defense Ministers have met in Brussels on Monday. One point on their long agenda was the strategic review of the EU's security environment and the challenges and opportunities arising for the EU.

Integrated Security in Times of Austerity

Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
The Current Column, 13. June 2024

14 June 2024 was an anniversary. Exactly one year before, the “traffic light coalition” government of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the Federal Press Conference, announced the first National Security Strategy (SiSt) in the country’s history.

Two Pager

Two Pager Jump to: Publikationssuche The Two-Pager is an instrument for transformative research. It depicts the essence of a previous publication by outlining the issue, the research goals and the results. Since it also concludes the respective recommendations for development cooperation (or other policy areas), the Two-Pager is also an instrument of policy advice and political communication that addresses specific communities in international cooperation. All issues…

Nature-based solutions and Global Climate Action

Madrid, 03. December 2019

Nature-based solutions play a key role in taking Global Climate Action beyond 2020. Successful solutions from high value biodiversity areas are featured. Nature-based entrepreneurship initiatives shared best practices and discussed strengthening and expanding Global Climate Action within the UNFCCC. Speakers: Sander Chan , Senior…

Yanzhu Zhang

Yanzhu Zhang is a German Chancellor Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and was a visiting scholar at IDOS.

Lisa Zumegen

Lisa Zumegen is former Researcher of the research programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability".

The impact of geopolitics on the field of development in Korea and Germany

Howe, Brendan / Stephan Klingebiel (2024)
External Publications

African-European Relations (Vol. 19)

Erforth, Benedikt / Keijzer, Niels (2023)
External Publications

A future agenda for research on climate change and human mobility

Oakes, Robert / Kees Van der Geest / Benjamin Schraven et al. (2023)
External Publications