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How Young People in Africa and Europe Shape Politics in a Crisis-Ridden World

Bonn, 29. October 2024

Despite the varying contexts across continents, young people share a joint concern when asked about their problems: the economic situation in their country; particularly unemployment and inequality. In addition, climate change, violent conflicts and the remnants of the COVID 19 pandemic contribute to a sense of powerlessness and…

Migration and "unfinished" modernization in the Philippines, Indonesia and Mexico

Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2017)
External Publications

Which factors determine the upgrading of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2013)
Discussion Paper 21/2013

Only few micro and small enterprises succeed to upgrade in low and middle income countries - and these tend to be the privileged ones: Most of them are owned by people with above-average education, financial reserves, good personal and business networks, motivation and readiness to take risks.

Which factors determine the upgrading of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2014)
External Publications

Practitioner's guide to strategic green industrial policy

Weinmann, Christoph David / Christina Buczko / Leisa Burrell / Ralph Luken / Anna Pegels (2016)
Books

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Burchi, Francesco / Nicole Rippin / Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa (2015)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Upgrading in Global Value Chains

Bonn, 28. November 2016

The workshop brought together researchers from both qualitative and quantitative research backgrounds who have shown their expertise in this field in order to promote an exchange about the state of the art and potential future research avenues in relation to upgrading in GVCs. Each participant had the opportunity to present their recent…

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and labour rights in the People's Republic of China

Chahoud, Tatjana (2008)
Briefing Paper 3/2008

Grabert, Margarita

Former Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

The OECD's development assistance committee and German development cooperation: a relationship under scrutiny

Ashoff, Guido (2000)
Briefing Paper 1/2000

Social protection and coloniality: learning from the past and present: Tanzania case study

Lambin, Roosa / Winnie C. Muangi (2025)
Discussion Paper 20/2025

Mainland Tanzania grapples with colonial legacies, donor influence, and structural exclusions in its social protection arrangements. This Discussion Paper reveals how external influences and domestic factors intersect to shape an evolving social protection landscape.

Protection of intellectual property in the world trading system: the TRIPS agreement and developing countries

Liebig, Klaus (2001)
Briefing Paper 1/2001

New publication on the new European Union's Global Role provides crucial insights for incoming EU leadership

Press Release of 18 September 2024: New publication "The European Union's Global Role in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities for the New Leadership" provides crucial insights for incoming EU leadership.

DIE retains its place among the world’s best Development Think Tanks

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) was voted one of the best research institutions and policy-advisers on development policy in the world. This is according to the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report by the University of Pennsylvania, which was released today. Its sixth place in the category Top International Development Think Tanks puts the DIE in the same league as international benchmarks such as the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the British Chatham House and the American Brookings Institution.

Young researchers from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) off for field research in Africa

Young researchers from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) off for field research in Africa Young researchers from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) off for field research in Africa After five months of theoretical preparations in Bonn, 18 participants from the Postgraduate Training Programme of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für…

Financing Sustainable Development

Berlin, 09. November 2015

Governments all over the world are devising green growth strategies , aiming to reconcile economic growth with low carbon emissions as well as trying to limit other forms of environmental degradation such as soil, water, and air pollution. What is needed is no less than a “green transformation” to put green growth at the heart of…

The promise of private investment in fragile states and what can be done to mobilize it

Ragoussis, Alexandros (2019)
The Current Column, 27. May 2019

In international development cooperation, the private sector is often longed for a great source of opportunities for the economic development of fragile states. But reality is sobering.

More duty than choice: Supporting refugees in a globalised world

Matias, Denise Margaret S. / Antonio G.M. La Viña (2017)
The Current Column, 19. June 2017

At a time of increasing nationalism and increasing number of forcibly displaced persons, the World Refugee Day is a reminder that the world should develop inclusively, “with refugees”.

Tackling Global Issues Together: Climate Change and New Drivers of a European Policy for Global Development

Königswinter, 15. September 2010

The strategy workshop ‘Tackling global issues together: climate change and new drivers of a European policy for global development’ was organised by the European Think Tanks Group and held in Königswinter near Bonn on 15 and 16 September 2010. The aim of the workshop was to assist the Development Commissioner in answering three pressing…

An old subject, but still highly topical: resource squeeze and the world trade order

Wiemann, Jürgen (2010)
The Current Column, 20. December 2010