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Press Release: Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains

Press release of 1 March 2021: International research network investigates global supply chains: How do we create sustainable value?

The 2021 ENP South Communication: A ‘renewed partnership’ but ‘old issues’ remain

Furness, Mark (2021)
External Publications

The Communication promises a renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood. The document itself is ambitious and comprehensive and joins the ranks of highly readable and thought-provoking policy documents produced by the Commission and the EEAS in recent years. However, the Communication does not herald the arrival of a ‘new agenda’. It emphasises transition rather than transformation, particularly in terms of the kinds of reforms the EU promotes in neighbouring countries, the incentives the EU is prepared to offer, and the risks the EU is prepared to take, especially regarding standing up for its own principles when called upon to do so.

The hidden value of social health insurance: breaking the intergenerational poverty trap?

Strupat, Christoph (2021)
External Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action

Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
Discussion Paper 11/2021

Direct and indirect effects' of the Covid-19 pandemic on the prospects of structural transformation in Africa are at the core of this study. It is comprehensive and identifies patterns of country groups. Social cohesion matters for effective policy responses and longer-term sustainable development.

Investment dispute prevention and management at the national level

Online, 25. February 2021

This is the 7th of a virtual event series on investment facilitation for development, held in the framework of a joint ITC/DIE project on Investment Facilitation for Development. The online event will focus on investment dispute prevention and management at the national level. During the event, the following issues will be addressed: The…

Economic impacts of investment facilitation

Balistreri, Edward J. / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
External Publications

Common good policies in Africa

DIE is examining options for shaping future cooperation with Africa in such a way for achieving a transformation to sustainable development in Africa.

Welche Verteilungsfragen ergeben sich aus der Klimapolitik? Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Entwicklungsländern

Malerba, Daniele (2021)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2021

Dringend notwendige klimapolitische Maßnahmen wurden aufgrund ihrer potenziell negativen sozialen Auswirkungen bisher nicht ausreichend umgesetzt. Jüngste Erkenntnisse aus Entwicklungsländern zeigen, dass sich Klima- und soziale Ziele bei einem geeigneten Policy-Mix nicht gegenseitig ausschließen.

Investment Facilitation for Development: Current discussions

Online, 23. February 2021

Chair Axel Berger , Senior Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Speakers The negotiations on investment facilitation for the development at the WTO Claudia Locatelli , Economic Officer, World Trade Organization (WTO) Improving the contribution of investment facilitation frameworks to…

Putting 'Policy Coherence for Peace' at the Heart of the EU's Approach to External Crises and Conflicts

Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen (2021)
External Publications

Blümer, Dominique

Blümer, Dominique Jump to: Vita Die Informationen auf diesem Profil entsprechen dem Stand zum Zeitpunkt des Ausscheidens. Dominique Blümer (formerly Bruhn) Department Transformation of Economic and Social Systems Function Former Researcher Specialization Economist Vita since 04/2018 KfW Development Bank , Frankfurt am Main Trainee/Project Manager 03/2017 - 01/2018 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Junior Economist Directorate for Financial…

Why the world needs global governance for science cooperation

Schwachula, Anna (2021)
The Current Column, 15. February 2021

Social justice is an integral part of sustainable development. This means that power inequalities between countries need to be removed if social equity is to be more than a distant dream.

What have we learned about learning? Unpacking the relationship between knowledge and organisational change in development agencies

Yanguas, Pablo (2021)
Discussion Paper 9/2021

Development practitioners learn, their organisations not so much. In this paper, Pablo Yanguas finds little evidence for the “learning hypothesis” that knowledge makes development agencies more effective. As we near 2030, the role of M&E, research, and adaptive approaches may need to be reassessed.

Navigating through an external agenda and internal preferences: Ghana’s national migration policy

Segadlo, Nadine (2021)
Discussion Paper 8/2021

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Ghana’s National Migration Policy (NMP). A major finding is that the NMP does not primarily respond to a perceived problem related to migration in Ghana but it rather pursues the migration related interests of the European Union (EU).

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) – Mobilising public and private rule-makers in managing global governance

Hernandez, Ariel / Wulf Reiners / Sven Grimm (2021)
Two Pager 1/2021

The MGG Programme of DIE helps utilise the potential of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) to implement the 2030 Agenda through knowledge cooperation, policy dialogue and training with key stakeholders from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa.

A pledge for a European digital strategy in Africa

Erforth, Benedikt (2021)
The Current Column, 08. February 2021

Success or failure of a digital strategy will play out on the global stage, the EU’s strategy towards digital leadership must be decidedly outward-looking.

Tunisian democracy 10 years after the revolution: a tale of two experiences

Chomiak, Laryssa (2021)
Briefing Paper 6/2021

Ten years after the Tunisian Revolution, democratic politics are in flux. Despite regular rounds of free and fair elections, persistent political infighting, entrenched structural inequalities and widespread perceptions of corruption have posed real challenges to meaningful and popular democracy.

Development policy under fire? The politicization of European external relations

Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Jan Orbie (2021)
External Publications

European Think Tanks Group

Special "The European Think Tanks Group": The European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) brings together four leading European international development think tanks, among them the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Welcoming a new generation of European leaders, ETTG and this special call attention to the importance of a global perspective in European policy-making.

Press release: DIE again third best development policy think tank worldwide

DIE again third world's most renowned development policy research institute in Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. Also recognised for one of the best works on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.