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Christ, Simone / Maarit Thiem (2019)
External Publications

What does it mean to “address displacement” under the UNFCCC? An analysis of the negotiations process and the role of research

Serdeczny, Olivia (2017)
Discussion Paper 12/2017

This discussion paper investigates how climate-related human mobility was included under the UNFCCC in two categories: adaptation and loss and damage. It reviews the role of research and analyses the loss and damage negotiations that led to the specific mandate of "addressing displacement".

Why Zimbabweans choose to migrate or stay

Jaji, Rose (2024)
External Publications

The sharp focus on emigration obscures the fact that the majority of Zimbabweans remain in the country not necessarily due to lack of means and opportunity to migrate. They make a conscious decision to stay because, in their view, the benefits of non-migration outweigh those of migration. These benefits include a sense of belonging through family and patriotism, the trappings of citizenship, and, perhaps more surprisingly, security, peace, and economic opportunities.

Europe should prepare to support long-term Palestinian state-building

Furness, Mark (2023)
The Current Column, 20. December 2023

Politically, the Gaza war has brought the scenarios for future Israel-Palestine relations into sharp focus.

Origins, evolution and future of global development cooperation: the role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Bracho, Gerardo / Richard Carey / William Hynes / Stephan Klingebiel / Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (eds.) (2021)
Studies 104

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future.

Food security in the face of climate change: impossible without water

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
The Current Column, 21. November 2016

The issue of adapting African agriculture to climate change was finally addressed at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh. We can only achieve food security by ensuring that overdue investment is made in irrigation infrastructure and institutions.

From polarisation to autocratisation: the role of information pollution in Brazil's democratic erosion

Breuer, Anita (2025)
Discussion Paper 2/2025

Exploring the complex links between disinformation, polarisation, and autocratisation in Brazil, this paper offers holistic insights into root causes across media, political, institutional, and social contexts, with actionable policy recommendations to safeguard democracy.

For better or worse? The global data revolution

Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2017)
The Current Column, 13. January 2017

At a time when most of us are having a quiet start to the year, cleaning up desks and refreshing to-do lists, a group of UN officials, South African statisticians and international partners are frantically working to finalise preparations for the first-ever UN World Data Summit.

The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond

Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2019)
Briefing Paper 17/2019

The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.

Informe de resultados del encuentro Movilidad Urbana Sostenible: un diálogo interregional sobre la industria y el financiamiento del transporte público colectivo

Navarro Quesada, Daniel / Claudia Acosta / Diego Aulestia / Franco Jauregui-Fung (2022)
External Publications

It is time to move towards a common development and cooperation policy

Klingebiel, Stephan / Tancrède Voituriez (2018)
The Current Column, 21. March 2018

Global development is under threat. The rising number of refugees worldwide, the protracted humanitarian crises in fragile states and the increasingly visible impacts of climate change are some of the warning signals that “inclusive”, “sustainable” or “good” development – whatever you might call it – is not close at hand.

Global structural policy 2.0 – more self-critical, credible and values-based?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
The Current Column, 30. January 2023

German cooperation with African partners wants to distinguish itself by being based on common interests and values. Germany wants to increase its attractiveness as a partner bilaterally and as part of the EU through an even stronger commitment to democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

UN Climate Change Conference is imminent after Germany’s federal elections

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column, 06. September 2021

Among other things, COP26 is intended to reconcile short- and long-term goals and measures and to find answers to the remaining questions surrounding the negotiation of market mechanisms in climate policy.

Promoting the private sector for employment and poverty reduction - a central task of development cooperation

Altenburg, Tilman (2000)
Briefing Paper 4/2000

Economic Research for Development & Sustainability

briq – Institute on Behavior & Inequality, 15. December 2022

The first joint workshop of IDOS’ Research Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” and the University of Bonn’s Economics Department! With Clara Brandi’s recent appointment as Professor of International Economics & Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn, we fostered the…

Bridging the gaps: an integrated approach to assessing aid effectiveness

Janus, Heiner / Paul Marschall / Hannes Öhler (2020)
Briefing Paper 12/2020

This briefing paper proposes an integrated approach of aid effectiveness that brings together four fragemented policy and research communities. The integrated approach can help development organisations and researchers to better organise and communicate their contributions to the 2030 Agenda.

Desertification and efforts to combat it: are things not bad enough as it is?

Neubert, Susanne (2009)
The Current Column, 22. June 2009

2009 - the year of Europe? Yes, we must!

Grimm, Sven (2009)
The Current Column, 12. January 2009

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.

Challenges in measuring the state of the environment in developing countries: a literature review

Stepping, Katharina M.K. (2013)
Discussion Paper 25/2013

The first comprehensive comparison of cross-country environmental composite indicators evaluates their conceptual and methodological strengths and weaknesses. The study also assesses how useful these environmental indices are in the context of developing countries.