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Why BMZ wants to reduce the number of its partner countries

Klingebiel, Stephan (2018)
The Current Column, 15. October 2018

The desire to limit the number of partner countries is nothing new. The intensification of development policy relationships has often proven to be effective.

Meeting the world’s demand for Wellbeing with less resources

Bauer, Steffen / Babette Never (2022)
The Current Column, 13. June 2022

The outcome of the Stockholm+50 summit now provides a universal reference point. Context-specific research on the enabling conditions for SCP and practical international cooperation can jointly support both the calibration and application of a global compass for wellbeing

A critique on the increasing role of finance in social policy

Balasubramanian, Pooja (2021)
The Current Column, 15. December 2021

One gap that is rarely discussed in research is the increasing penetration of finance within social policy that is further pushing individuals and households into a debt-poverty trap.

Colonial continuities in the area of social protection

Online, 12. March 2025

Online discussion in English with simultaneous translation into French / Discussion en ligne en anglais avec traduction simultanée en français Across low and middle-income countries, many policy fields continue to be shaped by the effects of colonialism and post-colonialism. This is particularly true for social protection. Some of today’s…

COVID-19 vaccination for all!

Marschall, Paul / Christoph Strupat (2021)
The Current Column, 01. February 2021

To get a large proportion of the global population vaccinated against COVID-19, global solidarity between states in the global North and global South and between societal actors worldwide is necessary.

Carbon and biodiversity offsetting: A way towards sustainable development?

Hein, Jonas / Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco (2016)
The Current Column, 18. March 2016

21 of March is the International Day of Forests. For this year’s celebration we are raising awareness on how conservation practices have changed.

A global economy that works for the good of all: responsible trade and financial policy coordination

Furness, Mark / Jodie Keane (2014)
The Current Column, 22. August 2014

After a long period of economic prosperity in advanced and developing countries, the 2008 financial market meltdown and subsequent global and Euro crises came as a shock.

Germany and global influence – challenges of global change belong on the agenda

Messner, Dirk / Jörg Faust (2014)
The Current Column, 12. February 2014

In an age of global interdependence, there is no longer such thing as a national or European island untouched by the concerns of the rest of the world. Germany and Europe's prosperity, democracy and security are dependent on global dynamics that Germany should try to actively influence, in cooperation with its partners.

“Transforming our world!”: Courage for restructuring the United Nations development system

Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column, 25. April 2016

“Transforming our world” – this is the guiding principle for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains a new universal definition of development that should be used as a basis for re-visiting the underlying principles, tasks and global role of the UN development system.

A hunger-free world in a war-torn one?

Wegner, Daniel / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
The Current Column, 16. October 2017

Malmö Dialogue and Transfer Forum on Sustainable Public Procurement

Malmö, 24. September 2018

Sustainable public procurement (SPP) can become a major lever for the implementation of the Agenda 2030, especially with regard to responsible consumption and production (Goal 12). A project of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , analyses potentials and challenges in this policy field. In…

The G20 and the future of the global trading system

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2016)
Briefing Paper 10/2016

The G20 should assume a more proactive role with regard to the future of the world trading system.A reform is needed in light of the growing fragmentation of the system and the 2030 Agenda, which calls for sustainability to be the core principle of global cooperation.

The Politics of Fighting Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion

Bonn, 23. June 2015

Reports on worldwide tax avoidance, tax fraud and illicit global financial flows (IFF) have been appearing more and more frequently in recent times. In spite of the attention which such revelations attract, the international community is still far from an effective system of controls. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…

South-south cooperation - opportunities and challenges for international cooperation

Chahoud, Tatjana (2007)
Briefing Paper 9/2007

Distributional effects of a globalized digital economy

Hett, Florian / Jakob Schwab (2025)
External Publications

Berlin: cautious launch for new global development cooperation

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Mahn (2014)
The Current Column, 17. March 2014

What makes the DCF, which is little known outside expert groups, an important platform for future debates on development policy? This question can be answered by presenting four theses.

The Hans Singer Memorial Lecture: Bonn to honour one of the 20th century’s outstanding development researchers

Fues, Thomas (2009)
The Current Column, 11. May 2009

Press release: Report stresses green hydrogen potential as catalyst for sustainable development

Gestern fand eine wichtige Veranstaltung statt, die das Potential hat, das Verständnis der Rolle von grünem Wasserstoff (GH2) zu prägen. Ein Bericht "Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries" vorgestellt.

What has become of the digital divide?

Stamm, Andreas / Lea Gimpel (2018)
The Current Column, 22. October 2018

Bonn, 22.10.2018. On 24 October the World Development Information Day is celebrated. Opportunity to talk about what has become of the "digital divide" between North and South.

Water and Development in Shared Rivers: Sustainable development for all

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
The Current Column, 19. March 2015

Bonn, 19 March 2015. This year the United Nations selected “Water and Sustainable Development” as a theme for the World Water Day on 22 March. The World Water Day reminds us that there is no human, social and economic development without clean water – from health and sanitation to food, energy production and industrialisation.