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International development cooperation is in Germany’s national interest

Furness, Mark (2025)
The Current Column, 27. January 2025

Germany’s international cooperation is as important for its own continued development, as it is for the countries where Germany invests public money.

UNFSS Academic Advisory Council Annual Meeting 2022

KU Leuven + online, 27. October 2022

The UNFSS Academic Advisory Council (AAC) annual meeting brings together an international mix of academic and policy experts from various disciplines and backgrounds to consolidate the knowledge on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of VSS effectiveness. The UNFSS AAC Annual Meeting…

Social cohesion and firms’ access to finance in Africa

Walle, Yabibal M. (2022)
Discussion Paper 9/2022

Social cohesion could promote sustainable economic development in a number of ways, such as facilitating financial sector development. Analysing data from more than 12,500 firms in 27 African countries, the paper shows that social cohesion improves firms' access to finance in Africa.

The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a Positive narrative of Global Governance in Mexico

Mexico City, 25. July 2019

In a polarised world, amid the global rise of nationalism and populism and with global governance and international dialogue at risk, one purpose of the MGG network is to create and hold open spaces of dialogue and international cooperation. The conference „The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a Positive Narrative of Global Governance“ took…

Under Threat: International Academia and Press Freedom

Bonn, 25. January 2017

On 25 January 2016, the Anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, Giulio Regeni, PhD Student at Cambridge University and Guest Researcher at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), disappeared in Cairo. Ten days later he was found dead, with signs of cruel torture. This event, as well as the…

Entwicklungsfinanzierung die Zweite: Doha

Entwicklungsfinanzierung die Zweite: Doha Entwicklungsfinanzierung die Zweite: kann es Doha richten? Pressemitteilung vom 28.11.2008 Am 29. November beginnt in Doha/Katar die 2. Weltkonferenz zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung. Bundesministerin Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul wird auf der Konferenz als Sonderbotschafterin des UN-Generalsekretärs hochrangige politische Unterstützung für das Thema Entwicklungsfinanzierung mobilisieren. Ausgangspunkt in Doha ist der „…

China G20 Presidency

Washington, DC, 13. April 2016

In der Reihe von T20-Veranstaltungen zur chinesischen G20-Präsidentschaft war das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Mitveranstalter einer Konferenz bei Brookings, in der Peter Wolff vom DIE und Stefan Kooths vom Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft als Referenten teilnahmen. In der Konferenz am Rande der Frühjahrstagung von…

Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. June 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2019

Bonn, 13. June 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 27 June 2019. The Klimalog project at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) kept on playing an active role in…

Reforming the hand that feeds you? Managing capacity development support in Cambodia and Malawi

Keijzer, Niels (2014)
Discussion Paper 20/2014

This paper analyses the policies and priorities of the governments of Cambodia and Malawi with respect to capacity development support (CDS) and investigates both the scope and available means to strengthen the effectiveness of this area of support.

60th Course

60th Course Jump to: Previous Research Teams Research teams of the 60th Postgraduate Course Roots and Routes: Knowledge and Career Trajectories of Kenyan and Tanzanian Agriculture Graduates Project Lead: Dr. Michael Brüntrup and Dr. George Mudimu Team: Stefan Andreas Adamson: Urban Governance and Development Anna Holeck: Development Economics Theresa Meyer: Social Sciences: Migration and Integration & European Studies Lena Sgorsaly: Languages, Cultures and…

US Africa Command one year later: from “Pentagonization” to an integrated approach in US Africa policy?

Gänzle, Stefan (2009)
The Current Column, 21. September 2009

What global role for the EU?

Special “What global role for the EU?”: At times of multiple global crises, the European Union (EU) finds itself at a crossroads.

2019

2019 Jump to: Dezember 2019 November 2019 Oktober 2019 September 2019 August 2019 Juli 2019 Juni 2019 Mai 2019 April 2019 März 2019 Februar 2019 Januar 2019 Dezember 2019 „Verkehrssysteme umbauen” Die kommissarische Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Imme Scholz , wünscht sich für 2020 ein verbessertes Klimapaket. Außerdem müssten die Verkehrssysteme umgebaut werden, sagte Scholz im SWR Tagesgespräch. Emissionen müssten viel schneller…

Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 01. April 2019

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Office at the University of Bonn co-organized the Alumni Spring School „Global transformation towards Sustainability – Transciplinary peer learning between Africa, Europe and Rising Powers for the 2030 Agenda”, which took place from 1…

Afrikanische Entwicklungstrends: auch Subsahara-Afrika könnte die Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) erreichen

Loewe, Markus (2010)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2010

The potential value-added of an Investment Facilitation Framework for Development

Online, 19. January 2021

The event focused on the potential value-added of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development. It is well established that countries seek to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), to advance their economic growth and development. However, since the bulk of any investment facilitation effort is undertaken at the national…

Implications of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) for developing countries

Stephenson, Sherry / Alexandros Ragoussis / Jimena Sotelo (2016)
Discussion Paper 10/2016

What are the implications of a future TiSA agreement for developing countries? This paper highlights relevant issues in the negotiations and identifies potential risks to non-members, while arguing that TiSA can and should be more development-friendly to avoid deeper segregation of services markets

Financing adaptation to climate change: What is Europe’s role?

Bonn, 30. April 2009

Veranstaltung im Rahmen des 7th IHDP Open Meeting 2009 Adaptation to climate change is an inevitable challenge, especially in developing countries. Recent calculations have shown that costs of adaptation and corresponding needs for financial support could be of the order of USD 80 billion per year in the next decade – a huge figure when…

Maria Elisabeth Gronen

Maria Elisabeth Gronen is a Social Scientist and former Researcher in the research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"