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Preventing the worst from happening is not enough.

Messner, Dirk (2018)
External Publications

We live in turbulent times. The world (economy) is becoming increasingly interconnected, as are political issues around the globe. However, it is the new nationalist approach to world affairs. This approach cannot go well in the long term.

60 more years? The future of German development policy

Online, 01. September 2021

Since the founding of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) 60 years ago, the environment of German development policy has changed fundamentally. In addition to traditional advanced economies and the European Union, major emerging economies and regional powers are now shaping economic and political…

Democracy promotion in Africa

Leininger, Julia (2018)
External Publications

Context specific and yet transferable? A reflection on knowledge-sharing in the field of adaptation to climate change

Horstmann, Britta (2014)
External Publications

South-South Cooperation for ecological civilization

Yumkella, Kandeh / Gu Xueming / John Forgach / Imme Scholz / Li Lin / Zou Ji / Han Chuanfeng / Dong Zhanfeng / Wang Tao / Mao Xiaojing (2016)
External Publications

Tackling forced displacement also means to bust myths

Schraven, Benjamin (2021)
The Current Column, 21. June 2021

This year’s World Refugee Day provides little ground for optimism as far as displacement and expulsion are concerned: the number of people displaced around the world has doubled over the past ten years. But what can we do differently in order to mitigate the root causes of displacement, as development policy is currently trying to do? First of all, we need to critically question the way in which politicians and society in Germany discuss displacement and what causes it.

Mission impossible? International cooperation in science, technology and innovation for grand challenges

Stamm, Andreas / Aurelia Figueroa (2016)
The Current Column, 04. April 2016

Many of today’s grand challenges are global in scope. Social innovations are needed, concerted efforts across disciplinary fields must be made. Resources must be assembled across borders.

No sustainable development goals without the G20

Berensmann, Kathrin (2016)
External Publications

How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit

Online, 10. May 2022

This ‘High-Level Regional Roundtable on Investment Facilitation for Development: How Caribbean Economies Will Benefit’ is co-organised by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Commission of the Organisation of…

Complementarity in development: bringing private foundations on board

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2013)
Briefing Paper 10/2013

Private foundations are considered to add value in development cooperation by providing additional financing and supporting innovations in practice. This brief identifies areas where OECD-DAC donors and foundations can work to foster complementary action.

Financing global development: What role for official development assistance?

Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2015)
Briefing Paper 7/2015

This Briefing Paper analyses the governance and modernisation process of ODA and presents forward-looking reflections on its future role in a new global development framework.

Cultural values, attitudes, and democracy promotion in Malawi: how values mediate the effectiveness of donor support for the reform of presidential term limits and family law

Nowack, Daniel (2018)
Discussion Paper 27/2018

To be effective, democracy support faces the challenge of taking the cultural context of partner countries into account. This discussion paper investigates how values and attitudes in Malawi influenced the effectiveness of democracy support in the reform of its term limit and its family law.

Civil war outcomes and a durable peace: setting the record straight

Kreutz, Joakim (2015)
Briefing Paper 17/2015

This briefing paper argues that civil wars ending through military victory do not necessarily provide the better chances for sustainable domestic peace. Peace negotiations, demobilization, addressing underlying grievances and building local trust can all be key to overcome legacies of violence.

The G-7 and the post-2015 process: role and deliverables

Berensmann, Kathrin / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Briefing Paper 5/2015

The G7 summit presents a unique opportunity to further the establishemt of a new agenda for sustainable development. The G7 should take action at home, in low-income and middle-income countries, as well as at the global level.

The financing of development cooperation at the United Nations: why more means less

Mahn, Timo Casjen (2012)
Briefing Paper 8/2012

COVID-19 and political trust in local governments: evidence from Nepal

Fiedler, Charlotte / Hugo Marcos-Marne / Karina Mross (2024)
External Publications

Global challenges and development cooperation: how the relationship is changing

Klingebiel, Stephan / Heiner Janus (2021)
External Publications

ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT

ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT Jump to: ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT 2009 - Commitment to one world ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT 2009 - Commitment to one world Implementing organizations of government development cooperation (DC), multilateral institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are constantly looking for qualified specialists and managers for their projects and programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The ENGAGEMENT WORLDWIDE trade fair offered those…

Brazil and the EU: New Opportunities for Development Cooperation in Third Countries

Brazil and the EU: New Opportunities for Development Cooperation in Third Countries Contact Erik Lundsgaarde Downloads Brazil_and_the_EU_New_Opportunities_for_Development_Cooperation_in_Third_Countries_Programme.pdf Brazil_and_the_EU_New_Opportunities_for_Development_Cooperation_in_Third_Countries_Summary.pdf

Post 2015: what it means for the United Nations development system

Wennubst, Pio / Timo Casjen Mahn (2013)
Briefing Paper 13/2013