Search

Next steps for China’s new development agency

Liu, Wei / Heiner Janus (2018)
The Current Column, 27. November 2018

China's development agency CIDCA has published new guidelines on the the practices of all Chinese institutions engaged in foreign aid.

East Africa’s highway to oil

Kappel, Robert / Babette Never (2015)
The Current Column, 23. January 2015

A wave of oil and gas euphoria is sweeping Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. In February 2015, the Ugandan Government will decide who will build the country's only refinery.

Can Southern Sudan survive in a tough neighbourhood?

Furness, Mark / Frank Vollmer (2011)
The Current Column, 11. July 2011

The Union for the Mediterranean: from Paris via Munich into the desert sands?

Gänzle, Stefan / Matthias Ruchser (2009)
The Current Column, 13. July 2009

Improving key functions of the World Trade Organization: fostering open plurilaterals, regime management and decision-making

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Manfred Elsig / Anwarul Hoda / Xinquan Tu (2020)
External Publications

After one decade of G20 summitry: what future of global club governance in turbulent times?

Berger, Axel / Andrew Cooper / Sven Grimm (2020)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Challenges and opportunities of peace support

Bonn, 10. November 2015

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has begun a new research project on international support for sustainable peace, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The research project “Supporting Sustainable Peace: International Support and the Role of…

The Role of social protection for a just transition in developing and emerging economies

Gasior, Katrin / Gemma Wright / David McLennan / Michael Noble / Xavier Jara / Daniele Malerba / Marie Christina Dankmeyer / Stefan Beierl (2024)
External Publications

The behavioural lens: taking a behavioural vantage point to improve the success of development programmes

Kaplan, Lennart / Sascha Kuhn / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Briefing Paper 2/2020

An essential prerequisite for successfull policies is supportive behaviour of targeted populations. We present the Theory of Planned Behaviour which helps to systematically understand factors that influence human reactions and may support the design and implementation of development programmes.

Footprints: taking the right steps towards gobal sustainability

Figueroa, Aurelia (2012)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The web of Arctic governance fora: more than just the Council

Hansen-Magnusson, Hannes / Charlotte Gehrke (2025)
External Publications

The German energy U-turn will not succeed unless energy research changes course

Ruchser, Matthias (2011)
The Current Column, 13. June 2011

For liberal values, planetary interests and a common future

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2025)
The Current Column, 21. January 2025

Targeted measures to expand partnerships are needed all the more urgently – not ‘despite everything’ but in fact now more than ever.

Investment rules in Chinese preferential trade and investment agreements: is China following the global trend towards comprehensive agreements?

Berger, Axel (2013)
Discussion Paper 7/2013

South-South Cooperation: Global force, uncertain identity

Fues, Thomas (2016)
The Current Column, 11. April 2016

Rising powers in the South, are now ready to play a pro-active part in collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals, the Financing for Development Addis Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Redefining the social contract in the wake of the Arab Spring: the experiences of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia

El-Haddad, Amirah (2020)
External Publications

Justice and conservation: the need to incorporate recognition

Martin, Adrian / Brendan Coolsaet / Esteve Corbera / Neil M. Dawson / James A. Fraser / Ina Lehmann / Iokiñe Rodríguez (2016)
External Publications

Covid-19 and its impact on the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Online, 10. February 2021

It is still difficult to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on several dimension. This is particularly the case for the informal economies in developing countries. Severe lockdowns in many developing countries appear to have had some success in dealing with the pandemic but the economic, social and even political consequences are…

Sustainable public procurement in North Rhine-Westphalia

Bonn, 07. July 2016

With estimated 50 billion Euros of annual expenditures, the state North Rhine-Westphalia has enormous market power. Increasing requirements for sustainability in tendering procedures have already shown some positive effects. At the same time, there is still considerable room for improvement when it comes to considering social and…

Research meets Practitioners: Implementing SDG 16

Bonn, 26. September 2016

With the adoption of the Agenda 2030 far-reaching policy goals were formulated. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires strong political institutions and processes. SDG 16 (“Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies”) explicitly acknowledges this need and prescribes “effective, accountable and inclusive…