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MUPASS Dialogue Forum 2019

Bonn, 28. October 2019

From 28 to 30 October 2019, municipal practitioners from Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America and Europe met at the MUPASS Dialogue Forum the second year in a row. The event took place at the premises of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and pursued two main goals: First, the participants…

The Development Dance: How Donors and Recipients Negotiate the Delivery of Foreign Aid

Bonn, 28. February 2018

In a book full of directly applicable lessons for policymakers, Haley J. Swedlund explores why foreign aid is delivered in different ways at different times, and why various approaches prove to be politically unsustainable. She finds that no aid-delivery mechanism has yet resolved commitment problems in the donor-recipient relationship;…

Decentralisation in Togo: the contribution of ICT-based participatory development approaches to strengthening local governance

Breuer, Anita / Laura Blomenkemper / Stefan Kliesch / Franziska Salzer / Manuel Schädler / Valentin Schweinfurth / Stephen Virchow (2017)
Discussion Paper 6/2017

Based on an in-depth analysis of the state of decentralisation and accountability structures in local governance, this study provides recommendations for a context sensitive design of an ICT-supported citizen participation platform implemented by KfW in Togo.

Wastewater reuse for enhanced food and non-food value chains

Stockholm, 28. August 2016

The seminar explored the opportunities of using wastewater and organic waste within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops in urban transition zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this approach the wastewater is treated in a target-oriented manner to be used for irrigation and nutrient supply of the…

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.

The future of EU blended finance and guarantees: an assessment of cooperation strategies with least developed countries in Africa

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2023)
Discussion Paper 2/2023

This paper examines the EU’s intentions regarding the use of public funds to mobilise additional public and private investment, with a specific focus on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa.

The impact of socio-economic indicators on COVID-19: an empirical multivariate analysis of sub-Saharan African countries

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Ashenafi Teshome Guta / Helen Onyeaka / Maureen Sindisiwe Kalane (2022)
External Publications

Scaling-up public investment for low-carbon urban transit: lessons from Mexico and Peru

Goedeking, Nicholas (2021)
External Publications

Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa

Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster‐McGregor / Adam Szirmai (2018)
External Publications

What the EU should do for democracy support in Africa: ten proposals for a new strategic initiative in times of polarisation

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
Discussion Paper 14/2020

This paper reflects on the strategic importance of EU democracy support in sub-Saharan Africa and makes 10 proposals for reform to be better able to address new challenges in a changing global context.

Africa - a continent not only of crisis but of opportunity, too

Messner, Dirk (2011)
The Current Column, 01. August 2011

Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world

Chan, Sander / Paula Ellinger / Oscar Widerberg (2018)
External Publications

The fortune of birth at the right time—The longterm effects of the 2008 food and economic crisis on child health

Kornher, Lukas / Awudu Abdulai / Muhammed Usman (2023)
External Publications

Does economic growth reduce multidimensional poverty? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Balasubramanian, Pooja / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba (2023)
External Publications

Differential impacts of conservation agriculture technology options on household income in sub-Saharan Africa

Mockshell, Jonathan / Justice A. Tambo (2018)
External Publications

Differential impacts of conservation agriculture technology options on household income in sub-Saharan Africa

Mockshell, Jonathan / Justice A. Tambo (2018)
External Publications

Is the coronavirus threatening a developing-country debt crisis?

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
The Current Column, 20. April 2020

Nearly half of all low-income countries are living with high debt levels. In the wake of the pandemic the debt situation will now get even worse.

Water supply MDG achieved ahead of target – now what?

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2012)
The Current Column, 26. March 2012

Den ärmsten Staaten helfen Schuldenerlasse sind dringend notwendig

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
External Publications

Urbanisation and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of pathways and impacts

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
External Publications