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Upscaling green bond markets: the need for harmonised green bond standards

Berensmann, Kathrin (2017)
Briefing Paper 12/2017

For exhausting the enormous potential of green bonds for the green transition standards on the international and national level need to be harmonised. However, where diverse standards are needed, transparency on the differences is crucial.

Municipal development policy in Germany: current status and prospects

Wingens, Christopher / Paul Marschall / Eva Dick (2021)
Briefing Paper 17/2021

Municipal development policy is growing in significance in Germany. Cities, districts and local authorities are working with numerous stakeholders to enhance their engagement in this field. The activities are being well received and having an impact in Germany and abroad.

COVID-19: five lessons for improving future economic and social resilience

Tanner, Thomas / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

Should donors cooperate with developing countries with a persistently low tax ratio?

von Haldenwang, Christian (2009)
The Current Column, 07. September 2009

EU-Turkey relations - Theories, institutions, and policies

Reiners, Wulf / Ebru Turhan (eds.) (2021)
Books

Place-making through the creation of common spaces in Lima’s self-built settlements: El Ermitaño and Pampa de Cueva as case studies for a regional urbanization strategy

Almaaroufi, Samar / Kathrin Golda-Pongratz / Franco Jauregui-Fung / Sara Pereira / Natalia Pulido-Castro / Jeffrey Kenworthy (2019)
External Publications

Transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes: the Arctic Council as a success case?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
Discussion Paper 12/2020

How can transnational cooperation be more successful in times of rapid global changes? This discussion paper discusses central assumptions from global governance research on transnational cooperation and explores the Arctic Council as a case of success.

Knowledge sharing for global development – Building up new partnerships

Bonn, 17. November 2011

The World Bank is positioning itself as a knowledge institution – not just a lending bank – by creating, sharing and applying knowledge for development. World Bank Managing Director Mahmoud Mohieldin presented the recently published comprehensive report on the topic: "Knowledge for Development". The report recognizes that knowledge, not…

The jury is still out on the economic partnership agreements

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2021)
External Publications

China’s impact on the global wind power industry

Lema, Rasmus / Axel Berger / Hubert Schmitz (2012)
Discussion Paper 16/2012

Human mobility intentions in response to heat in urban South East Asia

Zander, Kerstin K. / Carmen Richerzhagen / Stephen T. Garnett (2019)
External Publications

Human mobility intentions in response to heat in urban South East Asia

Zander, Kerstin K. / Carmen Richerzhagen / Stephen T. Garnett (2019)
External Publications

Job advertisment: Economist (f/m/diverse) “Global economic challenges”

IDOS’ research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” is looking for a Economist (f/m/diverse) on global economic challenges.

Humanitarians' ethics: the role of face-to-face experiences for humanitarian aid workers' motivation

Friesen, Ina (2023)
External Publications

The preserving effect of social protection on social cohesion in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Kenya

Strupat, Christoph (2021)
Discussion Paper 33/2021

Social protection programmes and their adaptation in times of the COVID-19 pandemic can be beneficial for social cohesion. Policy-makers aiming to preserve social cohesion should consider the expansion and adaption of social protection schemes in times of large covariate shocks.

A micro-level analysis of the effects of aid fragmentation and aid alignment

Öhler, Hannes (2017)
Discussion Paper 7/2017

We investigate the effects of aid fragmentation and alignment with the recipient country on infant mortality at the sub-national level within Cambodia. Our results indicate that programme-based approaches led to positive effects in terms of an improved health situation in the Cambodian provinces.

To save biodiversity, transform the economy

Rodríguez, Jean Carlo / Ina Lehmann (2021)
The Current Column, 17. May 2021

As countries of the Global North consider how to re-set their economies after the COVID-19 pandemic, this window of political opportunity should be used now to transform our economic system.

Helping to improve labour standards through sustainable public procurement

Stoffel, Tim / Maximilian Müngersdorff (2018)
The Current Column, 23. April 2018

The disaster of Rana Plaza 2013 turned public attention to human and labour rights along global value chains. But what became of this justifiable outrage on the part of the international community, and are states now living up to their responsibilities?

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.

What role can the international community play in Syria’s new beginning?

Zintl, Tina / Markus Loewe (2024)
The Current Column, 13. December 2024

Germany could offer to act as a mediator between the different population groups and former warring factions so that they can build trust through a cooperative and transparent process in order to negotiate a new Syrian social contract.