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Concrete Measures to Facilitate the Flow of Sustainable FDI

Online Workshop, 11. March 2020

This capacity-building workshop aims at providing ground-level perspectives on issues relating to investment facilitation for development to enrich the negotiations of a multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development, which will begin on 12 March 2020. The discussions draw on the practical experiences of those most…

A political ecology of green territorialization: frontier expansion and conservation in the Colombian Amazon

Hein, Jonas / Carlos Del Cairo / Daniel Ortiz Gallego / Tomás Vergara Gutiérrez / Juan Sebastian Velez / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2020)
External Publications

Digitalisation and its impact on SME finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: reviewing the hype and actual developments

Disse, Sabrina / Christoph Sommer (2020)
Discussion Paper 4/2020

Digitalisation is often seen as game changer in finance. This paper reviews and discusses the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation and tech-enabled alternative financing instruments for SMEs. It contrasts the hype around digital finance with actual market developments and trends in Africa.

How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 02. March 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon complete her first 100 days in office. One of her priorities for this period concerned the preparations for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, which will be released soon.

The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column, 24. February 2020

Although it is not legally binding, the UN Human Rights Committee ruling is the first to address someone’s attempt to be granted refugee status due to the impacts of climate change.

Science and sustainable development (Victoria Falls)

Victoria Falls, 24. February 2020

Pre-Event to the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development , hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Cooperation for sustainable development (as envisaged in SDG17) between external actors and Africa often discusses assistance schemes and aid or trade or investment priorities. The debate is often on separate…

2020

2020 Jump to: Dezember 2020 November 2020 Oktober 2020 September 2020 August 2020 Juli 2020 Juni 2020 Mai 2020 April 2020 März 2020 Februar 2020 Januar 2020 Dezember 2020 Eine Frau für die Transformation Porträt: Anna-Katharina Hornidge ist seit Oktober 2020 Mitglied im Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU), seit März 2020 Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik sowie Professorin für Globale Nachhaltige…

Look North: the Arctic Council as an example for the management of transboundary challenges?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
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Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
External Publications

Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: a text analysis

Yu, Lu / Bing Xue / Stefan Stückrad / Heiko Thomas / Guotian Cai (2020)
External Publications

African jobs in the digital era: export options with a focus on online labour

Melia, Elvis (2020)
Discussion Paper 3/2020

Can services exports become the vehicle for African development in the 21st century, the way manufacturing exports were the vehicle for 20th-century East Asia? The growth of Kenya’s online work sector hints that this is possible.

China’s growing engagement with the UNDS as an emerging nation: changing rationales, funding preferences and future trends

Ruipeng, Mao (2020)
Discussion Paper 2/2020

China is upgrading its foreign policy by activily participating in global goverance. Its funding to the UN development system has risen rapidly since 2008 and even accelerated in 2013. This paper focuses on China’s engagement with the UNDS, specifically Chinese funding and allocation decisions.

Is the EU risking another “no deal”?

Keijzer, Niels/ Benedikt Erforth (2020)
The Current Column, 17. February 2020

Three weeks after the European Parliament bid goodbye to the UK, EU Council President Charles Michel is convening EU leaders for a special EU budget summit on 20 February.

Africa’s employment perspectives towards 2040

Bonn, 17. February 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the only world region where the number of poor people is still rising. The vast majority of the workforce is employed informally, often under precarious conditions. While many Asian countries have shown that such conditions can be overcome, it is unclear what could drive such structural transformation in SSA.…

Tropical marine sciences: knowledge production in a web of path dependencies

Partelow, Stefan / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Paula Senff / Moritz Stäbler / Achim Schlüter (2020)
External Publications

Anna-Katharina Hornidge appointed Director of DIE

Professor Anna-Katharina Hornidge has accepted the Professorship of Global Sustainable Development at the University of Bonn and has been appointed Director of DIE.

Agricultural growth corridors in sub-Saharan Africa – new hope for agricultural transformation and rural development? The case of the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania

Brüntrup, Michael (2020)
External Publications

A WTO Framework on Investment Facilitation

, 11. February 2020

At a stock-taking and next-steps meeting of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development held last December in Geneva, participating WTO members decided to move into negotiating mode as of March 2020. Negotiations will be guided by the Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted…

How we can raise the profile of female experts

Dick, Eva / Tatjana Reiber (2020)
The Current Column, 10. February 2020

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Eva Dick and Tatjana Reiber highlight ways and means to increase the public presence of female scientists.

Bencini, Jacopo

Jacopo Bencini is researcher at the research programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation" at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)