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A fundamental transformation of tax systems is needed in the wake of Covid-19

von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage / Armin von Schiller (2020)
The Current Column, 29. June 2020

Tax systems will play a key role in absorbing the social and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.

Europe should prepare to support long-term Palestinian state-building

Furness, Mark (2023)
The Current Column, 20. December 2023

Politically, the Gaza war has brought the scenarios for future Israel-Palestine relations into sharp focus.

On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Saravanan V. Subramanian / Katharina Molitor (2021)
The Current Column, 20. December 2021

The resolution could be an important contribution in helping development actors to set global and national standards to protect people against environmental harm, to provide equal access to environmental benefits, and to ensure a common minimum standard of environmental quality for everyone.

Knowledge for strengthening Ocean Resilience

Dippel, Beatrice / Irina Rafliana (2021)
The Current Column, 25. June 2021

The Ocean is an existential part of Southeast Asia‘s cultural identities and heritage. At the same time, Southeast Asian countries are highly exposed to complex ocean-related risks and the consequences of global mean sea-level rise.

Tackling the Epidemic of Informal Employment and Low-Paying Work

Asimeng, Theodore / Alexander Stöcker (2024)
The Current Column, 29. April 2024

Only through collective action can we pave the way towards a future where every worker, regardless of his or her circumstances, has the opportunity to thrive.

Why sustainable water governance for mining needs to acknowledge complexity

Schoderer, Mirja/ Ines Dombrowsky (2020)
The Current Column, 18. October 2020

Mining companies are increasingly aware that they need to manage their water risks better and to increase dialogue at eye-level with communities. Research that starts from the insight that companies, communities and state agencies are themselves a set of social relations might help identify entry points for dialogue and areas of connection across actors more effectively.

How to strengthen the EU as a force for global peace

Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2019)
The Current Column, 28. October 2019

The new European Commission is still taking shape, while Commission President von der Leyen has announced that her team will be a ”geopolitical” commission.

What the Munich Security Conference tells us about the international order in early 2019

Grävingholt, Jörn (2019)
The Current Column, 18. February 2019

“The old is dying and the new cannot be born”: Ever since last weekend’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), this quote from Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci has been on everyone's lips. It was chosen to describe the crisis in which the international order finds itself in early 2019.

The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants: more than just heart-warming words?

Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 27. September 2016

A considerable number of critics view the UN summit for refugees and migrants as little more than a summit of heat-warming words and declarations of intent that will have no impact whatsoever.

Growth and sustained, nagging problems

Ibisch, Pierre / Lars Schmidt (2009)

Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy

Leininger, Julia (2020)
The Current Column, 27. April 2020

The pandemic has made autocratisation trends more visible. Protecting and promoting democracy is thus the order of the day in an international cooperation context.

Asian Drivers of Global Change - Challenges for Europe

Bonn, 17. January 2008

The workshop, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and organised jointly by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), was concentrated on one of the big issues of our time: the rise of China and India and the challenges which this presents for Europe.…

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Inequality and social cohesion in Africa: theoretical insights and an exploratory empirical investigation

Burchi, Francesco / Gabriela Zapata-Román (2022)
Discussion Paper 16/2022

Is inequality bad for social cohesion? Based on theory and limited evidence from Europe and Asia, this seems the case. Also our analysis on Africa finds a negative relationship between inequality and social cohesion, but this is not strong and valid only for the horizontal aspect of social cohesion.

Climate finance: do developed countries keep their promise?

Pauw, Pieter (2012)
The Current Column, 14. May 2012

Justice in Global tax governance: assessing the role of tax expenditures

von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage Teles (2025)
External Publications

The ‘Global South’ in the study of world politics: examining a meta category

Haug, Sebastian / Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner / Günther Maihold (2021)
External Publications

Making retail modernisation in developing countries inclusive: a development policy perspective

Altenburg, Tilman / Elmar Kulke / Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa / Lisa Peterskovsky / Caroline Reeg (2016)
Discussion Paper 2/2016

The diffusion of supermarkets in developing countries increases productivity, but fast roll-out also treatens the livelihoods of millions engaged in traditional stores and their supply chains. We show what governments and retail corporations can do to make retail modernisation inclusive.

Ocean and Polar Regions in inter- and transnational cooperation

Special "Ocean and Polar Regions in inter- and transnational cooperation": Our experts investigate how the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda can succeed in marine areas for humanity at large.

Desertification

Bauer, Steffen (2015)
External Publications