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Social cohesion: a new definition and a proposal for its measurement in Africa

Leininger, Julia / Francesco Burchi / Charlotte Fiedler / Karina Mross / Daniel Nowack / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Sommer / Christoph Strupat / Sebastian Ziaja (2021)
Discussion Paper 31/2021

The paper offers a definition of social cohesion that is broad enough to cover the essentials holding societies together while keeping it lean enough to analyse the causes and consequences of social cohesion. Methodologically, we provide an application of our concept to the African context.

SDG-aligned futures and the governance of transformation to sustainability: reconsidering governance perspectives on the futures we aspire to

Hernandez, Ariel (2021)
Discussion Paper 30/2021

This paper draws concepts from economics, sociology and political science and identifies the four different types of resources represented in three different scenarios of a sustainable future – the SDG-aligned scenarios - that can help governance be conducive to transformation to sustainability.

What is social finance? Definitions by market participants, the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities, and implications for development policy

Hilbrich, Sören (2021)
Discussion Paper 29/2021

Against the backdrop of the great plurality of existing definitions of social investment, this paper provides an overview on definitions followed by market participants, describes the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities as potential standard, and discusses implications for development policy.

Institutional change through development assistance: the comparative advantages of political and adaptive approaches

Roll, Michael (2021)
Discussion Paper 28/2021

Development assistance often fails to achieve institutional change. New political and adaptive approaches to development assistance show more promise. The discussion paper shows for which problems, in which contexts and which outcomes this may be the case.

EU development policy as a crisis-response tool? Prospects and challenges for linking the EU’s COVID-19 response to the green transition

Koch, Svea / Ina Friesen / Niels Keijzer (2021)
Discussion Paper 27/2021

This paper analyses how the EU and its member states link the short-term recovery to the pandemic with longer-term socio-ecological transformations in their development policies. It discusses the implications this challenging task has had on the dynamics between the EU and member states.

Mechanisms for governing the Water-Land-Food Nexus in the Lower Awash River Basin, Ethiopia: ensuring policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Anita Breuer / Waltina Scheumann (2021)
Discussion Paper 26/2021

Are the governance mechanisms for land and water in Ethiopia effective in managing the WEF nexus interdependencies? We assess the conditions that affect coordination for policy coherence in achieving the 2030 Agenda.

Refugees and local power dynamics: the case of Gambella Region of Ethiopia

Hagos, Samuel Zewdie (2021)
Discussion Paper 25/2021

The study sheds light on the evolution of the interethnic tensions between host communities and refugees as a function of past and present refugee integration practices and depending on diverse levels of centralisation using the Gambella region of Ethiopia as a case study.

The transformative capacity of transnational and transdisciplinary networks and the potential of alumni work

Vogel, Johanna (2021)
Discussion Paper 24/2021

Knowledge networks consisting of alumni have a special potential to engage in collaborative work and create a wider impact in society. This paper recommends five elements that support unfolding this transformative potential through strategic alumni work.

Quantifying investment facilitation at country level: introducing a new index

Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
Discussion Paper 23/2021

We introduce a new and unique dataset for measuring the adoption of investment facilitation measures. The Investment Facilitation Index covers 117 individual measures and maps their adoption for 86 countries, providing valuable insights for the current negotiations at the WTO.

The rise of the Team Europe approach in EU development cooperation: assessing a moving target

Keijzer, Niels / Aline Burni / Benedikt Erforth / Ina Friesen (2021)
Discussion Paper 22/2021

What is “Team Europe”? How does it affect the European Union’s development policy? This paper analyses the European Union’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and explores ist evolving motivations, priorities and current approaches to development cooperation under the “Team Europe” label.

Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees in Ethiopia

Binkert, Eva / Merlin Flaig / Lukas Frucht et al. (2021)
Discussion Paper 21/2021

This study examines the policy of refugee integration, in particular the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, in Ethiopia with a special focus on local governments. It analyses their role and capability in order to identify both challenges and opportunities to facilitate this process.

The EU-UNDP partnership and added value in EU development cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2021)
Discussion Paper 20/2021

The EU is an increasingly important funding source for UN development organisations. This paper outlines the priorities and modes of cooperation in the EU-UNDP partnership. It discusses the respective profiles of EU and members as funders and identifies perceived advantages of UNDP as a partner.

Global access to COVID-19 vaccines: challenges in production, affordability, distribution and utilisation

Stamm, Andreas / Christoph Strupat / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2021)
Discussion Paper 19/2021

The global COVID-19 vaccination process calls for decisive, coordinated and forward-looking action. We propose short- and long-term actions and emphasise that activities should not only focus on short-term management, but on building long-term structures to prepare for future pandemics.

Employing capital: patient capital and labour relations in Kenya’s manufacturing sector

Dafe, Florence / Radha Upadhyaya / Christoph Sommer (2021)
Discussion Paper 18/2021

Creating more decent jobs is crucial for a new social contract and social cohesion. While extant research has focused on the role of states and businesses in shaping employment relations, we analyse the role of finance, in particular patient capital, for the quality and quantity of jobs in Kenya.

Dissecting aid fragmentation: development goals and levels of analysis

Carlitz, Ruth / Sebastian Ziaja (2021)
Discussion Paper 17/2021

Aid fragmentation is condemned for causing gridlock and worse - though recent studies suggest benefits. To reconcile mixed findings, we identify conditioning effects: (1) whether aid focuses on improving outcomes or processes and (2) whether fragmentation occurs at national or local level.

E-government and democracy in Botswana: observational and experimental evidence on the effect of e-government usage on political attitudes

Bante, Jana / Felix Helmig / Lara Prasad / Lea Deborah Scheu / Jean Christoph Seipel / Helge Senkpiel / Markus Geray / Armin von Schiller / David Sebudubudu / Sebastian Ziaja (2021)
Discussion Paper 16/2021

Botswana increasingly employs electronic government to manage state-citizen relations. Based on an experiment and a survey in the country’s capital, we examine how citizen perceive such digitalisation and what it means for democracy.

Mainstreaming South-South and triangular cooperation: work in progress at the United Nations

Haug, Sebastian (2021)
Discussion Paper 15/2021

This paper shows how the United Nations (UN) has tried to mainstream support for South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). It provides a scorecard of UN entities and identifies key factors that condition the heterogeneous and increasingly controversial trajectory of SSTC at the UN.

Identity and discourse within diverse international networks: the Managing Global Governance network seen through the lenses of thematic oral history

Domínguez, J. Carlos (2021)
Discussion Paper 14/2021

The analysis interlinks long-term life trajectories of MGG network members with their experiences of the MGG Academy. It shows how individual identities intersect with a collective sense of belonging to the program and to the network.

Murky trade waters: regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2021)
Discussion Paper 13/2021

Regional tariff commitments have successfully reduced intra-African applied tariffs but they also sharply reduced the tariff policy space within Africa. Has this come at the expense of the prevalence of non-tariff measures? What are the implications for the AfCFTA?

Subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa: strategic options and their consequences for the social contract

Vidican Auktor, Georgeta / Markus Loewe (2021)
Discussion Paper 12/2021

Budgetary constraints forced Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia to reduce energy and food subsidy after 2010 but they applied different strategies, thereby transforming their existing, quite akin social contracts into different new ones delivering more protection, provision or participation for citizens.

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