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How to deal with the current debt crisis of developing countries?

Zattler, Jürgen (2025)
Discussion Paper 11/2025

This paper presents a practical and coherent approach to address the current debt crisis which focuses as far as possible on incentives for debtor countries and private creditors.

Trump’s assault on foreign aid: implications for international development cooperation

Haug, Sebastian / Anna Novoselova / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
Discussion Paper 4/2025

The USA have long been a leading force in development cooperation. However, the first weeks of the second Trump administration have called the role of the US into question. The paper outlines the extant role of the US as a donor and reviews the changes announced and implemented by the US government.

Transparenz für mehr Wirksamkeit und öffentliches Vertrauen? Das deutsche Transparenzportal im internationalen Vergleich

Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Discussion Paper 1/2025

Transparenzportale dienen in der Entwicklungspolitik der Einhaltung von Wirksamkeitsstandards und der Information der Öffentlichkeit. Ein Vergleich der zehn größten Geberländer zeigt: Standards werden meist erfüllt, doch die Informationen sind oft unzureichend für die Öffentlichkeit aufbereitet.

The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.) (2024)
Discussion Paper 11/2024

This collective IDOS Discussion Paper seeks to inform the incoming EU leadership and member state capitals about the EU’s role in a changing world, main internal and external influences, as well as the prospects and expected challenges in the new legislative period.

The New South: breaking with the past: West-South engagement in a changing world

Ishmael, Len (2024)
Discussion Paper 9/2024

As the world continues to fracture into different blocs, a new world order is in the making. Some even argue that a new Cold War has commenced. Countries of the South are adding more muscle to the G20, and an array of non-western groupings are gaining momentum, forging a new identity: The New South

Wie bedingen sich Rechenschaftslegung und organisationales Lernen in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit?

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2024)
Discussion Paper 7/2024

Das Papier analysiert die deutschen Entwicklungsorganisationen, GIZ und KfW Entwicklungsbank, in Hinblick auf den Zusammenhang zwischen Rechenschaftsplicht und organisationalem Lernen.

Chinese firms and adherence to global ESG standards in developing countries: is there potential to create common ground?

Morris, Mike (2023)
Discussion Paper 18/2023

This paper focuses on analysing how Chinese firms operate in Latin America, Asia and Africa in regard to ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) standards and sustainability issues.

Lernen aus Ex-post-Evaluierungen der KfW? Wie Zielkonflikte den Nutzen einschränken können

Dörrbecker, Nicola M. (2023)
Discussion Paper 12/2023

Wie kann die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit aus Evaluierungen lernen, die primär der Erfolgskontrolle dienen und zudem kaum gelesen werden? Nicola Dörrbecker untersucht solche Zielkonflikte mit Fokus auf Ex-post-Evaluierungen (EPE) der Entwicklungsbank der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

(R)evolution? Exploring the potential of post-development approaches for reforming development cooperation

Köllner, Francy (2023)
Discussion Paper 6/2023

The paper investigates on how elements of post-development approaches are reflected in current policy initiatives (German feminist development policy, locally led development approach and Global Public Investment) and what potential they have to reform international development cooperation.

The politics of “what works”: evidence incentives and entrepreneurship in development organisations

Yanguas, Pablo (2023)
Discussion Paper 3/2023

What determines the use of evidence by national development agencies, and whose evidence matters most? Pablo Yanguas explores these important questions in a new IDOS Discussion Paper. He argues that institutionalisation and entrepreneurship play critical roles in centering policy making on evidence.

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.

Iraq’s quest for a social contract: an approach to promoting social cohesion and state resilience

Mühlberger, Wolfgang (2023)
Discussion Paper 1/2023

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between state and society in Iraq. The analysis situates the social contract concept in the Iraqi context and explores ist implications for state-society relations.

Partnerships for policy transfer: how Brazil and China engage in triangular cooperation with the United Nations

Waisbich, Laura Trajber / Sebastian Haug (2022)
Discussion Paper 15/2022

Brazil and China have set up partnerships with the United Nations to share their policy experiences with the world. This paper provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of these transfer partnerships.

Just transitions: a review of how to decarbonise energy systems while addressing poverty and inequality reduction

Malerba, Daniele (2022)
Discussion Paper 6/2022

Energy transitions and policies that incentivize it (such as carbon pricing and subsidy reforms) can increase poverty and inequality through higher prices and job disruptions. Using social protection mechanism can reverse these negative effects and make climate mitigation more politically feasible.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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