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Development finance at a turning point: effects and policy recommendations

Berensmann, Kathrin / Sabine Laudage Teles / Christoph Sommer / Yabibal M. Walle (2023)
Discussion Paper 21/2023

The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the debt crisis, the climate emergency, and other newly emerging crises have adversely affected the macroeconomic environment. This paper dissects the implications for development finance and proposes respective short-term and long-term policy responses.

Universality in action: why and how United Nations development work should engage with high-income countries

Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug (2024)
Discussion Paper 5/2024

The paper makes the case for universality in United Nations development work. It argues that the UN has an important role to play in promoting sustainable development across all member states, including in high-income countries. Ideas are proposed how that role could look like practically.

Global imbalances: a job for the G20?

Fischer, Roger A. (2019)
Discussion Paper 18/2019

Excessive current account imbalances accumulate because the global economy cannot effectively transform funds into consumption and productive investment. The G20 is well placed to foster international coordination to reduce global imbalances. To do so its current procedures need to be reformed.

Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection

Grimm, Sven / Stephan Klingebiel (Eds.) (2024)
Discussion Paper 4/2024

This collection pursues the questions of where and how transnational cooperation proves to be effective for transformational policy-making towards the global common good. It exploratively builds on examples from IDOS research and knowledge cooperation.

Bureaucratic pluralism in global development: challenges for Germany and the United States

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2014)
Discussion Paper 16/2014

Taking the role of sector-specific bureaucracies as aid providers in Germany and the United States as a point of departure, this paper reviews funding trends across bureaucracies, examines intragovernmental coordination mechanisms, and reviews organizational reform proposals in the two systems.

The European Fund for Sustainable Development: changing the game?

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2017)
Discussion Paper 29/2017

As the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) enters the implementation phase, this paper reviews the features of this blended finance facility, outlines debates surrounding its establishment, and explores the fund’s prospects at country level with illustrations from Ghana and Senegal.

The role of the consumer and systemic policy mixes for circular business models in the EU

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna (2024)
Discussion Paper 3/2024

What role do consumers play for the transition to a circular economy (CE) and the development of circular business models (CBMs) in particular? Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel zooms in on potential consumer barriers to CBM demand and discusses different options for policy making to address those barriers.

On the edge: delays in election results and electoral violence in Sub-Sahara Africa

Saibu, Ghadafi (2023)
Discussion Paper 19/2023

In the complex process that unfolds across the stages of elections management, the length of time elapsing between elections and results announcement is often tensed. But, does the length of time passing between elections and announcement of elections results increase the risk of electoral violence?

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the “greening” of high-emitting industry sectors in Brazil: mapping the sustainability efforts of the private sector

Thorstensen, Vera / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez / Rogerio de Oliveira Corrêa / Dolores Teixeira de Brito / Mauro Kiithi Arima Junior / Catherine Rebouças Mota / Tiago Matsuoka Megale / Amanda Mitsue Zuchieri / Fabio Jorge Thomazella (2024)
Discussion Paper 1/2024

Brazil seeks a global leadership that is compatible with its national identity. Its “pragmatism” is evident both in its multilateral efforts and its approach towards sustainability, particularly in the greening of its high emitting industry sectors – aluminium, chemical, steel, cement and oil & gas.

The implementation of sustainability taxonomies: the case of South Africa

Hilbrich, Sören / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Steffen Lötters-Viehof / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Discussion Paper 15/2023

Our case study on South Africa’s Green Finance Taxonomy (GFT) investigates challenges associated with the implementation of sustainability taxonomies as they are currently developed in many jurisdictions with the aim to increase transparency and redirect capital flows to sustainable investments.

Learning from KfW’s ex-post evaluations? How conflicting objectives can limit their usefulness

Dörrbecker, Nicola M. (2023)
Discussion Paper 14/2023

How can German development cooperation learn from evaluations that are primarily used to monitor success and are also rarely read? Nicola Dörrbecker analyses such conflicts of interest with a focus on ex-post evaluations (EPE) by the development bank of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Urbanisation and social cohesion: theory and empirical evidence from Africa

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
Discussion Paper 16/2023

Combining a national panel data set on social cohesion from Afrobarometer with urbanisation and other socioeconomic data from world development indicators, the study shows that urbanisation is negatively correlated with the social cohesion.

Contextualising social cohesion I: an overview of concepts in Africa

Wortmann-Kolundžija, Eli (2023)
Discussion Paper 20/2023

Explore the rich tapestry of social cohesion in African societies in our paper. Merging traditional wisdom with modern theories, we offer fresh insights into African understandings of social cohesion. Join us to redefine the narrative and deepen the study of social dynamics.

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.

Are global value chains for sale? On business-state relations in the MENA region

Aboushady, Nora / Chahir Zaki (2023)
Discussion Paper 17/2023

How do business-state relations in the MENA region affect firms' participation in global value chains? To answer this question, this paper explores the complex relations between lobbying, political connections, and corruption in the region.

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).

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.

What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? Empirical evidence from gravity model estimations

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2023)
Discussion Paper 13/2023

Trade agreements cover an increasing range of policy areas, but little is known about the impact of this new focus on interactions with other trade-related policies. This IDOS Discussion Paper fills this gap by examining the effectiveness of bilateral aid for trade in deep North-South PTA relations.

Circular business models: policy enablers for plastic packaging alternatives in India

To, Jenny (2023)
Discussion Paper 8/2023

This study focuses on circular business models in packaging (CBMPs) that offer alternatives to plastic packaging as a major lever of the circular economy (CE). The study introduces CBMPs and their policy enablers in the context of India, followed by policy recommendations on further fostering CBMPs.

The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action

Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
Discussion Paper 11/2021

Direct and indirect effects' of the Covid-19 pandemic on the prospects of structural transformation in Africa are at the core of this study. It is comprehensive and identifies patterns of country groups. Social cohesion matters for effective policy responses and longer-term sustainable development.

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