Faust, Jörg / Stefan Leiderer / Svea Koch (2011) Briefing Paper 8/2011
Matias, Denise Margaret / Raúl Fernández / Marie-Lena Hutfils / Maik Winges (2018) Briefing Paper 19/2018
Insurance provides an opportunity to address ex-post climate risks. The relative flexibility and broader reach of mesoinsurance may tackle issues of accessibility and affordability of insurance for poor and vulnerable. Community-based organisations may be an appropriate vehicle for mesoinsurance.
Altenburg, Tilman / Brahima Coulibaly (2018) Briefing Paper 18/2018
Where should the millions of jobs come from that Africa urgently needs? We analyse global megatrends, i.e. related to digitisation, China’s changing role in the world, decarbonisation and African urbanisation, and derive growth opportunities.
Bohnet, Michael / Stephan Klingebiel / Paul Marschall (2018) Briefing Paper 16/2018
The structure of German Official Development Assistance (ODA) is in a state of transition. Significant changes can be seen with regard to amount, scope and pattern. This article outlines the trends, provides critical reflections, offers strategic interpretations and puts forth recommendations.
Boltz, Frederick / Will R. Turner / Frank Wugt Larsen / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarin (2013) Briefing Paper 4/2013
The post-2015 global development agenda should build on sustainable development goals which integrate environmental, social and economic concerns. This is a complex but worthwhile endeavour, as oversimplified goals will not be fit to the task at hand.
Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2020) Briefing Paper 7/2020
Since broken social contracts are at the root of conflict in the MENA, repairing them should be the core objective of development cooperation. By focussing on the social contract, development cooperation can provide a crucial link between peacebuilding, reconstruction and long-term stability.
Altenburg, Tilman / Babette Never / Rita Strohmaier (2025) Policy Brief 14/2025
Calls for development policy to place greater emphasis on national self-interest are growing louder. We set out five guidelines for a development policy strategy that takes due consideration of Germany’s own interests without harming the partner countries.
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) seeks with immediate effect for a Research assistant (f/m/diverse) for the project “Protecting Democracy in times of Autocratization and Polarization.”
Online, 17. November 2020
2.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and more than 4.5 billion have no safe sanitation. In many countries, increasing water scarcity threatens food security and energy production or leads to conflict. For the past 15 years, seven Bonn-based organizations have been sharing their insights into solutions towards a more…
Teevan, Chloe / Luca Barana / Daniele Fattibene / Gabriela Iacobuta / Silke Weinlich / Steffen Bauer (2021) Externe Publikationen
Online, 06. Oktober 2021
A significant body of literature establishes the critical role of social protection in strengthening risk management and adaptive capacities of the poor and socially marginalized people to respond to climate change. Social protection instruments are generally categorized into i) social assistance, ii) social insurance and microinsurance,…
Pegels, Anna / Tilman Altenburg (2020) Externe Publikationen
Schwegmann, Claudia / Sarah Holzapfel (2018) Briefing Paper 12/2018
Data is a central but underestimated prerequisite for the realisation of the 2030 Agenda. Although technical innovations have led to an explosion of data, significant data gaps still exist in developing countries in particular.
Bonn, 16. Februar 2017
The G20 Foreign Ministers met on 16 and 17 February 2017 in Bonn, Germany’s United Nations City, to discuss the role of foreign policy in supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In light of mounting global challenges and the resurgence of populist and nationalist policies, the focus on the 2030 Agenda…
Bonn, 18. Mai 2009
The first Hans Singer Memorial Lecture by Paul Collier on “Hans Singer’s legacy: The problem of commodity exporters revisited” took place on 18 May 2009 in Bonn. Hans Singer combined in high measure three roles that today are seldom found together. He was, of course, a researcher: it is his most celebrated research that will be the…
Berlin, 14. Juni 2012
The third European Report on Development (ERD) – drawn up by three European think tanks, the Overseas Development Institute ( ODI ), the European Centre for Development Policy Management ( ECDPM ) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) – focuses on the use of scarce resources for inclusive…
Bonn, 15. September 2014
In order to catch up with more advanced countries, low- and lower-middle income countries need to diversify their economies and accelerate structural change. In view of multiple market failures and huge capability gaps between local companies and their foreign competitors, few experts question the need for industrial policies. But two…
Development leaders call for the EU to think and act globally Development leaders call for the EU to think and act globally Press Release, 6 May 2014 The Independent Vision Group on European Development Cooperation calls for a stronger global role of the European Union (EU), especially in its relations with the developing world. The Independent Vision Group on European Development Cooperation worries, that Europe is so preoccupied with its own economic and social…
Shah, Parita / Chinwe Ifejika Speranza / Romanus Opiyo / Joshua Ngaina (2012) Briefing Paper 17/2012
Mallik, Vidyadhar (2012) Briefing Paper 10/2012
