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Beyond the wage channel: climate-smart public works programmes and household resilience in Malawi

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Francesco Burchi / Sophia Schubert / Donald Makoka (2026)
Discussion Paper

Using qualitative data, the paper shows that the assets created through Malawi’s new Public Works Programme foster households' resilience to climate shocks. In particular, land-based assets such as swales already provide multiple benefits in the short run, which extend beyond programme participants.

Rescaling conflictive access and property relations in the context of REDD+ in Jambi, Indonesia

Hein, Jonas (2016)
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Frühere Forschungsteams

Die Forschungsteams haben eine lange Tradition im Rahmen des IDOS-Postgraduiertenprogramms.

Globale Herausforderungen meistern: reformiertes Postgraduierten-Programm für Nachhaltigkeitskooperation

Pressemitteilung vom 29.08.2024: Im sechzigsten Jahr seines Bestehens verändert sich das Programm grundlegend, um weiterhin erfolgreich Kompetenzen für internationale Zusammenarbeit zu fördern.

Financial crisis in post-COVID MENA and the role of IFIs

Online, 22. September 2020

As architects of the globalized world, international financial institutions (IFIs) - particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank - exert varying degrees of influence over economic policy in the MENA region . They have intervened to address economic crises since the 1960s, promoting a deregulated, private…

Strengthening social cohesion in conflict-affected societies: potential, patterns and pitfalls

Cox, Fletcher D. / Charlotte Fiedler / Karina Mross (2023)
Policy Brief 3/2023

Bi- and multilateral donors increasingly focus on strengthening social cohesion to build peace in conflict-affected societies. What does promoting social cohesion in these contexts mean with respect to international engagement and what challenges arise?

The Changing Landscape of Sustainability Governance. What next for VSS?

Bonn, 31. März 2025

The UNFSS Academic Advisory Council (AAC) annual meeting brought together an international mix of academic and policy experts from various disciplines and backgrounds to consolidate the knowledge on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of VSS effectiveness. The global sustainability…

'Green and clean?' Hydropower between low-carbon and high social and environmental effects

Meijer, Karen / Waltina Scheumann / Daniel Däschle / Ines Dombrowsky (2014)
Briefing Paper 10/2014

Hydropower is globally the main source of renewable energy, and capacity expansion is planned. Hydropower’s role in mitigating climate change creates a dilemma: is hydropower desirable because of its low greenhouse gas emissions, or undesirable because of its local environmental and social impacts?

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.

The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: addressing crises in the short and long term

Iacobuţă, Gabriela Ileana / Alexia Faus Onbargi et al. (2022)
Externe Publikationen

Governance of the water-energy-food nexus for an integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Ines Dombrowsky (2021)
Discussion Paper 2/2021

Understanding the conditions for coordination in the WEFNexus is key to achieving the 2030Agenda. We provide a framework for analysing nexus governance from a polycentricity perspective, which can be useful in formulating coherent strategies for the integrated implementation of the SDGs.

Drought challenges and policy options: lessons drawn, and the way forward

Tsegai, Daniel / Michael Brüntrup (2019)
Externe Publikationen

(Re)negotiating refugee protection in Malaysia: implications for future policy in refugee management

Munir-Asen, Katrina (2018)
Discussion Paper 29/2018

This case study examines how Malaysia – a country that has not signed the UN Convention for the Protection of Refugees – continues to host multiple waves of refugees. It examines policy measures and their impact on the protection environment with key recommendations for the enhancement of it.

African Developments: continental conflict management – a glass half full or half empty?

Gänzle, Stefan / Benedikt Franke (2010)
Briefing Paper 7/2010

Reconceptualising water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Lisa Oberkircher / Bernhard Tischbein / Gunther Schorcht / Anik Bhaduri / Usman K. Awan / Ahmad M. Manschadi (2011)
Externe Publikationen

Strengthening non-state climate action: a progress assessment of commitments launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit

Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Harro van Asselt / Matthew Goldberg (2015)
Externe Publikationen

Drivers of Change (rescheduled)

Bonn, 01. Januar 1970

Rescheduled to 2021. The new date has not yet been determined. Aspirations in the Middle East and North Africa to improve state-society relations, in particular society’s ability to shape the social contract that underlies these relations, predate the Arab uprisings since 2011 (e.g. Algeria 1991-2002, Iran 1998). However, with the notable…

EU engagement with Africa on migration: a change of approach required

Castillejo, Clare (2018)
Briefing Paper 9/2018

The EU's approach to addressing migration from Africa is undermining development principles and relations with African partners, while failing to achieve results. This paper examines the limitations of the EU’s current approach and argues that more constructive engagement on migration is required.

Green transitions in Africa–Europe relations: what role for the European Green Deal?

Hackenesch, Christine / Maximilian Högl / Gabriela Iacobuta / Hanne Knaepen / John Asafu-Adjaye (2021)
Externe Publikationen

Survey on administrative challenges of Mozambican municipalities in the area of own revenue generation

Associação Nacional dos Municípios de Moçambique (ANAMM) / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (DIE) / Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) (2019)
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