Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2021) Externe Publikationen
Online, 18. Januar 2022
Corruption hampers the achievement of SDG 6 for ensuring water and sanitation for all. In fact, corruption is estimated to be responsible for “losses” of 10% of the investments going into the capital intensive water sector and in some countries reaching as high as 40% to 50% (WIN, 2020). This in turn leads to higher costs for drinking…
Colombia pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai & Online, 18. Januar 2022
Expo 2020 Dubai, themed “Harnessing South-South and Triangular Cooperation: How to accelerate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. The Forum will provide an opportunity for global actors in South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTrC) to share their experiences in implementing SSC, and explore how best they can…
Online, 13. Januar 2022
In the third of five research-in-progress seminars co-hosted by the American Associations of Geographers’ (AAG) Development Geographies Specialty Group and the German Development Institute (DIE), we welcome Professor Kimberley Thomas (Temple University). Prof. Thomas is a widely cited scholar of the geopolitics of water, marine systems,…
Online, 12. Januar 2022
The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic…
Berlin / Online, 14. Dezember 2021
Klimawandel, Digitalisierung, Urbanisierung, demographische Transition – Tiefgreifende Veränderungen wie diese stellen die deutsche und europäische Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Partnern vor neue Herausforderungen. Wie beeinflussen sogenannte Megatrends Frieden und Sicherheit? Stärken oder schwächen sie Demokratie und…
Online, 09. Dezember 2021
In the second of five research-in-progress seminars co-hosted by the American Associations of Geographers’ (AAG) Development Geographies Specialty Group and the German Development Institute (DIE), Professor Gabriella Carolini (MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning) is discussing her current research on the impact of international…
Online, 08. Dezember 2021
Das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) lädt am 8.12.2021 von 8:00 bis 9:00 Uhr zu einem virtuellen Pressebriefing zur Zukunft der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik ein. In der nächsten Bundesregierung wird Svenja Schulze die Leitung des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) übernehmen. Welche…
Online, 07. Dezember 2021
The Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice will present its ongoing work to develop a framework connecting social cohesion to community resilience in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence (FCV). In this second seminar, World Bank will present and welcome feedback on preliminary insights from a framing paper which draws…
Koch, Svea / Aline Burni (2021) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 06. Dezember 2021
Als größter Beitragszahler zum Entwicklungsbudget der EU muss Deutschland sein Gewicht nutzen, um strategische Debatten voranzutreiben und die Mitgliedstaaten hinter gemeinsamen europäischen Initiativen zu versammeln.
Kaiser, Frederike (2021) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 29. November 2021
Am 12. Dezember 2021 werden die Bürger*innen Neukaledoniens per Referendum abstimmen, ob es ein souveräner Staat werden soll. Obwohl das Land in der Unabhängigkeitsfrage tief gespalten ist, kann diese Konsultation eine wichtige Grundlage für eine gemeinsame, friedliche Zukunft bilden.
Online, 29. November 2021
When the EU published the European Green Deal with the beginning of the von der Leyen Commission in 2019, it aspired to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Over the past years and in light of the Covid-19 pandemic the Green Deal has become a central strategy within the EU for economic recovery as well as sustainable…
Online, 23. November 2021
Inclusive plurilaterals are important to revitalize multilateral trade cooperation at the WTO. Yet they are largely pursued by advanced economies and developing countries often do not participate in them. In a recent Think20 Policy Brief the steering committee members of the Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) propose that…
Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2021) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 22. November 2021
Die neue deutsche Regierung kann eine positive Rolle bei der Unterstützung des Übergangs in Tunesien und Marokko spielen, ohne dabei Kompromisse bei Kernprinzipien wie sozialer Gerechtigkeit, Menschenrechten und offenem Wirtschaftsaustausch einzugehen
Online, 18. November 2021
In the first of five research-in-progress seminars co-hosted this autumn and winter by the American Associations of Geographers’ (AAG) Development Geographies Specialty Group and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Professor Emma Mawdsley of the University of Cambridge is asking for…
Online, 09. November 2021
Tax expenditures (TEs) are tax benefits that governments use worldwide to pursue various policy goals such as attracting investment, boosting innovation and fighting poverty. TEs are costly, as they lower government revenue and the tax liability of the beneficiary. The global average of tax revenues forgone over the period 1990-2020 is…
Online, 08. November 2021
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in conversation In August 2021, the rapid breakdown of the Afghan government and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban surprised many people in Germany, in the USA, and in allied countries. In the preceding months and after the government collapse, the situation of forced migrants in Afghanistan and…
European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 04. November 2021
As part of the Academic Advisory Council (AAC) of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS), the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik co-organizes the 2021 Annual Meeting that is hosted by the European University Institute in…
Online, 03. November 2021
In March 2020, the EU published a proposal for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, ahead of their regular summit with the African Union scheduled for October that year. Both the strategy and the planned summit were soon overtaken by the dramatic events of the global COVID-19 pandemic. One and a half years onwards, discussions are now…
Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 02. November 2021
Urbane Klimaresilienz erfordert kohärente, auf den lokalen Kontext zugeschnittene Lösungen – Städtenetzwerke in der Arktis bieten hier ein großes Potenzial
