Sengupta, Sreerupa / Avik Sinha (2022) Discussion Paper 1/2022
Capacity development in the public sector is essential for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study explores the SDG training landscape for government officials in India by mapping the role of government and private players, the resources required and current shortcomings.
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.
Bonn, 01. Oktober 2019
Digitalization should be considered a transformative factor for tax systems worldwide. The use of ICT in economic transactions and tax administrations entails the prospect of addressing tax compliance, evasion, and avoidance in new ways. Increased information could also provide new opportunities for tax policy design. Digitalization could…
Geneva, 27. November 2018
After the successful adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreement by the WTO, investment facilitation has recently been gaining in popularity in international policy debates. Investment facilitation refers to actions, mainly by host countries, to make legal and administrative rules and procedures more transparent, predictable and…
Ohnesorge, Jan (2018) Discussion Paper 2/2018
This discussion paper illustrates how different forms of blockchain technology work. It discusses specific risks and potentials of the technology to offer financially underserved people access to basic financial services. A focus area is (international) payments.
Geneva, 27. September 2017
Trade agreements no longer just aim at eliminating tariffs but deal with many non-economic issues such as the environment. A majority of 85% of all trade agreements already covers various environmental dimensions. While the increasing uptake of environmental rules in trade agreements is well-acknowledged, we lack a deep understanding of…
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?
Klingebiel, Stephan (2011) Briefing Paper 17/2011
Bonn, 13. November 2018
In the last decades the world has experienced an exacerbation of different forms of inequalities. For example, within-country income inequality has increased significantly since the late 1980s, particularly in OECD member countries. In many countries of the Global South, persistent concentrations of power and wealth contribute to…
Berensmann, Kathrin / Florence Dafe / Nannette Lindenberg (2018) Externe Publikationen
Helgason, Kristinn Sv. / Silke Weinlich (2015) Briefing Paper 6/2015
Three options are proposed to make the UN governance arrangements fit for the delivery of the new sustainable development agenda.
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Bangladesh”.
Bonn, 23. September 2025
In an increasingly globalized world, displacement, migration, and (im)mobility are a socio-political phenomenon that countries must respond and adapt to. Displacement, both cross-border and internal, presents unique challenges for communities hosting displaced people, particularly given how fraught the politics of displacement can be.…
Porras, Francisco (2025) Discussion Paper 27/2025
Explore how digitalisation reshapes governance in Mexico. This paper proposes four conjectures on how governments, academia, NGOs, and media can leverage digital tools for cooperation, problem-solving, and sustainable development.
Burchi, Francesco / Christoph Strupat (2019) Externe Publikationen
Goedeking, Nicholas (2012) Externe Publikationen
Vrolijk, Kasper (2022) Policy Brief 12/2022
Many governments adopt policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). What are implications of rising market concentration for FDI impacts? This Brief documents that concentration likely reduces positive spillovers and increases negative competition effects, and discusses policy implications.
Bonn, 04. Juli 2024
Founded in 1964, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, formerly the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) looks back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and application-oriented…
Baydag, Rena Melis / Stephan Klingebiel / Paul Marschall (2018) Discussion Paper 22/2018
Partner country selection is one of the key elements of development policy. Here, approaches of selected OECD member countries during the last years, their principles in development policy making and how their approach is reflected in the formula applied, are analysed.
Sinanoglu, Semuhi / Anita Breuer (2024) Policy Brief 29/2024
This policy brief discusses international efforts to counter information pollution. It critically discusses available tools against information pollution, and argues for holistic, long-term strategies that engage businesses as stakeholders to build societal resilience against information pollution.
