Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Ana Garcia-Hernandez / Julia Leininger / Janina I. Steinert (2025) Externe Publikationen
Stöcker, Alexander (2025) Discussion Paper 5/2025
What’s holding women back in urban labor markets in Benin, Senegal, Uganda & Zambia? This study reveals how education, norms, motherhood & local job markets shape female employment. Tailored policies can unlock progress—see how context matters! #WomenInWorkforce #GenderEquality #SSAResearch
Zattler, Jürgen (2025) Discussion Paper 11/2025
This paper presents a practical and coherent approach to address the current debt crisis which focuses as far as possible on incentives for debtor countries and private creditors.
Goedeking, Nicholas (2025) Externe Publikationen
Berlin, 15. Mai 2025
Focus Hosted by the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), the workshop offers a unique opportunity for a select group of scholars researching bureaucratic politics to discuss work in progress in a collegial Chatham House setting. The workshop’s objective is to explore bureaucratic aversion to criticism across common…
Banerjee, Aparajita (2025) Policy Brief 8/2025
Women in least developed countries feel the impacts of climate change acutely, yet their participation in climate action is limited. The updated Nationally Determined Contributions of 2025 provide a unique opportunity to address women's and gender issues in national climate action commitments.
Benabdeljlil, Nadia / Lamia Kerzazi (2025) Discussion Paper 18/2025
Do CSR standards spread to downstream local manufacturers? The authors of this Discussion Paper conduct surveys with the different stakeholders in the Moroccan textile value chain to answer this question.
Altenburg, Tilman / Rita Strohmaier (2025) Externe Publikationen
Kuloba, MaryBennah N. / Christoph Strupat / Thit Thit Aye / Phidelis N. Wamalwa / Judy Gichuki / Benjamin Tsofa / Manuela De Allegri (2025) Externe Publikationen
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025) Externe Publikationen
In view of massive funding cuts, donor countries should not overload development cooperation with secondary objectives, but focus on improving people’s living conditions.
Ishmael, Len / Stephan Klingebiel / Andy Sumner (2025) Externe Publikationen
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.
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.
Bonn, 18. September 2025
Amid escalating geopolitical instability, authoritarian retrenchments, and the deepening securitisation of knowledge-making, this conference critically examined how entrenched knowledge dependencies continue to shape practices of future-making—and how more equitable futures might still be (re)imagined. From the weaponisation of AI to the…
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.…
Mühlberger, Wolfgang (2025) Discussion Paper 30/2025
How do French-German relations affect international cooperation across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace spectrum? This paper gauges the merits of and potential for bilateral collaborative action in the Middle East and North Africa to counter fragility, safeguard interests and support development.
Matambo, Emmanuel / Phemelo Tamasiga (2025) Externe Publikationen
Vogel, Johanna / Wulf Reiners (2025) Discussion Paper 31/2025
How can networks translate collaboration into systemic change for sustainable development? This discussion paper shows that global governance networks can drive social innovation when we invest in the composition of members, cooperation infrastructure and culture.
Die Shaping Futures Academy ist ein Dialog- und Trainingssprogramm, das sich an Berufstätige aus ausgewählten afrikanischen und europäischen (EU+) Ländern richtet. Die Ausschreibung für 2026 beginnt Mitte Oktober 2025.
Berger, Axel / Priyadarshi Dash / Paula von Haaren / Lena-Marie Putz / André de Mello e Souza (2025) Policy Brief 22/2025
As global disruptions and power dynamics are reshaping aid and trade, how can low- and middle-income countries build resilience and new alliances? This policy brief explores how disruption can trigger new forms of cooperation.
