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Smart Policies for Climate Investments

Bonn, 09. Juni 2015

Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions on a large scale and effective adaptation to climate change require the provision of substantial financial resources. A global green transformation will only succeed if businesses increase investments in low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, technologies and services. Additionally, the…

Changing water politics in the Nile basin

Bonn, 17. Juni 2015

A fter four years of escalating tensions between downstream and upstream countries in the Nile basin, in particular in view of Ethiopia’s construction of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), some recent developments have provided reasons for optimism over the future of cooperation in the world’s longest river. Last February Egypt…

TTIP-Chances and Risks

Brussels, 18. Juni 2015

„The Transatlantic Trade and Investment artnership (TTIP) - Chances and Risks for Developing Countries“ formed the focus of the panel discussion which took place at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union in Brussels on 18 June. The Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media of the State of…

Poverty and Shared Prosperity

Bonn, 22. Juni 2015

Fighting poverty is one of the most important tasks of the international development agenda and will logically take a central role in the post-2015 agenda . In the past, major progress has been achieved in poverty reduction. However, many of those who emerged from poverty in recent years remain vulnerable to shocks and slowdowns in…

The Politics of Fighting Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion

Bonn, 23. Juni 2015

Reports on worldwide tax avoidance, tax fraud and illicit global financial flows (IFF) have been appearing more and more frequently in recent times. In spite of the attention which such revelations attract, the international community is still far from an effective system of controls. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…

World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality

World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality World Bank Group and German Development Institute broaden partnership to tackle global poverty and inequality Press Release of 22 June 2015 Ending extreme poverty is one of the most important issues on the international agenda, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015.…

China-Africa cooperation: promises, practice and prospects

Grimm, Sven (2015)
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Advancing an international Energiewende policy

Potsdam, 29. Juni 2015

Over the past two decades, Germany has emerged as a frontrunner in the development of renewable energy. Its ambitious policies to support the deployment of renewable energy not only initiated the German Energiewende , they also helped stimulate a global process of innovation and diffusion of renewable energy technologies. While these…

Who’s in charge here? Interrogating reform resistance in capacity development support

Keijzer, Niels / Piet De Lange (2015)
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Big results now? Emerging lessons from results-based aid in Tanzania

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2015)
Discussion Paper 4/2015

This paper analyses and compares three ongoing Results-based Aid programmes in Tanzania that support government reforms in the water, education adn decentralisation sectors. These three programmes are implemented in the context of the government's Big Results Now programme.

The conference on development finance in Addis Ababa: leading the way on future international cooperation

Berensmann, Kathrin (2015)
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Institutional architecture and development: responses from emerging powers

Sidiropoulos, Elizabeth / Jorge A. Pérez Pineda / Sachin Chaturvedi / Thomas Fues (eds.) (2015)
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Introduction to "Institutional architecture and development: responses from emerging powers"

Sidiropoulos, Elizabeth / Sachin Chaturvedi / Thomas Fues / Jorge A. Pérez Pineda (2015)
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Converging practices and institutional diversity: how southern providers and traditional donors are transforming the international system of development cooperation

Fues, Thomas (2015)
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The global partnership for effective development cooperation: origins, actions and future prospects

Abdel-Malek, Talaat (2015)
Studies 88

This study by one of the most influential policy-makers in development traces the evolution of the international aid system during the post-World War II period and analyses the potential of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation to become a universally accepted platform.

Towers of strength in turbulent times? Assessing the effectiveness of international support to peace and democracy in Kenya and Kyrgyzstan in the aftermath of interethnic violence

Fiedler, Charlotte (2015)
Discussion Paper 6/2015

Can international actors influence the peace and democratization process in a country? And what explains whether they are able to do so or not? This paper investigates under which conditions external engagement contributed to stability and democracy in Kenya and Kyrgyzstan.

Implementing Integrated Water Resource Management

Bonn, 18. August 2015

International Conference Sustainable Development Goals: A Water Perspective - Indicators, Interlinkages and Implementation (17 - 18 August 2015) Panel: Implementing Integrated Water Resource Management In contrast to Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7 which focused on improved water supply and sanitation, the proposed Sustainable…

Towards a global partnership for development: the United Nations and Mexico’s South-South cooperation

García, Paola / Sebastian Haug / Nils-Sjard Schulz (2015)
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Orchestration: an instrument for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

Klingebiel, Stephan / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
Briefing Paper 14/2015

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a test for global cooperation. As part of the implementation of the SDGs, governments and international organisations should use "orchestration" to foster innovative approaches to cooperation.

The G20 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): reflections on future roles and tasks

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2015)
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