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Institutional reform needs of Germany’s bilateral development cooperation

Ashoff, Guido (2009)
Briefing Paper 8/2009

Poverty, politics and local diffusion: resource allocation in Bolivia’s decentralised social fund

Faust, Jörg (2012)
Discussion Paper 5/2012

Why we should talk about megatrends in Africa

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2022)
Externe Publikationen

Megatrends have become ubiquitous phenomena in public policy debates. A thorough understanding of what this concept entails is often missing. We address this gap by unpacking the notion “megatrend” and tracing the significance it has for understanding the transformation of African societies.

The new Africa Strategy of Germany’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development: more self-critical, credible and values-based?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
Externe Publikationen

Informal sector: social protection for everyone

Loewe, Markus (2022)
Externe Publikationen

In low- and middle-income countries, too many people lack any kind of public support when illness, unemployment or environmental disasters strike. This is especially true of those who work in the informal sector . It is high time to establish universal social-protection schemes everywhere.

Does “Houston, we’ve had a problem” apply to the Rio+20 Conference?

Guimarães, Roberto P. (2012)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 11. Juni 2012

Training for Transformation

Hamburg, 02. Juni 2025

The MGG Training and Learning Side Event to the Hamburg Sustainability Conference focused on multi-stakeholder processes. The Hamburg Sustainability Conference challenged barriers to SDG implementation with a systemic approach. It was driven by the vision that reaching the SDGs requires interdisciplinary and trustful collaboration among…

The role of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Online, 29. September 2021

Since its foundation in 1961, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – nerve centre of the aid effort of the “rich” countries (some $160 billion in 2020) – has played a central role in the Post-War aid system. This book traces the history of the institution and reflects on its future. How intense diplomacy by US Deputy Secretary…

Enabling factors for cooperation in the climate negotiations: a comparative analysis of Copenhagen 2009 and Paris 2015

Högl, Maximilian (2018)
Discussion Paper 14/2018

Humans are able to solve common pool resource problems according to interdisciplinary research. But does this apply to international relations also? This paper paper examines this question by comparing two major climate summits, thereby providing insights into how the Paris Agreement was negotiated.

Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World

Bonn, 05. Juni 2023

This book launch event on “ Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World ” presents a landmark publication in Palgrave Macmillan’s Contemporary African Political Economy series. A timely contribution to African agency in international relations, it spells out the bold perspective of a group of African scholars on how to…

Geopolitics, the Global South and Development Policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 14/2023

Far-reaching geopolitical upheavals have shaped international relations in the recent past. This policy brief discusses the new geopolitical and geo-economic context and its significance for the Global South and development policy.

Post 2015: how to reconcile the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Loewe, Markus (2012)
Briefing Paper 18/2012

An executive authority for the UN Development System: why this is necessary and how it could work

Baumann, Max-Otto (2016)
Briefing Paper 18/2016

With the 2030 Agenda on one hand, and unchecked fragmentation on the other, the need for an executive authority, discussed for decades, has become acute. The paper argues that it can be build from exisiting structures, mechanisms, and resources by separating the coordination function from UNDP.

A global framework for climate action: orchestrating non-state and subnational initiatives for more effective global climate governance

Chan, Sander / Pieter Pauw (2014)
Discussion Paper 34/2014

The transformation towards a climate resilient and low carbon future requires the collaboration of state- and non-state stakeholders. A well designed GFCA could steer a groundswell of non-state and subnational climate actions towards greater ambition, and recognise genuinely transformative actions.

Standing up for Istanbul’s mayor will strengthen European security

Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025)
Externe Publikationen

Semuhi Sinanoglu argues that by remaining silent on Imamoglu’s arrest, Europe jeopardizes its own future security, trading a pro-democracy partner for a full-blown autocratic regime. Europe still has leverage—particularly in the defense sector—but must use it now to push for his release and competitive elections.

China and Africa: The “Other” in the time of pandemic

Li, Hangwei (2020)
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Making climate finance affordable

Ray, Rebecca / Ulrich Volz (2024)
Externe Publikationen

Feminist development policy for more inclusive social contracts

Zintl, Tina (2023)
Externe Publikationen

Germany’s focus on a feminist development policy provides a new impulse for fairer and more inclusive societies. If the development community looks at rights, resources and representation from a social contract angle, it can design projects for more gender equity in a way that leverages its full transformative potential.

The Internet & New Social Media in Democracy Promotion

Bonn, 08. April 2013

The workshop intended to offer a platform for exchange between policy makers, researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of new digital media and democracy promotion. The event brought together about 100 participants from civil society, government, development co-operation organizations, academia and IT development.

Shaping the patterns of aid allocation: a comparative analysis of seven bilateral donors and the European Union

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.