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Russia in Africa: is great power competition returning to the continent?

Paczyńska, Agnieszka (2020)
Briefing Paper 15/2020

Since 2014 Russian economic, political and security engagement in Africa has grown significantly. This policy brief analyses the motives and recent changes in Russia's Africa policy, and discusses implications for German and European cooperation with Africa.

Earmarked funding for multilateral development cooperation: asset and impediment

Baumann, Max-Otto / Erik Lundsgaarde / Silke Weinlich (2020)
Briefing Paper 16/2020

The United Nations development system and other multilateral organizations have increasingly been funded through earmarked contributions. This has implications for their ability to effectively and independently perform the functions member states’ expect of them.

Implementation Challenges for a Multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development

Online, 23. September 2020

This was the 3rd Virtual Capacity Building Workshop: Implementation Challenges for a Multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development organised in the framework of the Investment Facilitation for Development project, jointly implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the German Development Institute/Deutsches…

How the G7 reviews its work on development: a case study of internal accountability

Fischer, Roger A. (2020)
Discussion Paper 19/2020

This paper suggests ways to improve G7 accountability practice so that it better capture learning effects. Better designed commitments and improved follow up would also support G7 legitimacy, because this would make it easier for external stakeholders to check G7 action against its words.

Financial market and capital flow dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Eric Sugandi / Ulrich Volz (2020)
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The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy on Japanese bank lending

Montgomery, Heather / Ulrich Volz (2020)
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The transition towards a green economy and its implications for quality infrastructure

, 30. September 2020

The transition towards a green economy has become an urgent need. It implies accelerated diffusion of manifold green technologies, which in turn generates opportunities for domestic value creation in terms of learning, localization of supply chains, and employment. A pre-condition for the effective development and diffusion of green…

The impact of climate vulnerability on firms’ cost of capital and access to finance

Kling, Gerhard / Ulrich Volz / Victor Murinde / Sibel Ayas (2020)
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Carmen Richerzhagen

Ehemalige Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Forschungsprogramm "Umwelt-Governance und Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit".

Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact

Hale, Thomas .N. / Sander Chan / Angel Hsu / Andrew Clapper / Cynthia Elliott / Pedro Faria / Takeshi Kuramochi / Shannon McDaniel / Milimer Morgado / Mark Roelfsema / Mayra Santaella / Neelam Singh / Ian Tout / Chris Weber / Amy Weinfurter / Oscar Widerberg (2020)
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Europe’s role in post-COVID MENA

Online, 13. Oktober 2020

The Covid-19 Pandemic has increased socio-economic vulnerability, with the potential to undermine social justice and peace across the MENA . Whether this results in increased pressure on Europe’s border security, asylum and health systems is unclear, but the demand for Europe to act in support of vulnerable communities in MENA countries…

Profile and determinants of the middle classes in Ghana: energy use and sustainable consumption

Senadza, Bernardin / Babette Never / Sascha Kuhn / Felix A. Asante (2020)
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Coordination and cooperation of water management, nature conservation and open space development in the Emscher restoration

Tröltzsch, Jenny / Nadine Gerner / Franziska Meergans / Ulf Stein / Robynne Sutcliffe (2020)
Briefing Paper 22/2020

The Emscher River restoration project reveals usage conflicts associated with the long-term revitalisation of the water system. This modification process requires coordination between sectors and local authorities, particularly the water, open space development and nature conservation sectors.

Towards more policy advice: maximizing the UN’s assets to build back better

Hendra, John / Max Baumann (2020)
Briefing Paper 24/2020

In order to effectively assist countries in building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and return to a path towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN and its development organizations will need to focus more than in recent times on high-level policy advice.

Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: evidence from farm panel data

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Nicolas Gerber (2020)
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Remittance and bribery in Africa

Konte, Maty / Gideon Ndubuisi (2020)
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New Avenues to introduce Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries

Online, 30. November 2020

This online event investigates ways to introduce carbon pricing in developing countries. Carbon pricing is widely accepted as the most effective and efficient policy to reduce carbon emissions. Yet many countries, in particular in the Global South, face political and economic constraints when introducing carbon pricing. This workshop…

How important is global value chain participation (GVC) to export upgrading

Ndubuisi, Gideon / Solomon Owusu (2020)
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Overcoming coordination gaps between water, energy and agriculture: future paths to water protection in Weser-Ems

Meergans, Franziska / Christina Aue / Christian Knieper / Sascha Kochendörfer / Andrea Lenschow / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)
Briefing Paper 25/2020

Intensive agriculture is characteristic for the region of Weser-Ems and the major source of nitrate pollution in groundwater. The analysis of coordination and cooperation shows that incoherent policies in the water, (bio)energy and agricultural sector have exacerbated the problem situation at hand.

Domestic intellectual property rights protection and the margins of bilateral exports

Ndubuisi, Gideon / Neil Foster-McGregor (2018)
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