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Towards New Social Contracts in MENA Countries?

Hamburg, 04. Oktober 2019

Many scholars interpret the 2011 upheavals in the MENA as a sign of failure of the social contracts that MENA countries had developed after independence. All of these were based on the provision of generous social benefits by governments to citizens as compensation for the lack of political participation. But with growing populations and…

Tax challenges of digitalization in Africa

Monkam, Nara / Gamal Ibrahim / William Davis / Christian von Haldenwang (2019)
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The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy in Japan

Montgomery, Heather / Ulrich Volz (2019)
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Overcoming Conflict and Fragility

Berlin, 23. Oktober 2019

Results of the DIE research project “Supporting Sustainable Peace” and Global Launch of the OECD’s new States of Fragility Online Platform Fragility and conflict pose immense challenges to sustainable development: about half of the world’s extreme poor live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. One reason for this is the persistence…

Achieving policy coherence for drought resilient food security in SSA: lessons from the Horn of Africa

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
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Climate Engineering: Buying time to contain global warming?

Bonn, 30. Oktober 2019

Radical de-carbonization can still allow containing atmospheric GHG levels to a degree that may allow keeping global warming to less than +2°C above pre-industrial times, perhaps even below +1.5°C. A growing number of researchers, however, see a clear risk that GHG emissions may not be reduced at the required speed. Climate engineering…

The 2030 Agenda: pathways from the vision to the reality: business as usual is not an option

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Dirk Messner (2019)
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MGG Network Days 2019

Bonn, 25. November 2019

The main purpose of the MGG Network Days 2019 was to create opportunities to jointly shape and strengthen the MGG Network and to intensify the connection and bonding across MGG alumni batches. Integrated into the MGG Academy 2019, the meeting provided the opportunity and space for current MGG Academy participants and alumni of previous…

Social protection as a tool to address slow onset climate events: emerging issues for research and policy

Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
Discussion Paper 16/2019

What is the potential for social protection to tackle climate risks? This discussion paper derives recommendations for advanced research and policy agenda on social protection and climate change with a specific focus on lessening loss and damage from slow onset events and addressing residual risks.

Multidimensional poverty trends and horizontal inequalities: new insights from the G-CSPI database

Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Nicole Rippin (2019)
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Reflecting on the right to development from the perspective of global environmental change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Scholz, Imme (2020)
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Not in my backyard? Welfare gains and social challenges: the impact of refugees on the host population in Uganda

Kuhnt, Jana / Jana Lenze / Ramona Rischke (2019)
Discussion Paper 17/2019

We exploit a natural experiment of three sudden Congolese refugee inflows to causally investigate the impact of an increased exposure to refugee presence on the Ugandan host population. We focus on the effects on female employment, household welfare and social cohesion among the host population.

Global imbalances: a job for the G20?

Fischer, Roger A. (2019)
Discussion Paper 18/2019

Excessive current account imbalances accumulate because the global economy cannot effectively transform funds into consumption and productive investment. The G20 is well placed to foster international coordination to reduce global imbalances. To do so its current procedures need to be reformed.

Determinants of enrolment and renewing of community-based health insurance in households with under-5 children in rural south-western Uganda

Nshakira-Rukundo, E. / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nathan Nshakira / Nicholas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2019)
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Trends in African migration to Europe: drivers beyond economic motivations

Giménez-Gómez, José-Manuel / Yabibal M. Walle / Yitagesu Zewdu Zergawu (2019)
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Imagineering waterscapes: The case of the Dutch water sector

Büscher, Chris (2019)
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"Thank God, I don't feel like a refugee anymore" : everyday life and integration processes of refugees

Christ, Simone (2019)
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"All day waiting": causes of conflict in refugee shelters in Germany

Christ, Simone / Esther Meininghaus / Tim Röing (2019)
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Blazing scholarly ground: from international studies to global studies

Esser, Daniel E. / James H. Mittelman (2019)
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Routledge handbook of banking and finance in Asia

Volz, Ulrich / Peter J. Morgan / Naoyuki Yoshino (eds.) (2019)
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