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Civil Society at a Narrative Crossroads

Online, 04. September 2025

Civic space is narrowing and civil society actors are facing growing pressure from repression to narratives that challenge their legitimacy. At the same time, initiatives like the Global Gateway reflect a shifting landscape in international cooperation, where strategic interests and democratic values increasingly intersect. This webinar…

Strategic humanitarian aid, trust in Europe and support for authoritarianism

Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025)
Discussion Paper 28/2025

What happens when donors admit humanitarian aid is strategic? An experiment in Turkey shows it undercuts regime propaganda and builds trust in Europe among conservative Eurosceptic voters.

Governance theories and digitalisation: four conjectures for the Mexican case

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.

Measuring sustainable development progress in Peru using multivariate latent Markov models

Roscioli, Federico / Daniele Malerba / Alessio Farcomeni (2025)
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Autocrats and their business allies: the informal politics of defection and co-optation

Sinanoglu, Semuhi (2025)
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Russia's role in UN development work: influence without investment?

Novoselova, Anna (2025)
Policy Brief 15/2025

Global balance of power is shifting, and UN development work faces significant strains. How is Russia positioning itself? The policy brief explores Moscow’s approach to development, the narratives it advances, and the influence it projects in the UN development pillar.

Beyond nature-based solutions: the case for integrated nature-climate action

Folkard-Tapp, Hollie / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Ines Dombrowsky / Tarra L. Penney / Dawn Bazely / Fidele Ruzigandekwe / Angele Alook / Nathalie Pettorelli (2025)
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Economic self-interest in German development policy: what might that look like?

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.

In search of a Plan B: like-minded internationalism and the future of Global development

Ishmael, Len / Stephan Klingebiel / Andy Sumner (2025)
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Foreign aid transparency amid politicization

Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
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Development policy: don't overpromise and underdeliver

Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
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In view of massive funding cuts, donor countries should not overload development cooperation with secondary objectives, but focus on improving people’s living conditions.

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20250916_Virtual-Book-Launch-Discussion-Egypts-New-Authoritarian-Republic Direkt zu: Registration Contact Ina Klemke Team-Assistance, Research Department “ Transformation of Economic and Social Systems ” E-mail socioeconomic@idos-research.de

20250918_Conference-Knowledge-Dependencies-and-the-Un/making-of-Equitable-Futures

20250918_Conference-Knowledge-Dependencies-and-the-Un/making-of-Equitable-Futures Zu unseren Infomailings Hinweis Während unserer Online-, Hybrid- und Präsenz-Veranstaltungen werden z.T. Foto- und/oder Filmaufnahmen bzw. Screenshots gemacht. Dieses Bildmaterial wird für die Veranstaltungsberichterstattung und allgemeine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in verschiedenen Medien verwendet. Mit der Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden. Sie haben…

Political connections and participation in global value chains: evidence from MENA firms

Aboushady, Nora / Chahir Zaki (2025)
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Navigating the tides of conservation and conflict: The political ecology of Mangrove Ecosystem Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Chávez-Páez, Wendy / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco / Federico Koelle / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2025)
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UN80 Initiative

UN80 Initiative Direkt zu: Team Publikationen Projekte Veranstaltungen What we read In ihrem 80. Jahr sind die Vereinten Nationen (VN) in eine große Krise geraten. Drastische Einbrüche bei der Finanzierung zwingen die VN zum Sparen – und viel grundsätzlicher noch zum Nachdenken darüber, ob ihre Strukturen und Ansätze, ja überhaupt ihre politische Relevanz dem heutigen Bedarf noch gerecht werden. Der VN-Entwicklungsbereich wird schon lange für eine hohe…

Policy Brief

Policy Brief Direkt zu: Publikationensuche Der Policy Brief ist ein neues Format, das die bisherige Reihe „Briefing Paper“ und deren deutsche Version „Analysen und Stellungnahmen“ ersetzt. Policy Briefs behandeln Themen der Entwicklungspolitik und der internationalen Beziehungen. Eine auf prägnante Empfehlungen und Positionierung angelegte Argumentationsstruktur machen das Format vor allem für politische Entscheidungsträger*innen, Praktiker*innen und Vertreter*innen…

Localizing development to the grassroots: potentials and limits of engaging with community groups

Gutheil, Lena / Dennis Mbugua Muthama (2025)
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Foreign aid, power, and geopolitics: reflections on development cooperaton in a more fragmented world

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2025)
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Recent development debates have largely centered on the steep reduction in financial resources triggered by the Trump administration. However, what remains insufficiently acknowledged is the extent to which these disruptions have undermined the conceptual foundations of international cooperation—particularly in terms of legitimacy, norms, and the evolving strategic positioning of the Global South.

Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the resilience of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study

Kuloba, MaryBennah N. / Christoph Strupat / Thit Thit Aye / Phidelis N. Wamalwa / Judy Gichuki / Benjamin Tsofa / Manuela De Allegri (2025)
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