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Can public works infrastructure affect employment outcomes? Evidence from the NREGS in India

Gehrke, Esther (2015)
Discussion Paper 9/2015

Public works programmes are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. Still we know very little about the long-terms effects of the infrastructure created in such programmes. This paper addresses this gab using data from the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Shifting rainfalls, shifting livelihoods: seasonal migration, food security and social inequality in Northern Ghana

Schraven, Benjamin / Christina Rademacher-Schulz (2015)
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Reinvigorating international climate policy: a comprehensive framework for effective nonstate action

Chan, Sander / Harro van Asselt / Thomas Hale / Kenneth W. Abbott / Marianne Beisheim / Matthew Hoffmann / Brendan Guy / Niklas Höhne / Angel Hsu / Philipp Pattberg / Pieter Pauw / Céline Ramstein / Oscar Widerberg (2015)
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Private finance for adaptation: do private realities meet public ambitions?

Pauw, Pieter / Richard J.T. Klein / Frank Biermann / Pier Vellinga (2015)
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Rescaling of access and property relations in a frontier landscape: insights from Jambi, Indonesia

Hein, Jonas / Soeryo Adiwibowo / Christoph Dittrich / Rosyani / Endriatmo Soetarto / Heiko Faust (2015)
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Ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision in Zambia: evidence of a subnational “diversity dividend”

Gisselquist, Rachel M. / Stefan Leiderer / Miguel Niño-Zarazúa (2016)
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From military putsch to civilian government: appropriate responses by international actors

Striebinger, Kai (2015)
Briefing Paper 18/2015

Putsches cause international actors to push for military withdrawal. Achieving this requires more than sanctions – designating parts of the military as cooperation partners, addressing structural challenges within the country and selecting context-appropriate tools to do so are also essential steps.

How Sustainable is German Foreign Policy?

, 29. Oktober 2015

Achieving sustainable solutions for global problems requires cooperation with countries in all world regions. However, the rapidly changing and complex world order is a major challenge for countries worldwide. Thus, German foreign policy is currently faced with challenges but also opportunities. Since the end of the Cold War, power…

The 2030 Agenda – an opportunity for strengthening international cooperation

Messner, Dirk / Imme Scholz (2015)
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Vulnerability of tax revenues in developing countries

von Haldenwang, Christian (2015)
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Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.) (2015)
Discussion Paper 7/2015

The United Nations have a new agenda for development until 2030. But the list of indicators that they will use for measuring progress towards the goals of the agenda has not been finalised yet. DIE experts have prepared comments on all goals and the indicators that are currently under discussion.

Deauville partnership MENA transition fund: follow-up to 30 June 2015 progress report, options and next steps

Furness, Mark (2015)
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Large-scale agro-industrial investments and rural poverty: evidence from sugarcane in Malawi

Herrmann, Raoul / Ulrike Grote (2015)
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The Tunisian transition: torn between democratic consolidation and neo-conservatism in an insecure regional context

Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
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Revisiting hydro-hegemony from a benefitsharing perspective: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
Discussion Paper 5/2015

Does the construction of dam projects as a tactic to counter the dominance of hegemonic powers in transboundary rivers lead to a more equitable order for sharing water and benefits? The paper examines this question using the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Electricity transition in the MENA: a de-risking governance approach

Vidican, Georgeta / Luigi Carafa / Gianleo Frisari (2015)
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A social contract for low carbon and sustainable development: reflections on non-linear dynamics of social realignments and technological innovations in transformation processes

Messner, Dirk (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.

Impacts of a micro-enterprise clustering programme on firm performance in Ghana

Strupat, Christoph / Jörg Peters / Maximiliane Sievert (2015)
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Financing global development: Can foreign direct investments be increased through international investment agreements?

Berger, Axel (2015)
Briefing Paper 9/2015

Developing countries signed international investment agreements to attract foreign investments. The empirical evidence suggests they are no panacea in this respect. A debate is needed about how these agreements can be reformed to promote foreign investments while preserving policy space.