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After one decade of G20 summitry: what future of global club governance in turbulent times?

Berger, Axel / Andrew Cooper / Sven Grimm (2020)
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Multilateralism without future - or the future of multilateralism?

Grimm, Sven / Silke Weinlich (2020)
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The G20 @ 10 conference: assessing the benefits, limitations and the future of global club governance in turbulent times

Berger, Axel / Sven Grimm / Matthew Oxenford / Stephen Pickford / Ye Yu (2018)
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A WTO Framework on Investment Facilitation

, 11. Februar 2020

At a stock-taking and next-steps meeting of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development held last December in Geneva, participating WTO members decided to move into negotiating mode as of March 2020. Negotiations will be guided by the Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted…

Africa’s employment perspectives towards 2040

Bonn, 17. Februar 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the only world region where the number of poor people is still rising. The vast majority of the workforce is employed informally, often under precarious conditions. While many Asian countries have shown that such conditions can be overcome, it is unclear what could drive such structural transformation in SSA.…

China’s growing engagement with the UNDS as an emerging nation: changing rationales, funding preferences and future trends

Ruipeng, Mao (2020)
Discussion Paper 2/2020

China is upgrading its foreign policy by activily participating in global goverance. Its funding to the UN development system has risen rapidly since 2008 and even accelerated in 2013. This paper focuses on China’s engagement with the UNDS, specifically Chinese funding and allocation decisions.

African jobs in the digital era: export options with a focus on online labour

Melia, Elvis (2020)
Discussion Paper 3/2020

Can services exports become the vehicle for African development in the 21st century, the way manufacturing exports were the vehicle for 20th-century East Asia? The growth of Kenya’s online work sector hints that this is possible.

Who is energy poor? Evidence from the least developed regions in China

Jiang, Lu / Lu Yu / Bing Xue / Xingpeng Chen / Zhifu Mi (2020)
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2020

2020 Direkt zu: Dezember 2020 November 2020 Oktober 2020 September 2020 August 2020 Juli 2020 Juni 2020 Mai 2020 April 2020 März 2020 Februar 2020 Januar 2020 Dezember 2020 Eine Frau für die Transformation Porträt: Anna-Katharina Hornidge ist seit Oktober 2020 Mitglied im Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU), seit März 2020 Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik sowie Professorin für Globale Nachhaltige…

Digitalisation and its impact on SME finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: reviewing the hype and actual developments

Disse, Sabrina / Christoph Sommer (2020)
Discussion Paper 4/2020

Digitalisation is often seen as game changer in finance. This paper reviews and discusses the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation and tech-enabled alternative financing instruments for SMEs. It contrasts the hype around digital finance with actual market developments and trends in Africa.

Harnessing development cooperation to foster European climate leadership

Brüssel, 18. März 2020

The recent UN climate change conference in Madrid (COP25) was widely perceived as underwhelming in its failure to agree on key matters to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to ensure more ambitious climate action. All the while, the European Commission released its ambitious Green Deal and the European Parliament…

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. März 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

Wasser spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaabkommens

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret (2020)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 20. März 2020

Ohne nachhaltiges Wassermanagement ist sowohl die Nahrungsmittelproduktion als auch die Stromerzeugung gefährdet, ganz zu schweigen von der Versorgung der Bevölkerung mit Trinkwasser.

COVID-19: impacts on food trade - is global food security at risk?

Kornher, Lukas / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2020)
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Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) in multi-level regulatory frameworks: assessment report on policy space for SRPP regulation and implementation in Germany and Kenya

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
Discussion Paper 9/2020

What leeway is there for Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) in Germany and Kenya? In both countries public procurement is influenced by a multi-level regulatory framework. Analysing it generates insights and policy considerations on how to overcome the implementation gap for SRPP.

The future of European development banking: what role and place for the European Investment Bank?

Erforth, Benedikt (2020)
Discussion Paper 11/2020

The paper takes stock of the European development finance landscape and the EIB’s role as part of this landscape. It looks at the interactions between different European development stakeholders and assesses the proposed reform and its potential impact on European development policy.

Contagious collaboration? the Covid-19 crisis as a catalyst for global governance and sustainability

Reiners, Wulf / Paul Marschall (2020)
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The measurement of multidimensional poverty across countries: a proposal for selecting dimensions

Burchi, Francesco / Nicole Rippin / Claudio E. Montenegro (2020)
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A multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development: issues concerning implementation

Webinar, 30. April 2020

Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development will start in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among 101 WTO members as soon as circumstances permit. The main objective of the negotiations is to increase the flow of sustainable foreign direct investment with a view towards advancing sustainable…

International (development) cooperation in a post-COVID-19 world: a new way of interaction or super-accelerator?

Izmestiev, Artemy / Stephan Klingebiel (2020)
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