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A multilateral framework on investment facilitation

Bonn, 23. Mai 2019

Structured Discussions on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation are underway in the World Trade Organization (WTO), following a Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development endorsed by 70 members of the WTO’s 11 th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017. If these discussions should,…

Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development

Tokyo, 28. Mai 2019

Foreign direct investment (FDI) offers a useful entry point for integration into global value chains (GVCs). It also offers a host of technology and financial resources that may bring tangible benefits to domestic firms and industries, thereby increasing their productivity and capability. However, FDI attraction is not without its…

Economic Development in Africa

Bonn, 04. Juni 2019

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in cooperation with the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is pleased to announce the Jan Walliser Memorial Lecture. The event took place in memory of Jan Walliser, Vice President of the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Global…

Green Growth, Degrowth or Postgrowth?

Bonn, 11. Juni 2019

Since the first industrial revolution, economic growth has enabled unprecedented increases in living standards for ever larger global populations. Yet, the current pattern of growth is environmentally unsustainable. Some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems are about to collapse irreversibly with catastrophic effects on biodiversity,…

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2019

Bonn, 13. Juni 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 27 June 2019. The Klimalog project at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) kept on playing an active role in…

Global Climate Action: Bridging Theory and Practice

Bonn, 13. Juni 2019

This event launched the recently published “Political theory and global climate action: recasting the public sphere” by Idil Boran and discussed the role of nonstate and subnational actors in climate action at the interface of research and practice. It was the first in a series of events hosted by the German Development Institute /…

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020

Bonn, 14. Juni 2019

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020 explores the role of non-state and subnational actors and initiatives between them in post-2020 climate governance. Efforts by such actors are crucial to demonstrating a multiplicity of solutions and to accelerate low-carbon and climate resilient transitions. This is especially urgent as current…

Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. Juni 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Taking Global Climate Action beyond 2020 - Accelerating the Sustainable Future We Want

, 17. Juni 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and York University were honoured to convene an official side…

What makes economic empowerment programmes successful? Experimental evidence from Malawi

Burchi, Francesco / Christoph Strupat (2019)
Externe Publikationen

Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. Juni 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…

Carbon Capture and Storage – A responsible bridge to a low-carbon future?

Bonn, 19. Juni 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered by many research groups working on climate change mitigation as a necessary element of a (more) sustainable energy future. For instance, WBGU in its 2011 “Great Transformation” report concludes, “CCS is a necessary mitigation measure for countries that continue to use fossil energies, if…

The Treaty of Aachen: opportunities and challenges for Franco-German cooperation in development policy and beyond

Krüger, Laura-Theresa / Julie Vaillé (2019)
Discussion Paper 8/2019

Despite the continued high-level commitment to French-German cooperation in development, bilateral cooperation so far remains rather opportunity- than strategy-driven. This Discussion Paper seeks to analyse the main obstacles and how these play out in practice.

Lecture, Symposium und Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

Im Rahmen der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung widmet sich das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) dem Aufbau des Innovations-Campus Bonn. Am 25. Juni 2019 wurde das Großprojekt mit einem Symposium und einem feierlichen Abendempfang vorgestellt. Zur 2017 gegründeten Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung…

Approaches to Mobilize Finance for Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

The provision of finance support to avert, minimize and address climate-induced loss and damage has emerged as an increasingly important issue. However, tangible solutions how to mobilize finance from new and innovative sources are not yet agreed. The question of possible institutional set-ups to administer such additional finance is…

Human mobility in the context of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends and basic recommendations for development cooperation

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
Briefing Paper 12/2019

Human (im-)mobility in the context of climate change is major challenge for the African continent. This paper identifies some key trends in "climate migration" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that, three basic policy recommendations are formulated.

Environment and Transformation

Bonn, 11. Juli 2019

Climate change, environmental degradation and increasing global divides in income and wealth force development scholarship and development policy makers to think beyond established North-South binaries. They are in demand to address the cumulative environmental, social and political impacts of the Anthropocene in a more just, inclusive…

The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a Positive narrative of Global Governance in Mexico

Mexico City, 25. Juli 2019

In a polarised world, amid the global rise of nationalism and populism and with global governance and international dialogue at risk, one purpose of the MGG network is to create and hold open spaces of dialogue and international cooperation. The conference „The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a Positive Narrative of Global Governance“ took…

Janetschek, Hannah

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

Contributing to Social Cohesion Through Development Cooperation

Bonn, 07. August 2019

Inequalities around the world, political polarization and persisting violent conflicts have triggered an increasing interest in social cohesion. In reaction to these trends, an increasing number of projects in development cooperation aim to improve social cohesion. However, many questions remain on what actually makes societies stick…