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Latecomer development in the global green economy

Online, 01. Juni 2021

In recent years, the paradigm change toward a global green economy has been gaining speed. More than 110 countries, many of them in the low and middle income groups, have pledged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 or earlier. More importantly, major players have substantiated their plans by finance and pathways to implementation. These…

Dr. Merran Hulse

Dr. Merran Hulse ist Politikwissenschaftlerin und war Assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin im Forschungsprogramm "Transformation politischer (Un-)Ordnung: Institutionen, Werte und Frieden".

International Investment Agreements

Bonn, 08. Dezember 2014

It is a commonplace by now to say that the international investment regime – consisting of more than 3000 international investment agreements – is in a deep legitimacy crisis. As a result of the sharp increase of investor-state dispute settlement cases in recent years, a growing number of governments and civil society groups in both…

Adaptation to Climate Change

Bonn, 26. November 2008

Strengthening Capacities and Promoting Research in AfricaStrengthening adaptive capacity at local and national levels is key to successful adaptation planning and practice. Essecially in Africa, adaptation to climate change is confronted with a number of challenges. There is an urgent need to increase knowledge and collaboration among…

Inclusive Green Growth

Bonn, 18. Juni 2013

Marianne Fay, the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Network (SDN) and co-director of the World Development Report 2010 on climate change, will introduce the Network and she will give a comprehensive overview of the World Bank report “ Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development ”. In the…

Applying rigorous impact evaluation in GIZ governance programmes: results of a GIZ initiative on impacts in governance

von Schiller, Armin (2021)
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State fragility and development cooperation: putting the empirics to use in policy and planning

Martin-Shields, Charles / Diana Koester (2024)
Policy Brief 8/2024

The concept of state fragility is a useful lens for planning development policy in complex settings. This policy brief shows how to apply the IDOS and OECD fragility concepts of critical policy issues.

Challenges in accelerating net-zero transitions: insights from transport electrification in Germany and California

Rogge, Karoline S. / Nicholas Goedeking (2024)
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Illicit Financial Flows and the post-2015 agenda

Bonn, 23. September 2014

Tax abuse constitutes a massive headwind against development. One common form of it is trade misinvoicing, used by multinational corporations (MNCs) to shift funds to affiliates in other jurisdictions that tax profits at lower rates or not at all. Global Financial Integrity estimates that $4.7 trillion were thus siphoned out of developing…

China: same, same, but different?

Bader, Julia / Christine Hackenesch (2019)
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Africa Toward 2030: Exploring the Future

Südafrika, 04. Dezember 2009

How could Africa change in the next twenty years? What are the most important forces that underlie possible changes in one direction or another? What seems certain and what seems uncertain about the future of the African continent? These broad questions guide a research project coordinated by the German Development Institute that seeks to…

Improving transnational and transdisciplinary cooperation through reflecting on implicit values and power structures

Online, 06. Juli 2021

In order to promote the goals of the 2030 Agenda, achieve global solidarity and social justice, a transformation of societies in the global North as well as the global South towards these objectives is crucial. Transnational and transdisciplinary networks are key actors for the creation of the kind of transformative knowledge needed.…

Voluntary standards and the SDGs: mapping public-private complementarities for sustainable development

Schleifer, Philip / Clara Brandi / Rupal Verma / Katharina Bissinger / Matteo Fiorini (2022)
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Simulating climate change negotiations: lessons from modeled experience

Penetrante, Ariel (2012)
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How and Why to Involve Policy Makers More Structurally Into Impact Evaluations?

Online, 23. Februar 2023

In impact evaluations, the involvement of research in program implementation is crucial for the development of an adequate design and the accurate interpretation of results. In turn, the active involvement of policy makers in the research process is important for the buy-in and effective dissemination of the results. A new tool has been…

The relationship between state fragility and refugees

Martin-Shields, Charles (2023)
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Governing digital trade – a new role for the WTO

Cheng, Wallace / Clara Brandi (2019)
Briefing Paper 6/2019

Digitalisation is transforming the economy and redefining trade. Using the ongoing debate on the e-commerce moratorium, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should make sure that the organisation plays an important role in addressing the future of trade in a digitalised economy.

Challenges and possible solutions to conducting quantitative surveys with displaced populations

Kuhnt, Jana / Charles Martin-Shields / Ruben Wedel (2019)
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Quantifying change over time: interpreting time-varying effects in duration analyses

Ruhe, Constantin (2018)
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Praxeological investigation of knowledge production on a research vessel

Hägele, Ramona (2021)
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