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Killing AGOA softly? The impact of Trump’s tariffs for Sub-Saharan Africa

Britz, Wolfgang / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Tim Vogel (2025)
Policy Brief 9/2025

Trump’s new tariffs effectively end AGOA, exposing some African economies and sectors to serious risks. Our new policy brief unpacks the impacts and outlines how Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU can respond to protect development-friendly trade and foster resilient partnerships.

Session in OTT Conference

Opportunities in regional and global spaces

Johannesburg, 18. Juni 2025

Session in OTT Conference, “Think Tanks + Impact: Challenging our Understanding of Influence” Policy impact is hard to plan for and measure in the national context of a think tank; it often is an ambiguous process without clear notions of ‘causal relations’. This challenge redoubles when we look at operations in (international) networks…

Four futures for a Global development cooperation system in flux: policy at the intersection of geopolitics, norm contestation and institutional shift

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2025)
Policy Brief 11/2025

This brief situates the crisis of Official Development Assistance (ODA) within a broader transformation of global development cooperation. Today’s challenge goes beyond shrinking aid budgets; it reflects deeper pressures on the post-Cold War development consensus and its institutional architecture.

International Workshop

(How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Bonn, 26. November 2025

The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 May Social protection is crucial for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In times of rising inequalities and poverty rates, social protection must continue addressing life cycle risks to prevent individuals from falling further into poverty while also aiding those…