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The Role of Knowledge in Creating a “Science of Delivery”

Bonn, 28. Februar 2013

Aniruddha Dasgupta is the Director of “Knowledge & Learning” at the World Bank. He is one of the leaders behind the current change process in the World Bank Group under the new President Jim Y. Kim. The World Bank Group is currently undertaking to become a Solutions Bank. Aniruddha Dasgupta will talk about the need to think of knowledge…

Social protection in EU development cooperation

Bonn, 20. Februar 2013

In its recent communication on “Social Protection in European Union Development Cooperation”, the EU affirms the value of social protection for overcoming socio-economic inequalities and for promoting inclusive growth. Social protection is defined as a set of “policies and actions that enhance the capacity of all people, but notably poor…

Post 2015: what can be learnt from the impact of health performance on donor policies for health assistance?

Stepping, Katharina M.K. (2013)
Briefing Paper 1/2013

Health conditions in the recipient country are not the only decisive factor for the provision of health assistance. The decision pattern of donors has not remarkably changed after the definition of international health objectives. Future health objectives should reflect inter-sectoral reciprocities.

Roads to regionalism: concepts, issues, and cases

Striebinger, Kai / Alex Spielau / Lukas Goltermann / Mathis Lohaus (2012)
Externe Publikationen

Revenue structures and the question of who pays taxes: understanding the conditions under which elites pay taxes in developing countries

von Schiller, Armin (2012)
Discussion Paper 17/2012

Interlacing Water and Human Health

Prakash, Anjal / Subramanian, Saravanan / Jayati Chourey (eds.) (2012)
Externe Publikationen

Post 2015: how to reconcile the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Loewe, Markus (2012)
Briefing Paper 18/2012

Offener Brief

Offener Brief Offener Brief der “European Think-Tanks Group” an die EU-Kommission Pressemitteilung vom 05.05.2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – joined forces to build the…

Options for improving the communication of seasonal rainfall forecasts to smallholder farmers: the case of Kenya

Shah, Parita / Chinwe Ifejika Speranza / Romanus Opiyo / Joshua Ngaina (2012)
Briefing Paper 17/2012

Efficiency of local service provision in Zambia’s health, education and road sectors: implications for decentralisation and the effectiveness of budget support

Leiderer, Stefan / Maximilian Geigenmüller / Anja Hornig / Kathrin Kästle / Christopher Smith / Franziska Tröger (2012)
Studies 71

This study forms part of the background work conducted for an evaluation of Budget Support in Zambia. It finds that inefficiencies in service delivery are caused by (i) a systemic lack of resources for core PFM activities and (ii) the concentration of control over resources and decision-making.

On the killing of women and girls

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée (2012)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 19. November 2012

Agriculture in the international climate negotiations: supporting sustainable development or just dubious emission reductions?

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
Briefing Paper 16/2012

Can the EU confront inequality in developing countries?

Furness, Mark / Mario Negre (2012)
Briefing Paper 14/2012

Lessons from delivering as one: options for UN member states

Weinlich, Silke / Urs Zollinger (2012)
Briefing Paper 13/2012

From poverty reduction to mutual interests? The debate on differentiation in EU development policy

Koch, Svea (2012)
Discussion Paper 13/2012

How much EU aid should go to middle-income countries? What implications does the changing geography of poverty have for the EU’s effort to contribute to eliminating global poverty? And what challenges is the EU facing when seeking new forms of cooperation with more advanced developing countries?

Arab Spring, revolutions and the domino effect: How European democracy promotion can support democracies on the move

Brussels, 27. September 2012

Democratization and the protection of human rights have typically been understood as domestic phenomena. However, popular commentary on the Arab Spring has included reference to the international dimensions of the diffusion of democracy and human rights that began with the self-immolation of a street vendor in Tunisia and the subsequent…

What opportunities do the New EU international investment agreements offer for developing countries?

Berger, Axel / Julia Harten (2012)
Briefing Paper 12/2012

African developments: competing institutional arrangements for climate policy: the case of Nigeria

Koblowsky, Peter / Chinwe Ifejika-Speranza (2012)
Briefing Paper 7/2012

Cooperation for a Green Transformation

Duisburg, 28. Juni 2012

We are increasingly exceeding our planet’s limits, with results such as advancing climate change and the destruction of biological diversity which jeopardises our natural life support systems. A major transformation towards sustainable societies is both necessary and feasible. It entails a considerable societal reorganization and…

Rio+20 and the future of the UN sustainability architecture: what can we expect?

Bauer, Steffen / Silke Weinlich (2012)
Briefing Paper 6/2012