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Beyond mainstreaming? Past, present and future of UN support for South-South and triangular cooperation

Haug, Sebastian (2022)
Externe Publikationen

Shaping global policy-making through think tank cooperation

Brussels, 24. Januar 2018

Since its foundation in 1999, the Group of 20 (G20) has developed from informal meetings of finance ministers and heads of central banks into the arguably most powerful forum addressing a wide range of global challenges. But currently, global cooperation itself is under threat, challenged by nationalism, populism, and post-factual…

Allocating the next European Development Fund for ACP countries

Negre, Mario (2013)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 06. Dezember 2013

The European Development Fund (EDF) is the key instrument for the implementation the European Agenda for Change vis-à-vis Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).

The new U.S. Development Doctrine: business deals

Klingebiel, Stephan / Andy Sumner (2026)
Externe Publikationen

The Trump administration has not simply cut aid. It is seeking to replace the traditional development cooperation model with a transactional, interest-driven doctrine in which development institutions serve as instruments of "America First" business deals.

How should sustainable finance standards be designed for developing countries?

Berensmann, Kathrin (2024)
Externe Publikationen

The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine

Bruxelles, 11. Oktober 2022

The event discusses the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy and food security, industrial supply chains and environmental protection, and the role of the European Green Deal in addressing them. Policy coherence, social protection and international cooperation are key approaches considered. The conference is based on the ETTG…

Evaluation of budget support in Zambia: implementation, direct effects and political economy

Leiderer, Stefan / Jörg Faust (2012)
Studies 68

This study evaluates the direct effects of budget support in Zambia. It focuses on donor strategies, harmonization, alignment with government policies and systems, and the effects of budget support on institutional performance, public financial management, and allocative and operational efficiency.

Let’s focus on facilitators: life-worlds and reciprocity in researching ‘Southern’ development cooperation agencies

Haug, Sebastian (2019)
Externe Publikationen

Brazilian Platform on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Brasília & São Paulo, 31. Mai 2017

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for an industry or product entail both opportunities and challenges for emerging economies. New national multi-stakeholder platforms on VSS in India (launched March 2016), Brazil and China (launched May and June 2017) reflect the increasingly proactive stance that business and government actors…

Financing adaptation to climate change through budget support

Horstmann, Britta / Stefan Leiderer / Imme Scholz (2009)
Briefing Paper 2/2009

German aid for trade: past experience, lessons learnt, and the way forward

Voionmaa, Petra / Michael Brüntrup (2009)
Studies 52

The role of regulation, tradition and gender in doing business: case study and survey report on a two-year research project in Ghana

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée (2011)
Studies 60

Side Event der Internationalen Konferenz für Erneuerbare Energien in Bonn

Bonn, 02. Juni 2004

Vom 1. bis 4. Juni 2004 fand in Bonn die Internationale Konferenz für Erneuerbare Energien (renewables2004) statt. In diesem Rahmen veranstalteten das DIE und die GTZ eine Podiumsdiskussion zum o.g. Thema. Teilnehmer der Podiumsdiskussion: Hon. Syda Bbumba (Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda) Christopher Flavin (President…

IDOS at the WTO Public Forum and World Trade Forum

Geneva / Bern, 16. September 2026

IDOS is actively contributing to this year’s international dialogue on trade, development, and global economic cooperation through a series of events at the WTO Public Forum in Geneva and the World Trade Forum in Bern. Curated Conversation WTO & Plurilateralism (organized by IDOS, led by Axel Berger) 16 September 2026, 09:00-10:00, WTO,…

The First Yearbook of Climate Action: What businesses, cities and regions do, and which next steps are needed?

Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Angel Hsu / Friederike Eichhorn / Ann Gardiner / Brendan Guy (2017)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 16. November 2017

The first Yearbook of Climate Action shows that effective climate action by could make significant contributions to narrowing the global emissions gap, adapting to climate change, and demonstrating to governments that higher ambition is desirable and doable. Key challenges of inclusion and scope remain, creating an urgent need to invest in scaling up climate action in 2018.

Tax Expenditures and Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

Online, 09. November 2021

Tax expenditures (TEs) are tax benefits that governments use worldwide to pursue various policy goals such as attracting investment, boosting innovation and fighting poverty. TEs are costly, as they lower government revenue and the tax liability of the beneficiary. The global average of tax revenues forgone over the period 1990-2020 is…

Building from Scratch

Jakarta, 02. September 2022

As the Sustainable Development Goals move steadily towards the year 2030, Indonesia has another plan in fruition: the development of the new capital city named Nusantara in a hilly and forestry area in East Kalimantan. The new capital city, in a way, has currently become the government’s projected utopia of a sustainable and futuristic…

Knowledge for development: a literature review and an evolving research agenda

Akude, John Emeka (2014)
Discussion Paper 18/2014

The paper reviews prevalent literature and major ideas in the relatively new field of knowledge management for development and concludes that the macro dimension of the subject matter has not been adequately treated. It then complements this lack by developing a more balanced research programme.

Training towards sustainability for the public sector during and after the pandemic

Online, 27. Oktober 2020

Since 2018, Schools of Public Administration (SPAs) from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and further partner institutions from the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network have joined forces to strengthen capacities to train civil servants towards sustainability.…

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan: the critical role of an enabling environment in the mobilisation of domestic and external resources

Ali, Murad (2017)
Discussion Paper 14/2017

This discussion paper examines the role of ‘enabling environments’ for mobilizing resources needed for implementing the 2030 Agenda. It argues that generating additional resources depends on the prevalence of good governance and presence of effective institutions.