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Power imbalances and peace building: a participatory approach between local and international actors

Ruppel, Samantha (2021)
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Do social transfers benefit local economic development? The case of cash-for-work programmes in Jordan

Loewe, Markus / Tina Zintl (2021)
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Knowledge diplomacy and the future(s) of global cooperation

Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2021)
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Tax expenditure reporting and domestic revenue mobilization in Africa

Redonda, Agustin / Christian von Haldenwang / Flurim Aliu (2021)
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Reforming the UN Development System at Country Level

This research and policy advice project investigates whether and to what extent the reform for strengthening the UNDS bears first fruits.

A new multilateralism for the post-COVID world: What role for the EU-Africa partnership?

Teevan, Chloe / Luca Barana / Daniele Fattibene / Gabriela Iacobuta / Silke Weinlich / Steffen Bauer (2021)
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When industrial policy fails to produce structural transformation: the case of Ethiopia

Vrolijk, Kasper (2021)
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Despite the increasing foreign investment in many African economies, their participation in trade, and the economic growth that follows from it, structural transformation has remained limited. This blog takes a look at Ethiopia’s industrial policy and argues that the government has failed to sufficiently emphasize innovation in—and technology transfer to—domestic firms, leading to minimal “upgrading” of low to high value-added activities.

Investment facilitation for development: a toolkit for policymakers

Berger, Axel / Karl Sauvant (2021)
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What can the Ethiopian manufacturing sector learn from the past?

Vrolijk, Kasper (2021)
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Identity and discourse within diverse international networks: the Managing Global Governance network seen through the lenses of thematic oral history

Domínguez, J. Carlos (2021)
Discussion Paper 14/2021

The analysis interlinks long-term life trajectories of MGG network members with their experiences of the MGG Academy. It shows how individual identities intersect with a collective sense of belonging to the program and to the network.

Delayed return: consolidation of the Zimbabwean diaspora and transnationalism

Jaji, Rose (2021)
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Mainstreaming South-South and triangular cooperation: work in progress at the United Nations

Haug, Sebastian (2021)
Discussion Paper 15/2021

This paper shows how the United Nations (UN) has tried to mainstream support for South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). It provides a scorecard of UN entities and identifies key factors that condition the heterogeneous and increasingly controversial trajectory of SSTC at the UN.

Proposals to make the T20 a more impactful, effective, and continuous think tank process

Berger, Axel / Imme Scholz / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Sait Akman / Jann Lay / Gustavo Martinez / Stormy Mildner / Amrita Narlikar / Andrea Ordóñez / Claudia Schmucker / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Sébastien Treyer (2021)
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The second hand market for air conditioners in Metro Manila. Business models, resource use, policy options

Never, Babette (2021)
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Filling and Operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – A Way Out

Online, 04. Mai 2021

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has a concrete volume of 10.5 million m3, making it the largest dam —per volume— in Africa. The dam supposed to be a hydropower dam necessary for the Ethiopian economy. The filling and operation of this gigantic dam, which has a 74-billion-cubic-meter reservoir that can theoretically store as…

Benefits and challenges of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development for Latin American economies

Online, 05. Mai 2021

Investment facilitation can be understood as a set of measures concerned, among other things, with improving the transparency and predictability of investment frameworks, streamlining procedures related to foreign investors and enhancing coordination and cooperation among different stakeholders, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI)…

Employing capital: patient capital and labour relations in Kenya’s manufacturing sector

Dafe, Florence / Radha Upadhyaya / Christoph Sommer (2021)
Discussion Paper 18/2021

Creating more decent jobs is crucial for a new social contract and social cohesion. While extant research has focused on the role of states and businesses in shaping employment relations, we analyse the role of finance, in particular patient capital, for the quality and quantity of jobs in Kenya.

EU-China engagement in humanitarian aid: different approaches, shared interests?

Friesen, Ina / Leon Janauschek (2021)
Briefing Paper 11/2021

To close the gap between humanitarian needs and available funding, the European Union should develop a long-term strategy as to how to engage with China on humanitarian matters. This paper suggests focusing the dialogue on the food security sector and anticipatory humanitarian aid.

Implications of COVID-19 for conflict in Africa

Fiedler, Charlotte / Karina Mross / Yonas Adaye Adeto (2021)
Briefing Paper 12/2021

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected armed conflict and political violence within countries? Focusing on Africa, this policy brief analyses the immediate and long-term implications of the pandemic on conflict and reflects on its implications for international peacebuilding efforts.

Rethinking Land in the Anthropocene

Online, 27. Mai 2021

The latest WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) flagship report diagnoses a "trilemma" of global land use, consisting of diverse demands made on land for the purposes of climate-change mitigation, food security and the conservation of biological diversity. The Council proposes five governance strategies to address this…