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Is Germany’s energy transition a case of successful green industrial policy? Contrasting wind and solar PV

Pegels, Anna / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2014)
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Inclusive and sustainable industrial policy in developing countries

Bonn, 15. September 2014

In order to catch up with more advanced countries, low- and lower-middle income countries need to diversify their economies and accelerate structural change. In view of multiple market failures and huge capability gaps between local companies and their foreign competitors, few experts question the need for industrial policies. But two…

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…

Green industrial policy: managing transformation under uncertainty

Lütkenhorst, Wilfried / Tilman Altenburg / Anna Pegels / Georgeta Vidican (2014)
Discussion Paper 28/2014

This topical paper elaborates the concept of green industrial policy, framed as a normative approach of managing the green transformation under conditions of uncertainty and long time horizons. It provides illustrative policy examples seeking to stimulate learning from both success and failure.

From combustion engines to electric vehicles: a study of technological path creation and disruption in Germany

Altenburg, Tilman (2014)
Discussion Paper 29/2014

When shifting from high-carbon cars to electromobility, countries adopt different policies; also, industry characteristics and demand conditions differ, giving rise to country-specific technological pathways. This study on Germany is part of a comparative project also including France, China, India.

Rent management capabilities for the green transformation

Johnson, Oliver / Tilman Altenburg / Hubert Schmitz (2014)
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The international battle against tax fraud and evasion: a key part of the post-2015 agenda

von Haldenwang, Christian / Uwe Kerkow (2014)
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The innovation path of the Chinese wind power industry

Dai, Yixin / Yuan Zhou / Di Xia / Mengyu Ding / Lan Xue (2014)
Discussion Paper 32/2014

This paper attributes three factors, foreign technology and collaboration at firm level, the long-term, enduring public policy goals, as well as the trend towards an emphasis on research and development, as major influences over the innovation path formation of Chinese wind technology development.

The role of international financial institutions in macroeconomic crises: improving the architecture of the World Bank and the IMF for managing shocks in developing countries

Berensmann, Kathrin / Peter Wolff (2014)
Discussion Paper 33/2014

In their response to the global financial crisis, the international financial institutions (IFIs) have significantly reformed their instruments. Nevertheless, some gaps for shock financing remain. This study looks at the appropriateness of the IFIs’ shock facilities for developing countries.

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…

Social capital and access to (natural) resources and markets along the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) value chain in the Lower Amazon basin, Pará

Cunha, Marcelo (2014)
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Providing animal health services to the poor in Northern Ghana: rethinking the role of community animal health workers?

Mockshell, Jonathan / John Ilukor / Regina Birner (2014)
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Innovative business models in the Thai horticultural sector: a panel data analysis of the impacts of global GAP certification

Holzapfel, Sarah / Meike Wollni (2014)
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Which factors determine the upgrading of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2014)
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Regional energy trading: a new avenue for resolving a regional water dispute?

Scheumann, Waltina / Sahnaz Tigrek (2015)
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Is Democracy in Decline?

Diamond, Larry (2015)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 23. Februar 2015

Why have freedom and democracy been regressing in many countries? The most important and pervasive answer is bad governance.

"Is Democracy in Decline?"

Bonn, 16. März 2015

In the last three decades, the number of democracies held steady or expanded every year from 1975 until 2007. Nothing like this continuous growth in democracy ever had been seen before in the history of the world. But then, around 2006, the expansion of freedom and democracy in the world came to a prolonged halt. Since then, there has…

Payment for environmental services: mobilising an epistemic community to construct dominant policy

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Rutgerd Boelens (2015)
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What is the potential for a climate, forest and community friendly REDD+ in Paris?

Hein, Jonas / Karen Meijer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2015)
Briefing Paper 3/2015

How can we mitigate climate change, protect the shrinking tropical forest and support local communities? This paper assesses different prospects for REDD+ within a post-2015 Paris agreement and suggests a middle road based on regulatory measures and result-based finance.

ما هي العوامل التي تحدد الرتقاء بالمشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة في مصر؟ (Which factors constrain the upgrading of small and medium-size enterprises in Egypt?)

Loewe, Markus et al. (2015)
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