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The Policy Brief is a new format that replaces the former series “Briefing Papers” and its German version “Analysen und Stellungnahmen”. Policy Briefs address questions of development policy and international relations. By including concise recommendations, the series is primarily aimed at policy makers, practitioners and representatives of the (professional) media industry. Besides, the series also addresses everyone interested in developmental issues. Depending on the envisaged target group Policy Briefs are translated in other languages.

All publications of the series have a CC-BY 4.0 licence and can be downloaded in full text on our website.

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The implementation of sustainable finance taxonomies: learning from South African experiences

Lötters-Viehof, Steffen / Sören Hilbrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen / Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Policy Brief 20/2023

Embracing sustainable finance taxonomies – potential to facilitate investments in sustainable economic activities. This Policy Brief presents recommendations for a successful introduction of sustainable taxonomies based on research conducted in South Africa.

The future of climate and development finance: balancing separate accounting with integrated policy responses

Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
Policy Brief 19/2023

This paper discusses the blurring of development and climate finance and argues that the NCQG process and the integration of loss and damage into the climate finance system must go hand in hand with a separation of ODA and climate finance whilst ensuring integrated policy responses.

Germany's Energiewende: synergies, trade-offs and political drivers

Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2023)
Policy Brief 18/2023

Germany's energy transition – known as the Energiewende - presents a series of synergies and trade-offs across climate, energy, biodiversity and social justice. These and their political drivers are examined in this brief, with a focus on the country’s coal phase-out and on-shore wind phase-in.

Shrinking spaces in the Middle East and North Africa: supporting resilience of civil society

Saliba, Ilyas (2023)
Policy Brief 17/2023

CSOs face mounting challenges due to surveillance and persecution. Their work in advancing inclusive development is increasingly criminalised. This is worrying, since a free civil society is key for human development. Despite shrinking spaces there are at least seven ways to support civil society.

Children in refugee camps and their role in refugee-host community integration

Nyambedha, Erick / Rose Jaji / Jana Kuhnt (2023)
Policy Brief 16/2023

Children form a significant part of the displacement-affected populations globally. This policy brief sheds light on the active role children in displacement-affected situations can take in their daily lives to shape refugee-host interaction and local integration in camp settings.

Climate (im)mobility in urban contexts: from recognition to action

Ekoh, Susan S. (2023)
Policy Brief 15/2023

This policy brief presents gaps and challenges involved in addressing climate change and human mobility in cities. Although actors recognize the nexus of climate change and human mobility and the urban dimensions, efforts to address this is far from what it should be.

Geopolitics, the Global South and Development Policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 14/2023

Far-reaching geopolitical upheavals have shaped international relations in the recent past. This policy brief discusses the new geopolitical and geo-economic context and its significance for the Global South and development policy.

Gesundheitsfinanzierung in Zeiten von Mehrfachkrisen: Analyse und Empfehlungen

Strupat, Christoph / Pooja Balasubramanian / Srinivasa Srigiri / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
Policy Brief 13/2023

COVID-19 hat die Fragilität der Gesundheitssysteme in den LMICs aufgezeigt und die Wichtigkeit von Gesundheitsfinanzierung verdeutlicht. LMICs und Entwicklungspartner sollten die positiven Wirkungen von Investitionen in Gesundheitssysteme berücksichtigen und deren Finanzierung nicht vernachlässigen.

Geopolitik, Globaler Süden und Entwicklungspolitik

Klingebiel, Stephan (2023)
Policy Brief 12/2023

Weitreichende geopolitische Verwerfungen prägen die internationalen Beziehungen der jüngsten Vergangenheit. Dieser Policy Brief diskutiert den neuen geopolitischen und geoökonomischen Kontext und seine Bedeutung für den Globalen Süden sowie die Entwicklungspolitik.

Health financing in times of multiple crises: analysis and recommendation

Strupat, Christoph / Pooja Balasubramanian / Srinivasa Srigiri / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
Policy Brief 11/2023

COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of health systems in LMICs and highlights the need for renewed health financing efforts. Governments of LMICs and development partners should consider the large positive socioeconomic effects of investments in health systems and protect spending on health.

Co-operation or mutual co-option? The Senegal–EU partnership on migration

Dimé, Mamadou / Rose Jaji (2023)
Policy Brief 10/23

The EU’s use of funding to shape migration governance in Senegal creates ownership and accountability challenges for policies that are formulated at the initiative of external actors without much, if any, input by the government of Senegal and its people.

Der geopolitische Wettbewerb im Indopazifik und dessen Einfluss auf die Entwicklungspolitik

Nath, Ela / Stephan Klingebiel (2023)
Policy Brief 9/2023

Dieses Papier untersucht die Geopolitisierung der Entwicklungspolitik in der indo-pazifischen Region. Wir erörtern die Entstehung indo-pazifischer Strategien und deren Überschneidungen mit der Geopolitik und der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit traditioneller Entwicklungsakteure wie den USA und der EU.

Geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific: managing development cooperation

Nath, Ela / Stephan Klingebiel (2023)
Policy Brief 8/2023

This policy brief examines the geopoliticisation of development cooperation within the Indo-Pacific region. We discuss the emergence of Indo-Pacific strategies and how these intersect with geopolitics and development cooperation amongst traditional development actors such as the US and EU.

Implementation of the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: identification of reform needs and development policy measures

Berger, Axel / Ann-Margret Bolmer / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Marius Metz / Guillaume Robardet / Julia Schäfer / Marie-Lisa Schneider / Frank Schönberg (2023)
Policy Brief 7/2023

Pilot needs assessments indicate that analysed provisions of the IFD Agreement are not sufficiently implemented across the three LDCs: Lao PDR, Togo and Zambia. We identify key barriers as well as national and international support actions, which are crucial for successful IFD implementation.

Cotton made in Africa: a case study of sustainable production through responsible consumption

Peltzer, Roger / Michael Brüntrup (2023)
Policy Brief 6/2023

Cotton made in Africa is a sustainability standard for the textile mass market, implemented from 2005 on as an international public-private-partnership. From this experience, many lessons can be learned - for CmiA itself, for value chain promotion with smallholders, and for supply chain regulation.

Refugee-led organisations and intersectionality: feminist development policy in the lives of refugees

Motalebi, Nasim / Charles Martin-Shields (2023)
Policy Brief 5/2023

Refugee-led organisations (RLOs) play a key role in feminist development policy in displacement contexts. Taking an intersectional approach, RLOs are important partners in supporting the needs of women, children, LGBTQ, ethnic minorities, and diverse-ability refugees in different contexts.

Rebuilding Ukraine: what the international community now needs to consider

Grävingholt, Jörn / Jörg Faust / Alexander Libman / Solveig Richter / Gwendolyn Sasse / Susan Stewart (2023)
Policy Brief 4/2023

Even with Russia continuing to wage its war of aggression, Ukraine’s recovery starts now. If this reconstruction project is to succeed, specific contextual conditions need to be taken into account, along with experiences from other recovery processes, such as those in the Western Balkans and Iraq.

Strengthening social cohesion in conflict-affected societies: potential, patterns and pitfalls

Cox, Fletcher D. / Charlotte Fiedler / Karina Mross (2023)
Policy Brief 3/2023

Bi- and multilateral donors increasingly focus on strengthening social cohesion to build peace in conflict-affected societies. What does promoting social cohesion in these contexts mean with respect to international engagement and what challenges arise?

Wiederaufbau in der Ukraine: Was die internationale Gemeinschaft jetzt beachten muss

Grävingholt, Jörn / Jörg Faust / Alexander Libman / Solveig Richter / Gwendolyn Sasse / Susan Stewart (2023)
Policy Brief 2/2023

Auch wenn Russland seinen Angriffskrieg fortsetzt: der Wiederaufbau der Ukraine beginnt jetzt. Damit er gelingen kann, sind die spezifische Rahmenbedingungen des Landes zu beachten. Doch auch Erfahrungen anderer Wiederaufbauprozesse, etwa auf dem Westbalkan oder im Irak, geben wichtige Hinweise.

Green jobs and the city: towards a just transition in developing countries

Kleibrink, Alexander / Anna Pegels / Michael Fink / Wolfgang Scholz (2023)
Policy Brief 1/2023

This policy brief examines actions for a just transition of local job markets in developing countries. We identify building blocks for shifting from carbon- and resource-intensive towards green jobs in this transition, with a particular focus on managing winners and losers.

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Youth perspectives and engagement on sustainability

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Internal displacement, informal local structures and social cohesion in Mozambique

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Fostering justice across the Rio Conventions: emerging levers for cooperation and coordination

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Aparajita Banerjee / Marcelo Inacio da Cunha / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco / Michael Brüntrup / Daniele Malerba (31/2024)

Channelling special drawing rights to multilateral development banks: overcoming remaining legal and political obstacles

Berensmann, Kathrin / Yabibal Walle / Elise Dufief / Paulo Esteves / Rob Floyd / Yu Ye (30/2024)