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Water and Development in Shared Rivers: Sustainable development for all

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
The Current Column, 19. March 2015

Bonn, 19 March 2015. This year the United Nations selected “Water and Sustainable Development” as a theme for the World Water Day on 22 March. The World Water Day reminds us that there is no human, social and economic development without clean water – from health and sanitation to food, energy production and industrialisation.

Interaction Between Internal and External Actors in Democracy Promotion

Bonn, 25. March 2015

Among both practitioners and scholars of democracy promotion, there is broad consensus that democracy is not simply a good that can be exported from one country to another. External democracy promotion, by definition, involves a complex sort of interaction between external and local actors that can hardly be grasped by the notion of a…

Declaration by SDSN Germany on G7

Declaration by SDSN Germany on G7 Declaration by SDSN Germany: G7 must embrace strong commitments towards a sustainable and just world Press release of 24 March 2015 In a declaration on the upcoming G7 Summit in Germany, the German Sustainable Development Solutions Network ( SDSN Germany ) calls on the Federal Chancellor and her G7 counterparts to agree in June in Elmau on determined contributions to global sustainable development: In the G7 countries: overcome…

In search of a narrative for Southern providers: the challenge of the emerging economies to the development cooperation agenda

Bracho, Gerardo (2015)
Discussion Paper 1/2015

Improving education outcomes by linking payments to results: an assessment of disbursement-linked indicators in five results-based approaches

Holzapfel, Sarah / Heiner Janus (2015)
Discussion Paper 2/2015

Development actors have started implementing results-based approaches, but little attention has been paid to the potential advantages and disadvantages of the specific indicators that are used. The paper analyses the indicators of five pilots programmes in education.

Time for a paradigm shift in policy on Syria and the Middle East?

Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 31. March 2015

With the Syrian conflict in its fifth year, is it time for a paradigm shift in Western policy on the Middle East?

The new post-2015 agenda of the United Nations

Scholz, Imme (2014)
External Publications

Engaging Crimea: Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation

Bonn, 09. April 2015

A year ago on 16th March 2014 the Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a highly controversial referendum on its legal status. A translation of the referendum questions from Ukrainian and Russian to English indicated a choice between autonomy within Ukraine as per the 1992 constitution or joining the Russian Federation. Maintaining the…

UN at 70

Bonn, 16. April 2015

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. Both the world and the UN have changed since its 51 founding members signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 to prevent the doom of another World War. Today, the UN totals 193 member states while the nature and scope of the United Nations' activities have greatly expanded. Moreover,…

DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval

DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval DIE’s Department Head Jörg Faust will become the new Director of DEval Press Release of 16 April 2015 Jörg Faust , long-time Head of Department “Governance, Statehood, Security” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will become the new Director of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der…

Burundi: from instability to escalation

Klingebiel, Stephan (2015)
The Current Column, 28. April 2015

Thousands of people are currently fleeing the central African state of Burundi on a daily basis. The upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, on 26 May and 26 June respectively, have the potential to spark major conflict in a nation which, is already one of the poorest in the world.

Result-Based Approaches in Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda, 29. April 2015

The workshop was intended to discuss preliminary results of a research project conducted by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) which took place in close collaboration with the Rwandan Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) and in consultation with the Local Administrative…

Asian Development Outlook 2015

Bonn, 29. April 2015

The ‘ Asian Development Outlook 2015 ’ (ADO) is the flagship economic publication by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Shang-Jin Wei , the Chief Economist of the ADB will present the ADO and its major findings. The ADO provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia, including growth projections by country and…

European Report on Development underlines crucial link between policy and finance for a successful post-2015 agenda

European Report on Development underlines crucial link between policy and finance for a successful post-2015 agenda European Report on Development underlines crucial link between policy and finance for a successful post-2015 agenda Brüssel, Bonn, 4 May 2015. Today the European Report on Development 2015 (ERD 2015) was officially launched in Brussels by the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica. ERD 2015 presents a new…

Social and environmental standards for the world economy

Bonn, 05. May 2015

This year, research cooperation within the BMZ-funded Managing Global Governance (MGG) programme for young professionals from rising powers will be further expanded: An MGG research project on social and environmental standards for the world economy gathered almost 30 alumni from all 12 previous MGG courses as well as DIE and BMZ staff…

The role of development policy in European refugee policy

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2015)
The Current Column, 05. May 2015

What can and should Europe do in response to increasing numbers of refugees, thousands of whom are dying in the Mediterranean? German Development Minister Gerd Müller is calling for an additional 10 billion Euro to tackle the issues causing people to flee their countries of origin. By contrast, in his article 'No aid funding for corrupt kleptocrats', published at ZEIT Online, Theo Sommer argues that providing additional development aid would do little to solve the refugee crisis, as it would most likely fall into the hands of corrupt politicians in developing countries.

Bonn Conference for Global Transformation

, 12. May 2015

Programme on Tuesday 12 May: 11:30 h Panel Global Transformation – one target, different views While there is broad, if not universal agreement on the need for a global transformation for sustainable development, there is far less agreement on its urgency, priorities, on individual and collective responsibilities, on binding rules and…

Post-2015: recharging governance of United Nations development

Helgason, Kristinn Sv. / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Briefing Paper 6/2015

Three options are proposed to make the UN governance arrangements fit for the delivery of the new sustainable development agenda.

Religion and Development

Bonn, 18. May 2015

The relevance of religion for development has been widely acknowledged in global politics. International organizations such as the World Bank or bilateral players such as Germany or Switzerland emphasize the constructive role of religious organizations for development. Accordingly, Western donors, the United Nations, and civil society…

Why the European Union needs a new global strategy

Messner, Dirk / Imme Scholz (2015)
The Current Column, 20. May 2015

The EU's Foreign and Defense Ministers have met in Brussels on Monday. One point on their long agenda was the strategic review of the EU's security environment and the challenges and opportunities arising for the EU.