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51. SDG-aligned futures and the governance of transformation to sustainability: reconsidering governance perspectives on the futures we aspire to

    

    Hernandez, Ariel (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 30/2021

    This paper draws concepts from economics, sociology and political science and identifies the four different types of resources represented in three different scenarios of a sustainable future – the SDG-aligned scenarios - that can help governance be conducive to transformation to sustainability.

52. What is social finance? Definitions by market participants, the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities, and implications for development policy

    

    Hilbrich, Sören (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 29/2021

    Against the backdrop of the great plurality of existing definitions of social investment, this paper provides an overview on definitions followed by market participants, describes the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities as potential standard, and discusses implications for development policy.

53. Institutional change through development assistance: the comparative advantages of political and adaptive approaches

    

    Roll, Michael (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 28/2021

    Development assistance often fails to achieve institutional change. New political and adaptive approaches to development assistance show more promise. The discussion paper shows for which problems, in which contexts and which outcomes this may be the case.

54. EU development policy as a crisis-response tool? Prospects and challenges for linking the EU’s COVID-19 response to the green transition

    

    Koch, Svea / Ina Friesen / Niels Keijzer (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 27/2021

    This paper analyses how the EU and its member states link the short-term recovery to the pandemic with longer-term socio-ecological transformations in their development policies. It discusses the implications this challenging task has had on the dynamics between the EU and member states.

55. Mechanisms for governing the Water-Land-Food Nexus in the Lower Awash River Basin, Ethiopia: ensuring policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

    

    Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Anita Breuer / Waltina Scheumann (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 26/2021

    Are the governance mechanisms for land and water in Ethiopia effective in managing the WEF nexus interdependencies? We assess the conditions that affect coordination for policy coherence in achieving the 2030 Agenda.

56. Refugees and local power dynamics: the case of Gambella Region of Ethiopia

    

    Hagos, Samuel Zewdie (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 25/2021

    The study sheds light on the evolution of the interethnic tensions between host communities and refugees as a function of past and present refugee integration practices and depending on diverse levels of centralisation using the Gambella region of Ethiopia as a case study.

57. The transformative capacity of transnational and transdisciplinary networks and the potential of alumni work

    

    Vogel, Johanna (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 24/2021

    Knowledge networks consisting of alumni have a special potential to engage in collaborative work and create a wider impact in society. This paper recommends five elements that support unfolding this transformative potential through strategic alumni work.

58. Quantifying investment facilitation at country level: introducing a new index

    

    Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Zoryana Olekseyuk (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 23/2021

    We introduce a new and unique dataset for measuring the adoption of investment facilitation measures. The Investment Facilitation Index covers 117 individual measures and maps their adoption for 86 countries, providing valuable insights for the current negotiations at the WTO.

59. The rise of the Team Europe approach in EU development cooperation: assessing a moving target

    

    Keijzer, Niels / Aline Burni / Benedikt Erforth / Ina Friesen (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 22/2021

    What is “Team Europe”? How does it affect the European Union’s development policy? This paper analyses the European Union’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and explores ist evolving motivations, priorities and current approaches to development cooperation under the “Team Europe” label.

60. Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees in Ethiopia

    

    Binkert, Eva / Merlin Flaig / Lukas Frucht et al. (2021)
    Discussion Paper, 21/2021

    This study examines the policy of refugee integration, in particular the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, in Ethiopia with a special focus on local governments. It analyses their role and capability in order to identify both challenges and opportunities to facilitate this process.