Reiber, Tatjana / Anna Schwachula (2020)
The Current Column, 09 November 2020
The actual objective of academic get-togethers is to exchange knowledge, generate new ideas and forge networks. When conferences fail to serve these purposes, they become a waste of time.
Ruppel, Samantha / Arowobusoye Olu (2020)
External Publications
Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde (2020)
Briefing Paper 17/2020
Germany has become the second-largest funder of UN humanitarian and development work, but its funding is rather fragmented and restricted. To be an effective supporter of multilateralism, the German Government should adopt a coordinated, strategically informed approach to funding UN organizations.
Baumann, Max-Otto / Erik Lundsgaarde / Silke Weinlich (2020)
Briefing Paper 16/2020
The United Nations development system and other multilateral organizations have increasingly been funded through earmarked contributions. This has implications for their ability to effectively and independently perform the functions member states’ expect of them.
Keijzer, Niels / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Frederik Stender (2020)
The Current Column, 07 September 2020
There is barely another region of the world in which the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed structural issues with global trade integration so clearly as in Africa. The continent’s exports had already been impacted negatively by price turbulence on the international commodities markets at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
Ruppel, Samantha / Alena Sander (2020)
External Publications
Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julian Bergmann (2020)
The Current Column, 01 July 2020
Today sees Germany assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. In this crisis year 2020, Germany must now get the EU’s internal recovery plan off the ground and pave the way for a future of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic success in the Union.
von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage / Armin von Schiller (2020)
The Current Column, 29 June 2020
Tax systems will play a key role in absorbing the social and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.