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Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Maria Cassens-Sasse / Rebecca Hadank-Rauch / Franziska Leibbrandt / Marie Pardey / Manuel Simon / Anina Strey (2022)
Discussion Paper, 3/2022
Has the recent reform of the UN development system led to a better collective offer to developing countries, in line with the 2030 Agenda and its requirements? The paper presents the main findings, conclusions, and recommendations from research on reform implementation.
Capacity development in the public sector is essential for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study explores the SDG training landscape for government officials in India by mapping the role of government and private players, the resources required and current shortcomings.
Industry 4.0 will have major implications on the future of manufacturing in Morocco. Industrial policy should focus on technological upgrading in the automotive sector, while in the garment sector interventions need to be more comprehensive, emphasising capacity building, to improve technological readiness.
This paper discusses the meaning of self-organisations for refugees political participation in local contexts. It examines on the one hand the organisation's own resources, and on the other hand at the political opportunity structures provided by local contexts, using the case of Cologne, Germany.
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.
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.
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.
Altenburg, Tilman / Clara Brandi / Anna Pegels / Andreas Stamm / Kasper Vrolijk / Tina Zintl (2021)
Discussion Paper, 32/2021
We explore to what extent COVID-19 affects the long-term prospects of latecomer industrialisation. While short-term impacts have been severe, structural effects will be small. The pandemic may, however, accelerate some pre-COVID trends, e.g. towards platform economies.
Energy transitions and policies that incentivize it (such as carbon pricing and subsidy reforms) can increase poverty and inequality through higher prices and job disruptions. Using social protection mechanism can reverse these negative effects and make climate mitigation more politically feasible.