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Four futures for a Global development cooperation system in flux: policy at the intersection of geopolitics, norm contestation and institutional shift

Stephan Klingebiel, Andy Sumner - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Development Expertise: Essential or Expendable? Comparing Interactions Between Knowledge and Experience in German and Norwegian Foreign Aid Bureaucracies

Public Administration and Development
Daniel E. Esser, Heiner Janus - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Comment la fermeture de l’USAID va affecter l’allocation de l’aide publique au développement mondiale

Boussichas M., Cabrillac B., Pugnet C. - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Reduction in development aid: what sectoral impacts in least developed countries?

B. Katoka - Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)

Global Partnerships and Neocolonialism

Open access book
Aram Ziai, Praveen Jha, Jule Lümmen (eds.) - Global Partnership Network (GPN)

Conceptualisation and implementation of gender-transformative approaches in development cooperation

Karin Gaesing, Frank Bliss & Carolin Rosenberg - Institute for Development and Peace (INEF)

Different Perspectives - Joint Success? Private Sector Engagement in Development Cooperation

Amélie Gräfin zu Eulenburg, Marian Wittenberg, Magdalena Orth-Rempel, Cornelia Römling - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Health in the Mattei Plan: In Africa, Between Political Contradictions and Private Interests

N. Dentico - Society for International Development (SID)

The NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review exercise in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for the future

Philippe Van Damme - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Everything, everywhere, all at once? Donor bureaucrats struggle with four dimensions of development effectiveness

World Development
Daniel E. Esser, Heiner Janus - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

The Distorting Effects of Bilateral Climate Finance for Mitigation on ODA

Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, Tomas Hos - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Designing a List of “Priority” Countries for Bilateral Aid. Methodological Note with Reference to French Aid

Sosso Feindouno & Patrick Guillaumont - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Business-as-usual is not an option: Reflections on the upcoming Danish strategy for development cooperation

Ole Winckler Andersen, Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Adam Moe Fejerskov et al. - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Make ODA Great Again (MOGA) or Make ODA Functional Again (MOFA)? This Is the Question

Jean-Michel Severino - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Fragile Aid: Development Cooperation in Weak States and Conflict Contexts

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, and Andrea Vaccaro - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Bangladesh’s resilience amid aid cuts: a new era of development?

A. Ebata - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Policy Brief: Zusammenarbeit für globale Entwicklung: Relevanz, Wirksamkeit, Reformbedarf

Faust, J., M. Bruder, A.G. zu Eulenburg, K. Guffler, S. Harten, S. Leiderer - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Turmoil in USAID and the challenge for the EU's response

A. Sherriff - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

US vs. EU development approach: One is dead, what’s next for the other?

G. Pinyol Puig - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Aligning debt relief for climate and nature with the Principles of Effective Development Cooperation

Hariprasad Radhakrishnan, Sejal Patel & Laura Kelly - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Why do bureaucrats want mandatory training? A conjoint mixed-methods analysis of individual learning preferences in German, Norwegian, and South Korean donor agencies

Development Policy Review
Alessandra Tangianu, Daniel E. Esser, Heiner Janus - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Trump’s assault on foreign aid: implications for international development cooperation

Sebastian Haug, Anna Novoselova, Stephan Klingebiel - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

German Public Support For Development Cooperation Is Falling – Five Possible Explanations

Sebastian H. Schneider, Alexandra Gödderz, Helge Zille, Martin Bruder - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Strategic insights for further developing and strengthening Flemish relations with Africa

Huyse, H., Dekeyser, K., Helsen, L., Vijverman, P., Laporte, G., & Bossuyt, J. -

Resources or race? Explaining (un)equality in international development partnerships

Canadian Journal of Development Studies
S. Kinsbergen, F. Been, J. Bian, M. Molthof, C. Honings, D.-J. Koch - Department of Anthropology and Development Studies (CAOS)

A new development paradigm and strategy for the OECD (and beyond): what should the ‘D’ of OECD stand for?

Andy Sumner, Stephan Klingebiel, Arief Anshory Yusuf - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Conditionality, Compensation, or Both? Comparative Experiences of Third-Country Cooperation on Migration with the EU

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Elaine McGregor, Marie Godin, Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert - UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT

Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: the case of Mexican development policy

Contemporary Politics
R. Melis Baydag - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Measuring small towns – why definitions matter?

Cecilia Tacoli - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Development Cooperation as a Knowledge Creation Process: Rhythmanalytical Approach to a Capacity-Building Project in Zanzibar

European Journal of Development Research
Minna-Liina Ojala, Lauri Hooli - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

Conceptualizing sustainability in China's belt and road initiative: A longitudinal analysis of scholarship (2013 - 2024)

Resources, Conservations and Recycling
Vera Schulhof et al. - Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)

Embracing Universality: Toward the Future of United Nations Development Work

International Studies Perspectives
Max-Otto Baumann, Sebastian Haug - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Climate Change Mitigation through Development Cooperation. Contribution of German Development Cooperation to Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Developing Countries

Thomas Wencker, Georg Kühltau, Isabel Mank,Kevin Moull - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Has Chinese Official Development Assistance led to increased development space in Costa Rica and Panama?

In: Contemporary Examination of Latin America and the Caribbean: Economy, Education, and Technology
Daniel Benson, Yundan Gong - Department of International Development King’s College London (DID)

What to watch out for in Jozef Síkela’s approach to international partnerships

Pauline Veron, Andrew Sherriff - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Swedish Bilateral Climate Change Adaptation Aid: Comparing Practice with Evidence

Lennart Weitzel - Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA)

The International and the Local Worker: Understanding Multi-layered Processes of Racialisation in International Development Organisations

European Journal of Development Research
Maya Goodfellow - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

A stronger EU offer to partners: Beyond power play and competition

Mariella Di Ciommo - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Why Target Communities Remain Subjects Rather than Partners of Development Agencies in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects in Latin America

European Journal of Development Reseaarch
Louise Marie Busck-Lumholt, Esteve Corbera, Ole Mertz - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

Evaluation of Norad’s use of knowledge in portfolio management

Rob Lloyd, Elling Tjønneland, Catrin Hepworth, Jeri Stein, Marianne Tøraasen - Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI)

The 18th SDG? Democracy, Development and International Assistance

Rémy Rioux, Matthieu Trichet, Jean-David Naudet - The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Development Cooperation, Human Rights and Emerging Technologies Does AI support a Right-Oriented Development?

Marianna Lunardini, Clarisa Elena Nelu, Benedetta Pescetto - Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI)

The EU and China in the Global South: Perspectives from African countries

Mariella Di Ciommo, Pauline Veron, Nadia Ashraf - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Financing the UN Development System: Resourcing the Future

Various authors - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF)

Promising Evidence of Coordination Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Camelia Vasilov, Mats Hoppenbrouwers, Jeremy Lind - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

The New South: breaking with the past: West-South engagement in a changing world

Len Ishmael - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Transforming funding landscapes to benefit communities

Nicola Banks - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Von der Leyen 2.0 and a shifting approach to EU international partnerships

Chloe Teevan - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Under Challenging Conditions. Development Cooperation in Fragile States

Jörg Faust, Alexander Kocks,Thomas Wencker - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
Development cooperation in fragile states entails major challenges. To make effective use of the resources made available in the policy field, demanding strategic and operational measures are required, and special efforts on impact measurement and evidence-based policy design are equally necessary. Against this backdrop, a focus of DEval’s work in recent years has been the evaluation and analysis of German development cooperation measures in fragile states
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Impact investing in Africa: a 2024 analytical map

Léon F., Rabary L - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Convocatorias de Investigación de CLACSO

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO

Why does human development matter to the EU’s strategic priorities?

Pauline Veron, Katja Sergejeff - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Banning Russian LNG transhipment in European ports: a pragmatic and effective measure

Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa - Real Instituto Elcano

France’s Eastern Zeitenwende?

Teona Giuashvili - Real Instituto Elcano

Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans: potential for knowledge-based economic cooperation

JRC
Radovanovic Nikola et al - UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT

State fragility and development cooperation: putting the empirics to use in policy and planning

Charles Martin-Shields, Diana Koester - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Competition with China and other emerging actors

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Challenges to Danish development engagements in a time of increasing autocratisation

Adam Moe Fejerskov - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Pyongyang as a crossroads for Afro-Asian cooperation

IIAS newsletter
T.A. van der Hoog - African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL)

Russia’s quest for influence in Africa after the 2022 Ukraine invasion

Elias Götz & Jonas Gejl Kaas - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This report offers an analysis of Russia’s Africa policy since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Three major conclusions emerge from it. First, Russia is engaged in a concerted effort to maintain and, if possible, extend its politico-military influence on the continent. To this end, it employs a range of relatively cheap but effective policy instruments. These include the provision of security assistance, weapons transfers, information operationsand diplomatic levers. Read more
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Official Development Assistance Must Recognize Countries’ Vulnerabilities

Patrick Guillaumont, Abdoul Salam Bello, Arnaud Buissé - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Regional and sectoral variations in the ability to attract funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program and Horizon 2020

Scientometrics
Fredrik Niclas Piro, Marco Seeber, and Lili Wang - UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology UNU-MERIT

Celebrating 50 Years of TNI A Legacy of Activism, Scholarship, and Global Impact

Fiona Dove - Transnational Institute TNI

What is driving change in Europe’s international cooperation agenda? Part 1

Andrew Sherriff, Pauline Veron - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

2024, a pivotal year for international cooperation on sustainable development

Céline Kaufmann, Léna Spinazzé - Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)

Global Gateway: what we know and what it means for Latin America and the Caribbean

María Santillán O’Shea & Ernesto Talvi - Real Instituto Elcano

Enlargement at All Costs? A View from Hungary

Enlargement and the Future of Europe
Veronika Czina, Tamás Szigetvári & Gábor Túry - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies CERS

The Impact of the Earthquake in Syria. The Missing Developmental Approach in the Shadow of the Conflict

Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna

The Global Gateway at two: Implementing EU strategic ambitions

Chloe Teevan, San Bilal - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Triangular cooperation with the Arab region: policies, perspectives and practices of DAC members

United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
Sebastian Haug - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

V4 Development Cooperation Trialogue: Reinforcing Synergies, Sharing Good Practices

A Guide to participation in EU development funding
Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň & Daniel Šitera - Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Pre-study: the political economy of Danish-Tanzanian development cooperation, 1962-2021

Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

How effective is the UN’s development support?

Max-Otto Baumann - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Resources for Development Cooperation: Instruction by the Minister of Finance

Stephan Klingebiel - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

The sustainability transition requires extended and differentiated North-South cooperation for innovation - UNCTAD Background Paper

UNCTAD Background Paper
Andreas Stamm - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2022. Development engagement in times of global crises and challenges

Sebastian H. Schneider, Nora Sassenhagen, Jens Eger, Martin Bruder - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

India’s development cooperation in Africa

Veda Vaidyanathan - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Lessons Learned from K4D Learning Journeys: A Practical Approach for Supporting Learning in Development Organisations

Jo Howard, Evert-jan Quak, Jim Woodhill - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

The politics of “what works”: evidence incentives and entrepreneurship in development organisations

Pablo Yanguas - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Engaging the European private sector in EU development cooperation and finance

Karim Karaki,San Bilal, Jeske van Seters - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Donors, implementing agencies and DFI/PDB cooperation. The case of the Netherlands and the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development

Karim Karaki, San Bilal - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

New standard indicators for German development cooperation: How useful are numbers “at the touch of a button”?

Heiner Janus, Daniel Esser - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Official Development Assistance at the Age of Consequences

Thomas Mélonio, Rémy Rioux, Jean-David Naudet - The Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Half-time analysis: How is Team Europe doing?

Alexei Jones, Katja Sergejeff, - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Africa beyond ‘South-South cooperation’: A frame with limited resonance

Journal of International Development
Sebastian Haug, Cynthia M. Kamwengo - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Beyond Mainstreaming? Past, Present and Future of UN Support for South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Human Rights-Based Evaluation in German and International Development Cooperation: Literature Review

Ilse Worm. Marco Hanitzsch, Lena Taube, Martin Bruder - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

The future of the EU as a global development actor

Also available in Spanish
Daniele Fattibene, Iliana Olivié, María Santillán - Real Instituto Elcano

Policy Brief: Looking for the Right Exit. Designing Exit Processes in Development Cooperation

Kim Lücking. Mirko Eppler - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Between Radical and Realistic: Biodiversity, Transformation and Development Cooperation

Tilman Hertz - Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA)

Policy Brief: Human Rights in German Development Cooperation. Aspirations and Implementation

Jan Tobias Polak, Lea Smidt & Lena Taube - German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
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