This paper uses the development policy system as an entry point assuming that various fundamental changes along three dimensions - narratives (why?), strategies (what?) and operational approaches (how?) - can be observed over recent years. Changes are diverse, ranging from new narratives...

The 2030 Agenda has provided new impetus to two facets of the struggle for poverty alleviation, which is a central goal of the international development community. First, poverty is no longer viewed strictly in monetary terms, but rather as a multidimensional phenomenon. Second, the need to...

Investments in climate change mitigation will have to rise massively in the coming years in order to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C. Rising levels of investment in mitigation can reduce the impacts of climate change. Yet, they also increase the risk that these investments...