The UN Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July 2015 will pave the way for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The Briefing Paper series “Financing Global Development“ analyses key financial and non-financial means of implementation for the new...

On 25 September 2015 the 2030 agenda for sustainable development was passed at the summit of the United Nations in New York. This agenda sees the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which draw to a close in 2015. The new agenda follows a...

Am 25. September 2015 wurde auf dem Gipfel der Vereinten Nationen in New York die 2030-Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung verabschiedet. Mit ihr lösen die Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) die Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ab, die 2015 auslaufen. Das Zielsystem der 2030-Agenda ist...

Die Analysen und Stellungnahmen zur Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung untersuchen wichtige finanzielle und nicht-finanzielle Maßnahmen zur Realisierung der neuen Ziele nachhaltiger Entwicklung (Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs) und diskutieren Bausteine für einen neuen globalen Rahmen...

The wide availability of renewable energy sources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is at the core of several large-scale European initiatives to support clean energy generation in the region and import part of it to Europe. Given the current socio-economic and political challenges in...

This study - commissioned by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – evaluates the direct effects (i.e. the direct and induced outputs) of budget support in Zambia. It forms part of a joint international evaluation of budget support in Zambia. The report focuses on...

While the role of private foundations as development assistance providers has attracted growing interest in the development policy community, country-level analyses of foundation engagement remain scarce. This study examines private foundation funding for development in Tanzania, focusing on the...

This study was produced in close cooperation with the Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) within the framework of DIE’s postgraduate training programme. It is based on field-work conducted in Zambia between February and April 2010 and forms part of the background work conducted for an...

The Middle East and North Africa region has been the focal point of large investments in renewable energy, primarily due to high solar irradiation and wind speed in coastal areas. Most countries in the region have set renewable energy targets to diversify their energy mix. Investments have also...

The existence of under-aided countries, sectors, and sub-national regions – also known as “aid orphans” – implies inefficiencies in the current overall allocation of aid resources. This is of particular concern because aid effectiveness depends not only on how well resources are...