Tackling Climate Change and Propelling a Green Transition under the African Continental Free Trade Area Published: 5 May 2022 E-Paper Exploring the opportunities and challenges of addressing climate change under the AfCFTA and providing recommendations for governments, stakeholders, and development partners pdf
How to Ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Propels Africa’s Green Transition Published: 5 May 2022 Policy Brief The opportunities and challenges of addressing climate change under the AfCFTA pdf
10 Essentials for a ‘Truly Green’ Green Equity Approach Published: 19 April 2022 Brief Much is still to be desired for the GEA to align IFC’s equity investment portfolio with the Paris Agreement on climate change pdf
Green Equity Published: 19 April 2022 Dossier This dossier explores what needs to improve in order for green equity to become a powerful instrument to support a green and socially inclusive transformation.
"What we need is a structural response:" Deborah Düring in Interview Published: 4 April 2022 Interview Member of the German Bundestag Deborah Düring leads the Green parliamentary working group on economic cooperation and development. Before the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, we asked her a few questions about structural policy, Germany's role in international development, and inclusive prosperity. By Philipp Kuehl and Deborah Düring
Towards a transatlantic approach to digital development in Africa Published: 27 January 2022 Introduction The EU and U.S. have laid out ambitious plans to promote values-based digital connectivity in Africa. The coordination of mechanisms and principles with democratic allies will be crucial for these visions to succeed. Geopolitical goals should be aligned with a development policy agenda that engages with Africa as a partner in fostering digital innovation and governance. By Sabine Muscat and Philipp Kuehl
Building blocks for a new U.S. posture on digital development – from bilateral response to multilateral coordination Published: 27 January 2022 E-Paper pdf
Towards a digital development partnership that meets African interests Published: 27 January 2022 E-Paper pdf
Beyond Connectivity Published: 27 January 2022 Dossier Closing the digital divide has become a core objective of development policy. Digital infrastructure and technology features large in emerging connectivity and digital transformation strategies, from the EU’s Global Gateway to the U.S.-led Build Back Better World. This dossier discusses pathways to a needs- and values-based approach to working with partner countries. This approach does not stop at providing hardware but enables a digital life that’s good for people and the planet.
Shaping the future of multilateralism: An overview on inclusive pathways to a just and crisis-resilient global order Published: 25 August 2021 Summary paper The 20 authors of the 15 papers in this series illuminate the depth of the problems in the three specific fields of international trade, digital governance, and climate finance, with special attention to human rights and gender equality. The researchers illustrate the profound failures of national governments and international mechanisms, and often reflect the frustrations of populations or countries that feel the rich and powerful are running roughshod over the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable for their own outsized benefit, and are doing so with impunity. By Viola Gienger, Sabine Muscat, Liane Schalatek, Anna Schwarz and Lisa Tostado