From 20 to 25 October 2019, participants of the MGG Academy 2019 went on a Study Trip to Geneva and Brussels. Their trip included a number of remarkable visits to the most important institutions in relation to global cooperation in the world. From intellectual property in the South Centre to dealing with the situation of…
In 1979, the book „Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age“ by the Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas was first published. The work reflects the increasing unease since the seventies about environmental destruction and technological developments with hardly calculable risks for mankind. First to be mentioned is the threat posed by…
On the third weekend of August, the German Federal Government for the 21st time invited the public to its traditional Open Day in Berlin. As in previous years, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) followed the invitation by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to present itself on…
It is a common practice today to speak about the demise of the liberal world order. Threats to multilateralism, free trade and democratic values seem to arise from everywhere; both through a growing assertiveness of authoritarian regimes, but also from within liberal democracies.
Zusammen mit der Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für industrielle Entwicklung (UNIDO) veranstaltete das DIE eine Roundtable-Diskussion über Politikmaßnahmen zur Förderung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen und der Schaffung von Linkages zwischen inländischen und multinationalen Unternehmen mit dem Ziel der Förderung inklusiver globaler Wertschöpfungsketten. Der Roundtable fand am 28. Mai 2019 in Tokio in der Universität der Vereinten Nationen…