This study analyses how strengths and weaknesses of economic, societal, political and environmental structures played out during the Covid-19 crisis in Africa since March 2020. Its main aim is to improve evidence on the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on African countries and, based...

This study analyses how strengths and weaknesses of economic, societal, political and environmental structures played out during the Covid-19 crisis in Africa since March 2020. Its main aim is to improve evidence on the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on African countries and, based...

The vision of a united Africa and the rejection of the arbitrary borders created by European colonial powers have for decades been at the heart of pan-African endeavours. Achieving the free movement of persons on the continent was a key aim of the 1991 Abuja Treaty, which established the African...

The European Union (EU) approach to migration in Africa has significantly shifted in the last few years. Notably since 2015, it has focused on preventing irregular migration and privileges engagement with the main countries of origin and transit of migrants. In the context of the 2015 Joint...

Adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in December 2018, the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and its Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) point to a paradigm shift in international refugee policy. The social and economic independence of refugees in destination countries...

Der im Dezember 2018 von der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen (VN) verabschiedete Globale Flüchtlingspakt (GCR) und der darin enthaltene Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) weisen auf einen Paradigmenwechsel in der internationalen Flüchtlingspolitik hin. Insbesondere soll...

Wirtschaftliche Integration und Freizügigkeit auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent und zwischen den Sub-Regionen sind wesentliche Bestandteile panafrikanischer Entwicklungsambitionen. Immer mehr Studien weisen jedoch darauf hin, dass Ansätze der EU, die auf die Verhinderung irregulärer Migration...

German municipalities are getting increasingly involved in development policy work in Germany and abroad, with the nature of that involvement becoming ever more diverse. However, very little is known about the background or the type of these activities. Against this backdrop, the German...

Zunehmend und auf vielfältige Art und Weise zeigen deutsche Kommunen im In- und Ausland entwicklungspolitisches Engagement. Über die Hintergründe und Ausgestaltung ihres Engagements aber ist sehr wenig bekannt. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)...