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German Development Institute
Facility•Bonn, Germany•
About: German Development Institute is a facility organization based out in Bonn, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Sustainable development & European union. The organization has 242 authors who have published 811 publications receiving 15910 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on one aspect that is turning into a major source of concern for scholars and policy-makers alike: the "fragmentation" of governance architectures in important policy domains.
Abstract: Most research on global governance has focused either on theoretical accounts of the overall phenomenon or on empirical studies of distinct institutions that serve to solve particular governance challenges. In this article we analyze instead “governance architectures,” defined as the overarching system of public and private institutions, principles, norms, regulations, decision-making procedures and organizations that are valid or active in a given issue area of world politics. We focus on one aspect that is turning into a major source of concern for scholars and policy-makers alike: the “fragmentation” of governance architectures in important policy domains. The article offers a typology of different degrees of fragmentation, which we describe as synergistic, cooperative, and conflictive fragmentation. We then systematically assess alternative hypotheses over the relative advantages and disadvantages of different degrees of fragmentation. We argue that moderate degrees of fragmentation may entail both significant costs and benefits, while higher degrees of fragmentation are likely to decrease the overall performance of a governance architecture. The article concludes with policy options on how high degrees of fragmentation could be reduced. Fragmentation is prevalent in particular in the current governance of climate change, which we have hence chosen as illustration for our discussion.
815 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors differentiate between three types of clusters when it comes to formulating cluster-oriented policies in Latin America: survival clusters of micro-and small-scale enterprises owe their existence more to unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and less to entrepreneurial competence and dynamism.
534 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic comparison of four sustainability research projects in Kenya (vulnerability to drought), Switzerland (soil protection), Bolivia and Nepal (conservation vs. development) shows how researchers intuitively adopted three different roles to face these challenges: the roles of reflective scientist, intermediary, and facilitator of a joint learning process.
Abstract: Co-production of knowledge between academic and non-academic communities is a prerequisite for research aiming at more sustainable development paths. Sustainability researchers face three challenges in such co-production: (a) addressing power relations; (b) interrelating different perspectives on the issues at stake; and (c) promoting a previously negotiated orientation towards sustainable development. A systematic comparison of four sustainability research projects in Kenya (vulnerability to drought), Switzerland (soil protection), Bolivia and Nepal (conservation vs. development) shows how the researchers intuitively adopted three different roles to face these challenges: the roles of reflective scientist, intermediary, and facilitator of a joint learning process. From this systematized and iterative self-reflection on the roles that a researcher can assume in the indeterminate social space where knowledge is co-produced, we draw conclusions regarding training.
471 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, a combination of approaches (innovation systems, global value chains and professional networks) is used to analyze four of the most dynamic industries in China and India to find that mounting innovation efforts only rarely materialized in cutting-edge innovations but suggest that if capital accumulation proceeds at the current pace, innovation capabilities will rapidly be built up in China.
429 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the relevant barriers to renewable energy investments and, based on experience from other countries, provide policy recommendations, and discuss the potential and possible shortcomings of this and other existing support schemes and identify complementing measures on a national scale.
284 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Kerstin K. Zander | 28 | 127 | 2998 |
Dirk Messner | 25 | 118 | 2781 |
Claudio E. Montenegro | 25 | 67 | 4058 |
Evans S. Osabuohien | 23 | 132 | 1907 |
Anna-Katharina Hornidge | 23 | 106 | 2246 |
Tilman Altenburg | 23 | 52 | 2445 |
Ulrich Volz | 21 | 135 | 1314 |
Hannes Öhler | 20 | 42 | 1159 |
Chinwe Ifejika Speranza | 20 | 94 | 2428 |
Fariborz Zelli | 19 | 70 | 2025 |
Jörg Faust | 18 | 52 | 765 |
Markus Loewe | 16 | 50 | 811 |
Ines Dombrowsky | 15 | 29 | 617 |
Christian von Haldenwang | 15 | 35 | 614 |
Sander Chan | 15 | 40 | 1045 |