Kiel Policy Brief No. 67: Extensive land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa by international investors constitute one of today’s most hotly debated development issues.

Over the decades, the views on the interrelation between poverty reduction, inequality and growth have undergone different waves within the development community. Development discourse in the decades after the Second World War was largely framed by...

The year 2015 is important for sustainable development: the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have expired and have been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September, and from November 30th to December 11th, the 21st Session of...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 99: Since the early 2000s, Africa has been one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. The Kiel Institute’s researchers Rainer Thiele and Manfred Wiebelt find evidence suggesting that Africa’s boom was not only driven by...

Policy coherence is essential to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. We recommend that the G20 puts policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) to the forefront of its actions and focuses on policy areas,...