Water is critical for sustainable development, including environmental integrity and the eradication of poverty and hunger, and indispensable for human health and well-being. The concept of “Water Stewardship” emphasizes collective accountability and bottom-up collective action by water users towards a sustainable and responsible management of water resources…. Read & Download studies
Archives for August 2017
Sustainable Water Supply Under Adverse Conditions
This paper aims at analyzing what the private sector can contribute to overcome the large flows of refugees. Regarding this objective, the paper focuses on the sustainable water supply in Lebanon…. Read & Download studies
Sustainability 4.0 and Impact Readiness
How to promote true Sustainability and Impact Readiness? Through partnerships with the private sector it is possible to bundle public and private resources, expertise and know-how…. Read & Download studies
Lighthouse projects as a source of innovation
Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will require joint efforts between public and private sector. This analysis looks at two major programs of SDC that can be models for cooperation with the private sector… Read & Download studies
Boost Africa Initiative
This paper takes a closer look at the Boost Africa Initiative, a joint project by the AfDB and the EIB, that wants to boost entrepreneurship in Africa through a three-pillared blended finance approach…. Read & Download studies
Die Herausforderungen des Kakaosektors
Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der vom Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft erarbeiteten Schweizer Plattform für einen nachhaltigen Kakao. Dabei werden in einem ersten Schritt die bestehenden Problematiken und Missstände im Zusammenhang mit der Kakaoproduktion aufgezeigt sowie bereits existierenden Projekte und Initiativen zur Verbesserung der Situation betrachtet…. Read & Download studies
Fair Trade, Producer Empowerment and Contract Production
In view of the upcoming review on Fairtrade Standards by Max Havelaar Switzerland, this paper aims to (1) conceptualize the notion of empowerment; (2) describe different Fairtrade models, analyse them using the outlined concept of empowerment, and compare the models with each other; and (3) propose solutions to the challenge of promoting Small Producer Organisations (SPO) in a Fairtrade (FT) Contract Production (CP) context…. Read & Download studies
Blended Finance
In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, $2.5 trillion of additional financing is needed every year. By reviewing the most prominent instruments of blended finance, demonstrating their potential as well as addressing the associated risks, this paper provides a guideline for donors and recipients…. Read & Download studies
Product development partnerships
Product development partnerships (PDPs) have become an important tool in addressing the problem of market failure within the area of drug development for poverty-related neglected diseases (PRNDs)…. Read & Download studies
Klimapolitik nach der Pariser Klimakonferenz: Szenarien zur Ausgestaltung des internationalen Emissionshandels
Die Pariser Klimakonferenz hat deutlich gemacht, dass die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels nur durch einen tiefgreifenden Wandel der Klimapolitik auf den verschiedenen beteiligten Ebenen und eine veränderte gesellschaftliche Werthaltung in einem hinnehmbaren Ausmass gehalten werden können…. Read & Download studies
Social and Economic Integration of Refugees in the Region of their Origin
This paper aims to answer the following question: How can the great amount of refugees residing in the region of their origin be socially and economically better integrated without causing resentment and fear within the local population? The case of Jordan…. Read & Download studies
Vocational Skills Development
This paper develops a quality and inclusive system for Vocational Skills Development (VSD). Therefore, it analyses current policies of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and differentiates between aid for the poor and aid for innovation…. Read & Download studies