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Einführungen / Introductions 2018

2018, DEZA, Library of Studies, SECO

To follow the introductions and lectures of the course 2018 please read here the presentations (unfortunately only in German)… Read & Download studies

Water Stewardship

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Water

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

Sustainable Water Supply Under Adverse Conditions

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Water

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

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Private Sector

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

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Private Sector

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

2017, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Entrepreneurship, Private Sector

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

2017, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

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

2016, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

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

2016, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise

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

2016, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Health, Private Sector

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

2016, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Climate Change, Private Sector

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

2016, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Entrepreneurship, Migration

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

2016, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Training

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

Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) Potential for Development Cooperation?

2015, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) programs have proven to be an effective tool to fight poverty with an approach based on monetary incentives rewarding certain behaviour. This paper looks at how different CCT programs in Latin America work, and how they fare in terms of evaluation…. Read & Download studies

Appropriate legal structures for social enterprises

2015, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

This research paper addresses the question what legal forms overcome the specific challenges of a Social Enterprise the most? The research design is organized in an empirical manner and analyses five specific legal frameworks worldwide according to nine criteria that were developed corresponding the latest research and literature…. Read & Download studies

Scaling up social businesses

2015, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

This paper attempts to give advice for the scaling up of social enterprises. The project is twofold: At first a theoretical overview of growth is introduced; then the focus shifts to concrete challenges for growth of social businesses…. Read & Download studies

Green Bonds als innovatives Finanzierungsinstrument von Klimawandelmassnahmen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

2015, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Climate Change, Private Sector

In einer Welt, in der das allgemeine Bewusstsein für Klimafragen stetig anwächst, bieten Green Bonds ein scheinbar attraktives Werkzeug, um Investitionen in nachhaltige Projekte, Prozesse und Technologien zu fördern…. Read & Download studies

Zusammenarbeit mit dem Privatsektor und Infrastruktur

2015, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Was für Modelle für eine effektive und transparente Zusammenarbeit mit dem Privatsektor gibt es? Studie am Beispiel der Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)… Read & Download studies

Job creation in Tunisia

2015, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Job Creation

The purpose of this paper is to identify a mix of industrial policies which leads to massive job creation. The Competitive Industries and Innovation Program (CIIP) was the starting point from which the elaboration of a further reaching and more comprehensive industrial policy measure mix was developed. – The case of Tunisia… Read & Download studies

Berufsbildung: Case Study Employment Fund Nepal

2014, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Job Creation, Vocational Training

Berufsbildung gilt als Antwort für viele Probleme: Reduktion von Armut, Konflikten und Arbeitslosigkeit, Steigerung Selbstwertgefühl, Empowerment, etc. Der Employment Fund in Nepal gilt als besonders innovatives Beispiel…. Read & Download studies

Wirkungsmessung im Bereich Financial Education

2014, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Finance & Investment, Job Creation

Noch immer haben viele Millionen Menschen weltweit keinen Zugang zu Finanzdienstleistungen. Bessere Kenntnis über Begriffe und Produkte wie Kredit, Sparen, Zinsen, Versicherungen können Armut reduzieren, Kundenschutz verbessern, aber eben auch den Verkauf von kundenorientierten neuen Finanzdienstleistungen, wie Versicherungen und mobilen Zahlungsverkehr, erleichtern…. Read & Download studies

Micro-Franchising: A viable and sustainable business model for the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency?

2014, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

The popularity of the micro-franchising theory among practitioners in the world of international development as a development tool is steadily increasing. Through the promotion of sustainable forms of entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), it is seen as a functioning development tool that could lift people out of poverty…. Read & Download studies

Der Kimberley-Prozess

2014, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Raw materials

Heute unterstehen 99 Prozent der weltweit produzierten Rohdiamanten dem Kimberley Process. Trotzdem leidet der Kimberley Process unter Geburtsmängeln, welche eine Entwicklung der Initiative quasi verunmöglichen…. Read & Download studies

Economic Foundation and Stability in fragile States

2014, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Job Creation

This paper analyses the correlation between economic foundations and stability in the context of fragile states and the Message on Switzerland’s International Cooperation in 2013–2016…. Read & Download studies

Pension Reform in Ghana

2014, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Finance & Investment

Ghana decided to introduce a three-pillar pension system in 2008. Since 2013, Switzerland has supported a project linked to the capacity-building of the Ghanaian National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), whose role is to regulate and supervise the pensions scheme…. Read & Download studies

Rohstoffproblematik – Regulierung oder freiwillige Standards?

2013, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Development Policy, Raw materials

Können freiwillige Standards die Glaubwürdigkeit des Rohstoff-Handelsplatzes Schweiz herstellen oder sind regulatorische Eingriffe nötig – wenn ja, welche?… Read & Download studies

Fairtrade Gold in der Schweiz: Chancen, Potenziale, Alternativen

2013, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Max Havelaar arbeitet an einem Fair Trade Labe für Gold und schweizerische NGOs haben eine “no dirty gold” Kampagne lanciert – Welche Potentiale und Schwierigkeiten gibt es bei der Einführung eines solchen Labels für fair und nachhaltig gewonnenes Gold?… Read & Download studies

Ansätze zur globalen Förderung des Elektroschrott-Recyclings

2013, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Private Sector, Raw materials

Das SECO hat pionierhafte Projekte im Elektroschrott Recycling in mehreren Ländern – u.a. Peru – vorangetrieben. Sind solche Programme ein Modell um die globale Verbreitung des Elektroschrott Recyclings voranzutreiben?… Read & Download studies

Ernährungssicherheit und Finanzspekulation

2013, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Food Security

Ist die Initiative der schweizerischen JUSOs ein Beitrag, um die Ernährungssicherheit zu verbessern? 
Hintergrund: Stimmt die Aussage, dass Spekulation zu Hunger führt und ist es möglich, dass man die Nahrungsmittelspekulation unterbinden kann? Wie sollte sich die DEZA zu diesem Thema positionieren? Spezielle Ausrichtung auf Lateinamerika.
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Migration – eine entwicklungspolitische Perspektive

2013, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Migration

Eine Studie der Denkfabrik “Foraus” zeigt auf, dass mit Entwicklungshilfe keine direkte Auswirkung zur Reduzierung der Migration aus dem Süden erzielt werden kann und dies hat in der öffentlichen Debatte zu billigen Schlussfolgerungen geführt, dass die Entwicklungshilfe sogar das Migrationsproblem verschärfe…. Read & Download studies

The Transformation of Development Cooperation from Rome to Busan

2013, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Aid-effectiveness: von der Paris Declaration zu Busan: Ist die These von der lokalen “ownership” ein wirklich gangbarer Weg oder folgen die Geber einfach einem Gebot der “political correctness”? Seit der Paris Declaration sind einige Maengel an den Tag getreten…. Read & Download studies

Kohäsionspolitik: Kann die Schweiz von Norwegen lernen?

2012, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Regional Development

Kann die Schweiz von Norwegen lernen? Analyse des Programmansatzer im EEA/Norwegischen Finanzmechanismus 2009/14 und in der neuen EU Kohäsionspolitik 2014 – 2020… Read & Download studies

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

2012, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Development Policy, Raw materials

In Ländern mit reichen Bodenschätzen sind die Leute oft sehr arm. Welche Massnahmen sind geeignet, die Bevölkerung stärker am Nutzen von Rohstoffen zu beteiligen? Ist die EITI (Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative) ein sinnvoller und ausreichender Ansatz, um die negativen Auswirkungen der Ausbeutung von Rohstoffen zu mildern?… Read & Download studies

Participatory Video as a New Method for Measuring and Generating Empowerment

2012, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

This paper explores the potential of participatory video for the measurement of empowerment. It is meant to be an evaluation of the potential, but also the possible threats of using PV as a tool to measure empowerment…. Read & Download studies

Food Security: The New Vision for Agriculture

2012, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Food Security, Regional Development

Das WEF hat mit der “New Vision for Agriculture” einen Weg zu nachhaltiger und produktiver Landwirtschaft aufgezeigt. Haben die NGOs Recht mit ihrer Kritik an dieser Vision?… Read & Download studies

Why
 is Bangladesh 
successful 
in 
it’s 
fight 
against 
poverty?

2012, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Regional Development

The
present
study
addresses
 the
progress
made
in the area of poverty alleviation in Bangladesh
 and
analyzes
the
reasons
 for
the success. In order to better capture the
complexity
of
this
process,
 we have
 developed
 a
 theoretical
 model.
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Die neue Ausrichtung der EU-Kohäsionspolitik 2014-2020

2011, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Regional Development

Welche wichtigen Konsequenzen könnte diese Neuorientierung haben für eine eventuelle Weiterführung des schweizerischen Erweiterungsbeitrags?… Read & Download studies

Nachhaltigkeitskonzept für Kakao

2011, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Raw materials

Erarbeitung einer Strategie für das SECO im Bereich der Förderung einer nachhaltigen Kakaowirtschaft.
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Nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung von seltenen Mineralien

2011, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Raw materials

Erarbeitung einer Strategie für das SECO zur Unterstützung bei der nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung von seltenen Mineralien, in erster Linie am Beispiel von Gold…. Read & Download studies

The Indian Microfinance Crisis

2011, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Finance & Investment, Regional Development

Reasons for the present micro-finance crisis in India – how much of it is politics and how much is due to a real conflict of interest between going to scale and focus on poverty?… Read & Download studies

Taking the Bus Out of Poverty – Inclusive business

2011, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Private Sector

How realistic is the claim that the private sector can reduce poverty by involving poor people in inclusive businesses? Are large multinational corporations really able to re-invent their business models to make them inclusive and serve the poor?… Read & Download studies

Haiti after the Disaster

2011, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Humanitarian Aid

This weak socio-economic and political situation in Haiti has aggravated the destruction and the losses of the devastating earthquake, which stroke Haiti on the 12th January 2011 with a magnitude of 7.0. Lessons learned from evaluations, consequences and recommendations for the future of Swiss Humanitarian Aid…. Read & Download studies

Food Security – Possibilities within and beyond the WTO-Framework

2011, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Food Security

How to reduce national vulnerability in the food sector – what possibilities exist within the WTO framework and beyond?… Read & Download studies

The Water Footprint – A Case Study of Water Management in Colombia

2010, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Water

Is the „water-footprint“ a suitable instrument and can it contribute to a solution for the global water … Read & Download studies

Does development aid have to be stopped?

2010, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

A calm response to Moyo’s stimulating and provoking theses Formulate an argumentation how SDC or a multilateral organization as a reaction to the stimulating and provoking theses of Dambisa Moyo. Provocative and stimulating; these are the appropriate adjectives to describe the theses presented in Dambisa Moyo’s „Dead Aid – Why Aid Is Not Working and […]

Food security – are higher food prices not an incentive for small farmers?

2010, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Food Security

Rising food prices are often associated with increased hunger – are higher prices not an incentive for farmers to produce more food? What structural framework conditions (social, political) do farmers need to respond to such incentives?… Read & Download studies

Climate Initiatives – Where to go after Copenhagen

2010, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Climate Change, Development Policy

How could climate initiatives be financed in developing countries – overview on existing and planned initiatives?
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The Separation of Management and Politics in Water Infrastructure Provision

2010, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Discuss different models of role division between private and public actors and mixed forms (corporatisation) for providing infrastructure services (water, energy) at the optimum cost in a sustainable manner…. Read & Download studies

Infrastructure Investment in Development Aid

2010, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Investments in infrastructure are again high on the development agenda – is this justified and how can the impact be measured?… Read & Download studies

Implications of the current financial and economic crisis to East and West Africa

2009, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Finance & Investment, Regional Development

Ist es tatsächlich so, dass Afrika wenig betroffen ist, wie einige sagen? Was kann die DEZA tun, um die negativen Effekte zu lindern?
Is it really so that Africa is less affected by the financial crisis? What can SDC do to mitigate the negative effects?
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The State as an Obstacle to Development?

2009, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Welche Rolle soll der Staat in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit spielen und wann wird er zu einem Entwicklungshemmnis? Welche Haltung sollte die DEZA ordnungspolitisch einnehmen?
Which role should the State play in development cooperation and when does the State become a constraint for development? What position should SDC take when it comes to the role of the State?… Read & Download studies

Nachhaltiger Konsum

2009, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Development Policy, Fair Trade

Diskutieren Sie, ob der Verzehr von Südafrikanischen Erdbeeren an Weihnachten aus der Perspektive der Nachhaltigen Entwicklung sinnvoll ist…. Read & Download studies

Corporate Social Responsibility als Mittel zur Effizienzsteigerung?

2009, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Development Policy, Private Sector

Wie zufriedene Mitarbeiter besser arbeiten – und ressourceneffiziente Produktionsweisen Kosten sparen können…. Read & Download studies

Nachhaltige
und 
Entwicklungsfreundliche 
Unternehmenskommunikation
v on
 Retailern

2009, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Wie kann das Konzept einer nachhaltigen, entwicklungsfreundlichen Entwicklung eines Retailers am besten vermittelt werden? Welche Rolle spielen hier Labels (z.B. Bio und Fairtrade) und Corporate Communication?… Read & Download studies

Commercializing Water

2008, Library of Studies, SECO Private Sector, Water

Was brächte eine Trennung von Politik und Betrieb den Konsumenten, vor allem den Armen? Ist eine solche Trennung politisch durchsetzbar und welche Rahmenbedingungen müssen erfüllt sein?
Can Politics Be Separated From Water Management In Developing Countries?… Read & Download studies

Paris declaration

2008, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Does /can the aid effectiveness agenda (Paris declaration) deliver what it has promised? Have donors (or the OECD DAC) targeted the right issues to increase aid efficiency?… Read & Download studies

Reshaping the multilateral landscape to deliver aid

2008, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Is the international architecure adequate? Is there a need for reforms? Do we need UNCTAD and WTO, UNDP and WB, IMF and WB?… Read & Download studies

The image of the World bank

2008, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Development Policy

Analyse der Wahrnehmung der Internationalen Finanzinstitutionen (IFIs, namentlich der Entwicklungsbanken) in der Schweiz, besonders bei den NGOs, dem Parlament und den Medien.
In order to find out how the World Bank is perceived we carried out a series of surveys targeting different stakeholder groups. We confronted people from the streets, students, experts, media representatives and exponents of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs)…. Read & Download studies

Entwicklungsstrategie für einen unabhängigen Kosovo

2008, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Regional Development

Welche Entwicklungsstrategien sind geeignet, die Überwindung der hohen Arbeitslosigkeit und Armut zu erreichen? Welche Beiträge kann die Schweiz leisten? Ist ein unabhängiger Staat die Lösung dafür?… Read & Download studies

The economy behind the wall

2008, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Job Creation, Regional Development

Was sind die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkung der politischen Situation, die zu Untätigkeit und Unvermögen führt, einer wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit nachzugehen oder zu importieren oder zu exportieren.
What are the economic consequences of the political situation of Palestine with its “economy behind the wall” that leads to unemployment, and prevents people from undertaking meaningful economic activities and to freely export and import. The study proposes to support IT industries that can overcome the wall…. Read & Download studies

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