Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

CDE Policy Briefs

CDE Policy Briefs provide useful research insights on important development issues. The series offers accessible, timely and policy relevant information on topics such as global change, innovations, sustainable development, natural resources, ecosystem services, governance, livelihoods, and disparities.

Sustainable landscapes: How can the private sector contribute?
February 7, 2024
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Mehr Fairness für arme Länder: Besteuerung von Rohstoffexporten gerecht gestalten
June 24, 2022
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
The price of fairness: Tackling mispricing of commodity exports from poor countries
June 24, 2022
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Free Days for Future? (Deutsche Version)
June 23, 2021
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Free Days for Future?
June 23, 2021
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Unlocking knowledge for sustainable development: Partnership-based research and education
November 20, 2020
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Agricultural cooperatives: Finding strength in numbers
May 15, 2020
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Making food systems safer: Time to curb use of highly hazardous pesticides
December 5, 2019
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Inequality: What’s in a word?
February 5, 2019
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
A burning challenge: Sustainable cooking energy for East Africa
June 20, 2018
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Conservation versus local livelihoods? Sustainable development challenges in Madagascar
January 16, 2018
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Genug ist gut genug: mit Suffizienz gegen den Ressourcenverbrauch
October 9, 2017
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Enough is good enough: Sufficiency to curb resource overconsumption
October 9, 2017
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Shifting water demands onto the vulnerable? Water impacts of agricultural trade and investment
December 31, 2016
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Gute Absichten, hoher CO2-Ausstoss: Die Rolle privater Haushalte in reichen Ländern
December 31, 2016
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Good intentions, big footprints: Facing household energy use in rich countries
October 12, 2016
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Commercial Horticulture in Kenya: Adapting to Water Scarcity
January 30, 2016
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Sustainable livestock production? Industrial agriculture versus pastoralism
December 30, 2015
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Shaping EU trade agreements to support human rights
September 30, 2015
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Saving soils at degradation fronltines: sustainable land management in drylands
June 21, 2015
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
The formalization fix? Land titling and land concessions in Cambodia
January 30, 2015
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
On the right path? Land concessions in Laos
November 30, 2014
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Land deals intensify competition for scarce resources
June 30, 2014
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Beyond biofuels: jatropha's multiple uses for farmers in East Africa
January 30, 2014
by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)