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The IEE is proud to announce an expert lecture by the MADM alumni and former PhD student Dr. Augustine Magolowondo on the topic "The Future of Democracy Aid as an Agenda for Development Cooperation Reconsidered". The lecture will take place in the course of the Master of Arts in Development Management classes - and, of course, for everyone else interested in the topic - on the 20th of June from 10:00-12:00 at the IEE.

Dr. Augustine Magolowondo holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Development Management, both from the Ruhr University, and is now the Africa Regional Programme Coordinator at the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD), Lilongwe, Malawi. At present he is in Germany on behalf of the DAAD and the BMZ as an invited speaker at the conference "'Change Agents' – Gesichter des Wandels: Hochschulbildung als Motor nachhaltiger Entwicklung" at the Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg on 18th June 2013. Dr. Magolowondo is a member of the DAAD-facilitated African Good Governance Network (AGGN) and of the Bertelsmann Foundation inspired Transformation Thinkers Network.

The IEE just published two new working papers:

Vol. 198 - The Effectiveness of Aid in Improving Regulations: empirical evidence and the drivers of change in Rwanda
by Matthias Busse, Ruth Hoekstra, and Robert Osei

Vol. 199 - Social Protection for the Informal Sector and the Informally Employed in Vietnam: literature and data review
by Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Luu Quan Tuan, Matthias Meissner, Bui Sy Tuan, Dang Do Quyen, and Nguyen Hai Yen

More information and download of the papers here.

Furthermore, there's another issue of our IEE News to be found here - 22 pages full of information and articles on the ongoings at and around our institute. Enjoy!

Mysteries of the TBT Agreement Resolved? Lessons to Learn for Climate Policies and Developing Country Exporters from Recent TBT Disputes

by Johannes Norpoth

in: Journal of World Trade 47 (2013), Issue 3, pp. 575-600

In 2012, the Appellate Body delivered its reports on three disputes dealing with yet unresolved issues of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, such as its applicability to non-product related processes and production methods and the interpretation of its non-discrimination clause and its so-called necessity requirement. The reports in US - Clove Cigarettes, US - Tuna II and US - COOL inform future policies pursued to achieve non-trade objectives. On a broader picture, they contribute to the debate on preserving policy space for non-trade concerns. The paper outlines conclusions to be drawn from these reports for climate policy-makers and their consequences to exporting interests of developing countries. Particular focus is put on the interpretation given to the non-discrimination clause.