Sustainable development and governance

Research output

Research output per year 2013 2013 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025

• 133 Journal Article
• 114 Internet Publication
• 107 Papers and Working Papers
• 71 Policy Briefs, Briefs and Impacts
• 359 More
  • 61 Book Chapter
  • 61 Newspaper Article
  • 57 DIIS Comment
  • 38 Report
  • 35 Newspaper - Comment, Debate
  • 24 Feature Article
  • 19 Longreads, DIIS Q&A, DIIS Interview and DIIS Blog
  • 15 Sound Production (digital)
  • 10 Book
  • 7 Anthology
  • 7 Report Chapter
  • 6 Journal Article - Comment, Debate
  • 6 Literature Review
  • 4 Surveys, Commissioned Reports, Evaluations and Policy Studies
  • 2 Ph.D. Thesis
  • 2 Article in Proceedings
  • 2 Visual Production (digital)
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis
  • 1 Journal Article - Editorial
  • 1 Journal Article - Review

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2025

  Beyond Access: Towards productive inclusion in the era of fintech

  Kolling, M., Donovan, K. & Fejerskov, A. M., 17 Jun 2025, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 38 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 07, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Essays on development and development cooperation

  Winckler Andersen, O., Engberg-Pedersen, L., Fejerskov, A. M., Funder, M., Gwaindepi , A., Friis-Hansen, E., Kolling, M., Pedersen, R. H., Stepputat, F. & Therkildsen, O., 20 Mar 2025, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 56 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 02, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Gendered tax burdens in contexts of high informality

  Gwaindepi , A., 11 Jun 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 27 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 05, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Inclusive conservation and critical localism

  Fejerskov, A. M. & Tjalve, A., 16 Jun 2025, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 30 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 06, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• International Collaboration and Diplomacy in Denmark's Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy

  Fejerskov, A. M. & Paris, D. L., Jul 2025, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper; No. 10, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• The political economy of mini-grids in Ghana: Policy ambitions versus the realities of implementation

  Abubakari, A.-B., 7 May 2025, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 25 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 4, Vol. 2025).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• 2024

  Are the nationally determined contributions of African countries just negotiation documents?

  Winckler Andersen, O. & Pedersen, R. H., 11 Nov 2024, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 20 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 5, Vol. 2024).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Climate finance in East Africa

  Cherry-Virdee, T., Warunge, J. N. & Dejgaard, H. P., 22 Oct 2024, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 82 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 04, Vol. 2024).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Gender-responsive development: opportunities for co-operation between the African Union, its member states and Denmark

  Tornius, K. & Engberg-Pedersen, L., 5 Jan 2024, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 96 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 11, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Reform of the global financial architecture in response to global challenges: How to restore debt sustainability and achieve SDGs?

  Gwaindepi , A. & Karimu, A., 14 Jun 2024, European Parliament Think Tank, 31 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Social cohesion and forced mobility in a changing climate: Data from Ghana and Niger

  Jarawura, F. & Lindegaard, L. S., 20 Sept 2024, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 46 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 03, Vol. 2024).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Towards a 'peace continuum' approach to climate security: insights from the Horn of Africa

  Moe, L. W., 20 Feb 2024, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 26 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 01, Vol. 2024).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• 2023

  Climate change adaptation relevance of Tanzania's national budget and its level of devolution

  Pauline, N., Rogers, P., Mabhuye, E., Sumari, B., Katera, L., Msami, J., Tidemand, P. & Friis-Hansen, E., 30 Jan 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 14 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 02, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Decentralised aid management today: perspectives on an evaluation

  Engberg-Pedersen, L., 9 Oct 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 26 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 08, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Mind the ESG gaps: transmission mechanisms and the governance of and by sustainable finance

  Fichtner, J., Jaspert, R. & Petry, J., 13 Mar 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 36 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 04, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Pre-study: the political economy of Danish-Tanzanian development cooperation, 1962-2021

  Pedersen, R. H., Apr 2023, ethics.dk, 28 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned › peer-review

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• Rewards for results? Climate change, deforestation and land use

  Speirs, M., 1 Nov 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 21 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 09, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• The political economy of energy production in post-independence Tanzania: A review

  Poncian, J. & Pedersen, R. H., 13 Jan 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 26 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 01, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Will Africa be part of the ‘golden decade’ of sustainable finance? Insights from GSSS bonds

  Gwaindepi , A. & Siebrits, K., 16 Nov 2023, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 34 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 10, Vol. 2023).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• 2022

  Characterisation of Danish agricultural investments in Tanzania and Uganda: Presentation of six cases of agricultural investments and their intended development outcomes

  Broegaard, R., Ravnborg, H. M., Lazaro, E., Nakanwagi, T., Tumusiime, D., Maro, F., Byaruhanga, M., Bashaasha, B. & Mutabazi, K., 12 Aug 2022, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 91 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 09, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Devolution of donor funded climate change adaptation finance

  Tidemand, P., Hattle, A., Friis-Hansen, E., Sumari, B., Rogers, P., Mulwa, J. & Omala, M., 15 Dec 2022, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 15 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 14, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Domestic revenue mobilization and informality: Challenges and opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa

  Gwaindepi , A., 3 Nov 2022, Helsinki, Finland : UNU-WIDER, 27 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Mapping climate adaptation finance in Kenya's devolved governance system: a case of Makueni County

  Mulwa, J. & Gravesen, M. L., 13 Dec 2022, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 13 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 13, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• The demand and supply of political campaign financing in Tanzania and Uganda during the 2010s

  Khisa, M., Msami, J. & Therkildsen, O., 18 Aug 2022, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 68 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 10, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• The Great Green Wall: An overview and lessons learnt

  Gravesen, M. L. & Funder, M., 23 Feb 2022, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 44 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 2, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• The political economy of energy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: contributions to an analytical framework

  Pedersen, R. H., Winckler Andersen, O. & Renkens, I., 5 Jan 2022, Copenhagen: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 51 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 15, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• The political economy of ‘specialism’ in Tanzania: How to make Export Processing Zones work via conditional special licensing

  Andreoni, A., Boys, J. & Therkildsen, O., 15 May 2022, London: Anti-Corruption Evidence, University of London, 39 p. (ACE Working paper; No. 46).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Towards a political economy of renewable energy in Ghana: A review

  Pedersen, R. H., 7 Nov 2022, Accra: Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), 38 p. (MIASA Working Paper; No. 4, Vol. 2022).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• 2021

  Biodiversity and Development: The evolution of Community Based Conservation and implications for Danish development cooperation

  Funder, M. & Gravesen, M. L., 8 Dec 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 46 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 16, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned

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• Eliminating child marriage in Ethiopia: Emerging regularities and practical norms

  Gebresenbet, F., 30 Jun 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 22 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 08, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Evaluating Financial and Development Additionality in Blended Finance Operations

  Winckler Andersen, O., Hansen, H. & Rand, J., Feb 2021, Paris: OECD, 44 p. (OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers, Vol. 91).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Global norms on the elimination of violence against women: An analysis of UN agreements

  Engberg-Pedersen, L., 11 Nov 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 25 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 11, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Governing climate mobility: scoping study of two localities in Ghana

  Teye, J., Jarawura, F., Lindegaard, L. S., Kleist, N., Gravesen, M. L., Mantey, P. & Quaye, D., 2021, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 54 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 10, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Governing Climate Mobility: A scoping study of two localities in Ethiopia

  Rahmato, D., Mohammed, Z. & Webster, N. A., 8 Dec 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 35 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 13, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Ligestilling og dansk udviklingssamarbejde med Afrika: Danidas og danske NGO’ers tilgang og bidrag

  Pedersen, M., 25 Mar 2021, København: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 17 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 06, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Migration and foreign aid: drivers, desires and development

  Vammen, I. M. S., Engberg-Pedersen, L. & Lucht, H., 16 Nov 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 32 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 14, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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• Nature-based Solutions to development and climate change challenges: Understanding ecosystem-based adaptation approaches

  Gravesen, M. L. & Funder, M., Aug 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 39 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 09, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned

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• Preparatory Study for an Evaluation of Climate Change Mitigation Funding

  Pedersen, M. V., Cardoso, A., Canu, F. A. & Funder, M., 23 Mar 2021, Copenhagen: UNEP DTU Partnership, 35 p. (UNEP DTU Working Paper Series; No. 1, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned

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• Preparatory Study for the Evaluation of Denmark's Development Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation

  Lindegaard, L. S., Funder, M. & Friis-Hansen, E., 2021, Danish Institute for International Studies, (DIIS Working Paper; No. 2021, Vol. 02).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned

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• Resistance to VAW global norms: the controversy surrounding marital rape in Ethiopia

  Zeleke, M., Feb 2021, Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 17 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 3, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Social protection, caste and ethnicity in Nepal: a new social contract or an old political settlement?

  Webster, N. A., Jan 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 26 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 01, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Tanzania’s ‘rice bowl’: Production success, scarcity persistence and rent seeking in the East African Community

  Andreoni, A., Mushi, D. & Therkildsen, O., 20 Jan 2021, London: Anti-Corruption Evidence, University of London, 45 p. (ACE Working paper; No. 034).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• The becoming of coal mining and the security around it: the case of Colombia

  Jakobsen, L. J., 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 37 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 07, Vol. 2020).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Tracing the development outcomes of agricultural investments in six research locations in Tanzania and Uganda: Questionnaire survey design and sample characterisation

  Ravnborg, H. M., Bashaasha, B., Broegaard, R. B., Byaruhanga, M., Lazaro, E., Maro, F., Mutabazi, K., Nakanwagi, T. & Tumusiime, D., 14 Apr 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 46 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 05, Vol. 2021).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Ulighed og internationalt udviklingssamarbejde: Ulighed og klimaforandringer

  Lindegaard, L. S. & Friis-Hansen, E., 4 Feb 2021, København: Danish Institute for International Studies, 18 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned › peer-review

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• Ulighed og internationalt udviklingssamarbejde: En introduktion

  Engberg-Pedersen, L. & Fejerskov, A. M., 5 Feb 2021, København: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 35 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned › peer-review

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• Ulighed og internationalt udviklingssamarbejde: Socioøkonomisk ulighed og unge

  Translated title of the contribution: Socioeconomic inequality and youth: Inequality in opportunities and its impact on growth, social mobility and aspirations with a focus on sub-Saharan AfricaKolling, M. & Ravnborg, H. M., 4 Feb 2021, København: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 15 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned › peer-review

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• Ulighed og internationalt udviklingssamarbejde: Ulighed, skatter og afgifter, offentlige serviceydelser og sociale sikkerhedsnet i de fattigste udviklingslande

  Translated title of the contribution: Inequality and international aid: Inequality, taxes and duties, publc seervices and social safetynets in the poorest developing countriesWebster, N. A., Winckler Andersen, O. & Therkildsen, O., 4 Feb 2021, København: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 11 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Commissioned › peer-review

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• 2020

  Autoritære tendenser i Afrika og deres betydning for civilsamfundet

  Pedersen, M., 2 Dec 2020, Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, 21 p. (DIIS Working Paper; No. 09, Vol. 2020).

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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• Domestic Pension Funds in Africa: Can they finance the SDGS?

  Pedersen, R. H. & Winckler Andersen, O., 15 Jan 2020, Copenhagen: Udenrigsministeriet, Danida, p. 1-42, 42 p.

  Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research

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