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  • GIGA Focus Africa | 3/2025

    Global Carbon Markets and Rural Development in Madagascar

    Carbon offset projects promise to benefit both climate mitigation and rural communities in the Global South. Evidence from Madagascar, however, showcases that three key constraints pose a challenge to the development potential of nature-based offsets in the voluntary carbon market.

    Dr. Quentin Grislain

    National Center for Applied Research in Rural Development in Madagascar

    Video GIGA Forum BRICS, Juli 2025

    GIGA Forum ONLINE | 09/07/2025

    BRICS in Action: A Deep Dive into the Outcomes of the 2025 Summit

    This GIGA Forum brings together four experts to dissect the highlights and outcomes of the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil. With perspectives spanning longstanding and newer BRICS members, the panel explores in depth the group’s evolving role in addressing global challenges.

    Many Friends, Few Responsibilities? India’s Sweetspot in Global Geopolitics

    Panel discussion | 24/06/2025

    Many Friends, Few Responsibilities? India’s Sweetspot in Global Geopolitics

    India is an active BRICS member also deepening its ties with the West. With its strategy of “multi-alignment,” India claims to be a leader of the Global South. The GIGA’s team of India experts, Sharinee Jagtiani (German Marshall Fund), and Germany’s ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann, debate the country’s geopolitical sweet spot.

    GIGA Focus Middle East | 4/2025

    The Fall of Assad in Syria Is Not the End of Captagon

    Does the fall of Assad in Syria mean the end of the drug known as Captagon? No. While the Islamist interim government has destroyed drug laboratories and pills, demand for cheap drugs remains strong in Syria and in its neighbouring countries. Captagon production and smuggling are transnationalising.

    Johannes Haupt

    Universität Hamburg

    W1 Professorship in Development Economics with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia (f/m/d)

    The Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Göttingen and the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) invite applications for a temporary professorship with civil servant status (three years initilly) effective at the earliest possible date. The Professorship (f/m/d) will be in Development Economics with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia. The post holder will actively participate in knowledge transfer activities at the GIGA.

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