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Bei den Kämpfen im Sudan gehe es um Macht und Ressourcen. Die Angriffe der RSF in der Darfur-Region haben zudem eine ethnische Dimension.

Willkommen bei Rapporteur! Jeden Tag liefern wir Ihnen die wichtigsten Nachrichten und Hintergründe aus der EU- und Europapolitik. In der heutigen Ausgabe: Niederlande: Wählerinnen und Wähler gehen an die Urnen – Rob Jettens progressive D66 legt in den Umfragen zu Europaparlament: EU zahlte einem rechtsextremen Abgeordneten auch Monate nach seiner Verurteilung weiter Gehalt, wie eine […]

Das Konjunkturbarometer des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) sackt im Oktober merklich ab. Nachdem der Barometerwert im September noch einen Jahreshöchstwert von gut 96 Punkten erreichte, entfernt er sich mit nun 91,1 Punkten wieder deutlich von der neutralen 100-Punkte ...

Kinder von Eltern mit Wohneigentum haben höhere Chancen, eigene Immobilien zu besitzen, als Kinder von Mieter*innen – Zusammenhang schwächt sich aber in jüngeren Generationen ab: Immer mehr wohnen zur Miete – Abbau von Eigenkapitalhürden könnte sinnvoll sein Junge Menschen in Deutschland besitzen ...

Die Türkei ist nicht nur ein wichtiger Absatzmarkt für deutsche Kraftfahrzeuge, sie exportiert zugleich in bedeutendem Umfang Automobile und diverse Komponenten nach Deutschland. Durch ihre Einbindung in die deutschen Lieferketten tragen türki­sche Zulieferer maßgeblich zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Automobilindustrie bei. Allerdings sieht sich die türkische Autoindustrie mit kom­plexen wirtschaftlichen, technologischen und geopolitischen Herausforderungen kon­frontiert: Handelshemmnisse, Verschärfung des internationalen Wettbewerbs, makro­ökonomische Ungleichgewichte. Diese Herausforderungen gewinnen nun auch für die deutsche Automobilwirtschaft und Sicherheitspolitik an Relevanz – bergen sie doch sicherheits- und geoökonomische Risiken und könnten die deutsch-türkische Verflechtung schwächen. Türkische Autohersteller und Regierungsvertreter reagieren auf die genannten Herausforderungen mit einer strategischen Neupositionierung hin zu Digitalisierung und Elektrifizierung. Daraus ergeben sich neue Kooperations­chancen mit Deutschland.

Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

With just five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the global financing gap has widened to $4.3 trillion per year. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), held in Sevilla in July 2025, sought to renew multilateral consensus around mobilizing resources for sustainable development.

This issue brief by David Mulet analyzes the Compromiso de Sevilla—the conference’s negotiated outcome—and the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA), a voluntary registry of 130 coalitions and initiatives. It highlights how new mechanisms on sovereign debt, blended finance, and climate-linked instruments are translating commitments into action. 

At the same time, the brief underscores persistent gaps in systemic reform, including of the international debt architecture, international tax cooperation, the large-scale reallocation of special drawing rights, governance of the multilateral development banks, and climate finance. It argues that closing the global financing gap requires bridging intergovernmental commitments with voluntary innovation to ensure that experimentation accumulates into structural change. 

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Background Many Sub-Saharan African countries have shifted from fiscally unsustainable free healthcare models to contributory national health insurance schemes, which rely on payments from informal sector workers. Yet, enrolling these workers remains a key barrier to achieving universal health coverage. Using the case of Kenya’s Afya Care free healthcare pilot, this paper investigates whether earlier exposure to free healthcare influences informal sector workers’ later decisions to enrol and contribute to the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). Methods We used nationally representative household survey data from 2018 and 2020, collected before and after the Afya Care pilot. The analysis focused on 6,900 informal sector workers, applying a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of exposure to the free healthcare pilot on subsequent NHIS enrollment. Results Before the pilot, no significant differences existed between treatment and control groups. After the intervention, NHIS enrollment was 10.5% higher in intervention counties (p < 0.001). Informal sector workers exposed to Afya Care were 65% more likely to enrol in the NHIS compared to those in control counties (odds ratio = 1.65; 95% CI = 0.96–2.83). Heterogeneity analysis showed that the policy’s impact was stronger among the least educated (30% higher enrollment) and the poorest workers (18% higher). Conclusions Exposure to the Afya Care pilot positively influenced informal sector workers’ willingness to join the NHIS and improved equity in enrollment. However, overall participation remains low. To expand coverage, the government should intensify information campaigns to raise awareness, extend subsidies to make premiums more affordable, and fully finance those unable to contribute. Strengthening these measures will be crucial for advancing Kenya’s progress toward universal health coverage.

Background Many Sub-Saharan African countries have shifted from fiscally unsustainable free healthcare models to contributory national health insurance schemes, which rely on payments from informal sector workers. Yet, enrolling these workers remains a key barrier to achieving universal health coverage. Using the case of Kenya’s Afya Care free healthcare pilot, this paper investigates whether earlier exposure to free healthcare influences informal sector workers’ later decisions to enrol and contribute to the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). Methods We used nationally representative household survey data from 2018 and 2020, collected before and after the Afya Care pilot. The analysis focused on 6,900 informal sector workers, applying a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of exposure to the free healthcare pilot on subsequent NHIS enrollment. Results Before the pilot, no significant differences existed between treatment and control groups. After the intervention, NHIS enrollment was 10.5% higher in intervention counties (p < 0.001). Informal sector workers exposed to Afya Care were 65% more likely to enrol in the NHIS compared to those in control counties (odds ratio = 1.65; 95% CI = 0.96–2.83). Heterogeneity analysis showed that the policy’s impact was stronger among the least educated (30% higher enrollment) and the poorest workers (18% higher). Conclusions Exposure to the Afya Care pilot positively influenced informal sector workers’ willingness to join the NHIS and improved equity in enrollment. However, overall participation remains low. To expand coverage, the government should intensify information campaigns to raise awareness, extend subsidies to make premiums more affordable, and fully finance those unable to contribute. Strengthening these measures will be crucial for advancing Kenya’s progress toward universal health coverage.

Background Many Sub-Saharan African countries have shifted from fiscally unsustainable free healthcare models to contributory national health insurance schemes, which rely on payments from informal sector workers. Yet, enrolling these workers remains a key barrier to achieving universal health coverage. Using the case of Kenya’s Afya Care free healthcare pilot, this paper investigates whether earlier exposure to free healthcare influences informal sector workers’ later decisions to enrol and contribute to the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). Methods We used nationally representative household survey data from 2018 and 2020, collected before and after the Afya Care pilot. The analysis focused on 6,900 informal sector workers, applying a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of exposure to the free healthcare pilot on subsequent NHIS enrollment. Results Before the pilot, no significant differences existed between treatment and control groups. After the intervention, NHIS enrollment was 10.5% higher in intervention counties (p < 0.001). Informal sector workers exposed to Afya Care were 65% more likely to enrol in the NHIS compared to those in control counties (odds ratio = 1.65; 95% CI = 0.96–2.83). Heterogeneity analysis showed that the policy’s impact was stronger among the least educated (30% higher enrollment) and the poorest workers (18% higher). Conclusions Exposure to the Afya Care pilot positively influenced informal sector workers’ willingness to join the NHIS and improved equity in enrollment. However, overall participation remains low. To expand coverage, the government should intensify information campaigns to raise awareness, extend subsidies to make premiums more affordable, and fully finance those unable to contribute. Strengthening these measures will be crucial for advancing Kenya’s progress toward universal health coverage.

Das 28. Regime ist eine geplante einheitliche EU-Gesellschaftsform, die Unternehmensgründungen und -expansion über Ländergrenzen hinweg erleichtern soll.

Nach Angaben aus EU-Kreisen wird die Kommission in den kommenden Wochen verschiedene Finanzierungsoptionen für die Ukraine vorlegen.

Die EU drängt China seit Jahren, trotz seiner Entwicklungsländer-Klassifizierung aus den 1990er-Jahren offiziell mehr Verantwortung bei der Klimafinanzierung zu übernehmen.

Der prognostizierte Emissionsrückgang von zehn Prozent bis 2035 reicht nicht aus, um die Ziele des Pariser Klimaabkommens zu erreichen.

Kasachstan macht sein Potenzial an erneuerbaren Energien zu einem entscheidenden Faktor für die Energiewende in Europa.