Max-Otto Baumann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4211230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Max-Otto Baumann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Max-Otto |
| FAMILY NAME | Baumann |
| SIGNATURE | BAUMANN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Institute of Development and Sustainability |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4067-1696 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Powerful but dysfunctional? The Group of 77 and UN multilateralism
The G77 represents the Global South in the United Nations (UN). It holds a two-thirds majority and exercises significant influence in the General Assembly, while also being party to North–South tensions in the UN. Nearly all intergovernmental processes at the General Assembly, particularly those related to economic and financial issues, are marked by protracted and frustrating negotiations that affect the UN’s ability to develop solutions to glob…
Pathologies in the United Nations Development System
The United Nations Development System plays a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but it faces criticisms such as duplication of efforts, lack of coordination, and poor fit. Drawing on research in the tradition of organizational pathologies, we interrogate how inadequate funding structures underlie such problems. We develop a framework that connects features of earmarked funding to development effectiveness through their effe…
Power shifts in international organisations
The People's Republic of China is central to current debates about power shifts in international organisations, but a systematic and comprehensive assessment of China‐related shifts has been missing. As Special Issue introduction, this article contributes to addressing this gap and examines whether, how and to what extent China‐related power shifts have unfolded at the United Nations (UN) over the last two decades or so. We define power shifts as…
From developing country to superpower? China, power shifts and the United Nations development pillar
This article contributes to the expanding literature on China's position in international organisations by examining the extent to which, and how, China's exercise of power in the United Nations (UN) development pillar has evolved over the last decade. Building on a four‐legged power framework, we contrast the status quo of power configurations in UN development work with China's evolving attempts to exercise compulsory, institutional, structural…
Embracing Universality
United Nations (UN) development work has long followed the binary logic of “developed” countries providing funding so that UN entities support “developing” countries with their national development efforts. This rigid North–South template, however, is unfit for responding to current sustainability challenges that cut across borders and implicate both “developed” and “developing” member states. Against this backdrop, we suggest that the principle …
Policy Advice in UN Development Work
Providing high-level policy advice to developing countries with the purpose to shape national policies is a key function of the UN. Yet no official UN definition of policy advice exists and little is known on how much weight the UN gives to this support modality in contrast to capacity-building and implementation work. To address this gap, this article first articulates the case for the UN’s role in policy change. It then presents an empirical an…
Policy Advice in UN Development Work
Providing high-level policy advice to developing countries with the purpose to shape national policies is a key function of the UN. Yet no official UN definition of policy advice exists and little is known on how much weight the UN gives to this support modality in contrast to capacity-building and implementation work. To address this gap, this article first articulates the case for the UN’s role in policy change. It then presents an empirical an…
Policy Advice in UN Development Work
Providing high-level policy advice to developing countries with the purpose to shape national policies is a key function of the UN. Yet no official UN definition of policy advice exists and little is known on how much weight the UN gives to this support modality in contrast to capacity-building and implementation work. To address this gap, this article first articulates the case for the UN’s role in policy change. It then presents an empirical an…
Power shifts in international organisations
The People's Republic of China is central to current debates about power shifts in international organisations, but a systematic and comprehensive assessment of China‐related shifts has been missing. As Special Issue introduction, this article contributes to addressing this gap and examines whether, how and to what extent China‐related power shifts have unfolded at the United Nations (UN) over the last two decades or so. We define power shifts as…
From developing country to superpower? China, power shifts and the United Nations development pillar
This article contributes to the expanding literature on China's position in international organisations by examining the extent to which, and how, China's exercise of power in the United Nations (UN) development pillar has evolved over the last decade. Building on a four‐legged power framework, we contrast the status quo of power configurations in UN development work with China's evolving attempts to exercise compulsory, institutional, structural…
Embracing Universality
United Nations (UN) development work has long followed the binary logic of “developed” countries providing funding so that UN entities support “developing” countries with their national development efforts. This rigid North–South template, however, is unfit for responding to current sustainability challenges that cut across borders and implicate both “developed” and “developing” member states. Against this backdrop, we suggest that the principle …
Pathologies in the United Nations Development System
The United Nations Development System plays a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but it faces criticisms such as duplication of efforts, lack of coordination, and poor fit. Drawing on research in the tradition of organizational pathologies, we interrogate how inadequate funding structures underlie such problems. We develop a framework that connects features of earmarked funding to development effectiveness through their effe…
Powerful but dysfunctional? The Group of 77 and UN multilateralism
The G77 represents the Global South in the United Nations (UN). It holds a two-thirds majority and exercises significant influence in the General Assembly, while also being party to North–South tensions in the UN. Nearly all intergovernmental processes at the General Assembly, particularly those related to economic and financial issues, are marked by protracted and frustrating negotiations that affect the UN’s ability to develop solutions to glob…
International Development and Aid (6 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Multilateralism (3 works) · China (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)