Practitioner opinion · Public Policy
Reclaiming public value by turning news from noise into signal
How AI could help audiences test claims against evidence, and why that works only if the guardrails are as visible as the headlines.
Research
Journal articles, books and book chapters, policy briefs, discussion papers, reports and practitioner opinions by lill researchers, across the three pillars and five programmes. Every entry carries its pillar, programme, full author list and a link to the publisher or the document.
Pathways for Development
Reclaiming Public Value
Shaping the Future of Trade
Strategic Collaboration
Supporting the Energy Transition
82 publications · sorted by date · page 1 of 6
Discussion paper · Public Finance
From capacity to catalyst: sizing the additional export finance an EU guarantee could unlock
How much additional export finance could an EU guarantee unlock for European firms competing for strategic projects in emerging and developing economies?
Practitioner opinion · Public Policy
Creating a resilient and sustainable future through strategic collaboration
Why Europe should treat development investment as partnership rather than expense, illustrated by the Lobito Corridor.
Policy brief · Public Finance
Financing mining in support of the energy transition
What role should export credit agencies play in financing the responsible mining, processing and recycling that the energy transition depends on?
Practitioner opinion · Public Administration
Innovation policy is the foundation of success
Why good innovation policy is clear, shared by all key actors and independently evaluated, and why reorganising agencies is rarely the answer.
Policy brief · Public Policy
From tariff escalation to strategic realignment: how the EU is shaping the future of global trade
Can free trade agreements backed by export credit agencies give the EU a resilient answer to protectionism, conflict and trade policy uncertainty?
Policy brief · Public Policy
Investment in a turbulent era: pathways for development
As foreign direct investment concentrates in strategic sectors, how can developing countries find realistic entry points rather than join subsidy races they cannot win?
Journal article · Public Policy
Global Environmental Governance and Rights of Nature Discourses in an Age of Deglobalisation: People, Planet, and Power
Argues that failing global environmental governance now meets new ideas such as Rights of Nature, using Ranajit Guha's account of dominance and hegemony to assess their political impact.
Policy brief · Public Finance
Climate-positive export finance: how export credit agencies can close the climate finance gap (and why they should)
Why has climate-positive export finance fallen, and what mandates, coordination and metrics would let export credit agencies help close the climate finance gap?
Discussion paper · Public Finance
Public export finance for digital transformation
How do European export credit agencies finance digital infrastructure and services abroad, and what reforms would make them enablers of partners’ digital transformation?
Journal article · Public Administration
What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector
What service models do government export credit agencies use, why do they adopt new ones, and what can public management learn from this?
Report · Public Policy
Annual report 2025
What did the lill Institute research, publish, teach and convene in 2025, its first full year of operation?
Policy brief · Public Policy
Reconstructing global cooperation in a neorealist moment
Middle powers cannot simply adapt to a world of power politics. This brief sets out how they can build a “Third Pole” coalition instead.
Journal article · Public Administration
Rationality patterns in export promotion organizations
Which rationalities guide decision-making teams in export promotion organisations, and what explains the differences between them?
Policy brief · Public Administration
Dealing with changing obstacles in trade promotion
How have the challenges facing export promotion organisations shifted since 2024, and how should governments and agency boards respond?