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International team of researchers analyse International Summits

International team of researchers analyse International Summits International team of researchers analyse International Summits Press Release of 6 June 2009 The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Brookings Institution have launched an innovative project entitled National Perspectives on Global Leadership . One significant output of this project is Soundings, a series of commentaries on public perceptions of national leaders’ performances at…

New Chairs at WBGU

New Chairs at WBGU New Chairs at WBGU – Climate protection and development policy will be further linked The members of the German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen WBGU ) elected Hans Joachim Schellnhuber as the new Chair and Dirk Messner as new Vice Chair on 27 February 2009. Schellnhuber is director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and has been a member of WBGU…

DIE ranked as one of the top Think Tanks

DIE ranked as one of the top Think Tanks German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) ranked as one of the top Think Tanks Press Release of 19 January 2009 For the first time, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is part of the Global “Go-To Think Tanks” rankings and trends report. The German Development Institute is one of the leading Think Tanks in the world and among the top 50…

South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy?

South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? – Book presentation ‘Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers’ in New York Press Release of 28 June 2012 On 5 July 2012, the new publication ‘ Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns? ’ by Sachin Chaturvedi, Elizabeth Sidiropoulus, and Thomas Fues will be presented at the UN Secretariat in New York.…

Postgraduates started 11-week field research

Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2012 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and…

Post 2015: how to reconcile the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Loewe, Markus (2012)
Briefing Paper 18/2012

Postgraduates started 11-week field research

Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute started 11-week field research in Africa Press Release of 17 February 2010 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and abroad. Alumni of the Programme include…

DIE and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance

DIE and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance Press Release of 29 September 2011 Since the year 2007 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit ( GIZ)…

Third European Report on Development (ERD)

Third European Report on Development (ERD) Third European Report on Development (ERD) on its way Press Release of 18 April 2011 Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension By 2030 demand for food, water and energy is expected to rise by 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and security under extreme pressure. In…

”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation”

”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation” Presentation of WBGU-flagship report ”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation” Low-Carbon Economy and Sustainable Development Press Release of 7 April 2011 The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) will present its latest flagship report, “ World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation ”, to Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and…

Annual Report 2009-2010

Annual Report 2009-2010 Published: “Annual Report 2009-2010” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 15 December 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has published its Annual Report 2009 - 2010. The UN-Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York, the Conference on Biological Diversity in Nagoya and the Climate Conferences in Copenhagen…

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society Press Release of 15 February 2011 An International Centre of Excellence for research on international cooperation A great success for the North Rhine-Westphalian research community is the impending acquisition of the International Centre for Advanced Studies on Political Cultures of World Society. An international panel of experts…

Postgraduates started 11-week field research

Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2011 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and…

“Annual Report 2011-2012” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

“Annual Report 2011-2012” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Published: “Annual Report 2011-2012” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 19 December 2012 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has published its “ Annual Report 2011-2012 ”. Two debates have merged in the past years and will continue to…

Participatory futures research and social learning for integrated watershed management

Segrave, Andrew / Christ Büscher / Jos Frijns (2012)
External Publications

Urban health in India

Butsch, Carsten / Patrick Sakdapolrak / Subramanian, Saravanan (2012)
External Publications

Revenue structures and the question of who pays taxes: understanding the conditions under which elites pay taxes in developing countries

von Schiller, Armin (2012)
Discussion Paper 17/2012

Germany needs an Energy Transformation foreign policy

Messner, Dirk / Jennifer Morgan (2013)
The Current Column, 07. January 2013

IWRM implementation in East European and Central Asian post-socialist transition countries

Bonn, 10. January 2013

Many East European and Central Asian post-socialist transition countries have embarked on the design and implementation of structures and processes for an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). International partners such as international organisations (World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development etc.), NGOs and…

Obama’s Legacy in Africa

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2013)
The Current Column, 21. January 2013