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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…

DIE-Postgraduates start 3-month research trip

DIE-Postgraduates start 3-month research trip DIE-Postgraduates start 3-month research trip Press Release of 16 February 2009 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation . Alumnis of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr.…

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…

Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin

Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Press Release of 9 March 2009 As a consequence of the world financial crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly established the UN-Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System in the fall of 2008. The Commission is chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. In the run-up to the second meeting…

A Memorandum for the G20-Summit

A Memorandum for the G20-Summit A Memorandum for the G20-Summit Press Release of 31 March 2009 Scholars from Europe and Emerging Powers on Reform Needs of Global Economy Under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), authors from Europe, the USA and emerging economies came together to explore common ground on reform needs of the global economy. On the occasion of the G20-Summit…

Griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer In Memoriam: the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer On the eve of 1 May 2009 Jörg Meyer-Stamer, having reached the age of only 50, unexpectedly died of a grave illness. Jörg Meyer-Stamer worked at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) from 1988 to 1998. The institute’s staff members mourn the passing of a colleague whose…

Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director

Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Press Release of 5 June 2009 Bonn, 4 June 2009. Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This information was relayed today by Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute. Scholz succeeds Jürgen Wiemann, who…

Alumni Imke Harbers wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize

Alumni Imke Harbers wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize Alumni of DIE-Postgrad-Programme wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize Press Release of 16 June 2009 Ms. Imke Harbers, alumni of the 40th course of the 1985/86 Postgraduate Training Programme of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has been awarded the renowned Rudolf Wildenmann Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). She wins the Prize for her paper…

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…

Appeal to G8

Appeal to G8 Appeal to G8: We need an “International Panel on Systemic Risks in the Global Economy” Press Release, 8 July 2009 Today, an international team of researchers under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), published an appeal to the world leaders participating in the G8 summit in L'Aquila in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau : we need an “International Panel…

Peace Researchers publish Memorandum before the Federal election

Peace Researchers publish Memorandum before the Federal election Peace Researchers publish Memorandum before the Federal elections: “Prevention of violent conflicts: more visible – more effective – more efficient” Press Release of 11 August 2009 In 2005, the grand coalition declared its support of the Action Plan “Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Peace building”. Prominent representatives of the German peace and conflict research…

45th Postgraduate Training Course

45th Postgraduate Training Course 45th Postgraduate Training Course will start on 1 September Press Release of 31 August 2009 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation. Alumni of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr.…

Options for improving the communication of seasonal rainfall forecasts to smallholder farmers: the case of Kenya

Shah, Parita / Chinwe Ifejika Speranza / Romanus Opiyo / Joshua Ngaina (2012)
Briefing Paper 17/2012

Wutbürger im Unterhaus – Die Steuermoral von Internet- und Lifestylefirmen auf dem Prüfstand

Wiemann, Jürgen (2012)
The Current Column, 17. December 2012

Managing International Capital Flows for Sustainable Development

Berlin, 17. December 2012

Aim of the conference was to discuss major policy challenges related to the changing pattern of international capital flows. Selected topics that have been examined within the BMZ-funded research project “Changes to international capital flows and the international financial order” were discussed by policymakers and internationally…

WBGU publishes Special Climate Report

WBGU publishes Special Climate Report German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) publishes Special Climate Report Press Release of 1 September 2009 The German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) has developed an innovative approach to solving the problem of climate change. A key component is an agreement between the community of states regarding a cap for the total amount of carbon…

DIE-Alumni Konferenz

DIE-Alumni Konferenz DIE-Alumni Konferenz mit rund 190 Teilnehmern aus der gesamten EZ-Community Pressemitteilung vom 08.09.2009 Vor wenigen Tagen begannen 20 hochqualifizierte Nachwuchskräfte ihre Ausbildung am Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) im Rahmen des 45. Kurses des DIE-Postgraduierten-Programms . Seit dem ersten Kurs 1965 haben mehr als 850 Hochschulabsolventen das Postgraduierten-Programm durchlaufen. Am 11. September kommen nun rund 190…

Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility

Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility published Press Release of 28 September 2009 Can the failure of states be measured? In cooperation with the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has produced a Users' Guide on Measuring Fragility . The guide explains how conflict-related rankings are produced and applied - for example, the Failed States Index published…

Every day is Copenhagen

Every day is Copenhagen Every day is Copenhagen Press Release of 4 December 2009 A breakthrough in international climate policy is still possible, argue Claus Leggewie, Director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) and Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) at euozine.com . Hopes for an internationally binding climate agreement were rudely dampened at the most recent meeting of…

DIE china expert Doris Fischer accepts professorship at University of Würzburg

DIE china expert Doris Fischer accepts professorship at University of Würzburg DIE china expert Doris Fischer accepts professorship at University of Würzburg Press Release of 6 March 2012 Doris Fischer of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has accepted the offer of a full professorship for China Business and Economics at the University of Würzburg . At DIE Doris Fischer worked on the interrelation between innovation…