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Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed

Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed International experts call upon their governments: Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed Press Release of 4 July 2011 One year before Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13 high-ranking international experts from seven countries call upon their governments in a joint statement to prepare concrete summit results. World leaders should rise to the occasion and agree upon an ambitious green economy…

New Book-Release on “G20 and Global Development“

New Book-Release on “G20 and Global Development“ New Book-Release: E-Publication of German Development Institute on “G20 and Global Development“ Press Release of 11 October 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) publishes its first E-Publication on “ G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability? ". The G20 has recently decided to establish a working…

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…

Chief Economist of World Bank

Chief Economist of World Bank Chief Economist of World Bank visits German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 26 October 2010 Today, the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Justin Yifu Lin, will give a guest lecture on " Growth Identification and Facilitation: The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change “ at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). DIE-Director…

Think Tank 20-Network

Think Tank 20-Network Think Tank 20-Network publishes E-Publication on G20 Summit Press Release of 11 November 2010 In preparation for the G20 Summit in Seoul, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) published in early October 2010 the E-Publication "G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability?" . 27 contributions by members of the Global Governance Research…

”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…

Plant-for-the-Planet

Plant-for-the-Planet Das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik initiiert Plant-for-the-Planet Klimaschutz-Akademie für Kinder im Alter von 10-12 Jahren Pressemitteilung vom 21.02.2011 Die Schülerinitiative Plant-for-the-Planet und das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) bilden am 12.03.2011 Kinder zu Botschaftern für Klimagerechtigkeit aus. Am 2. Februar 2011 riefen die Vereinten Nationen das Internationale Jahr der Wälder ( International Year of…

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…

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Global "Go-To Think Tanks“: German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Press Release of 25 January 2011 The latest edition of The Global “Go-To Think Tanks” has just been published. Of 6480 institutions identified globally for inclusion in the study, 75 Think Tanks were nominated as “The Leading Think Tanks In The World“ – among them the German Development Institute / Deutsches…

DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa

DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa Press Release of 11 January 2011 Sven Grimm , long-term researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), is new Director at the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa since the beginning of this year. During his time at DIE, Grimm worked…

“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…

History repeats? The rise of the new middle classes in the developing world

Furness, Mark / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarín (2012)
Briefing Paper 19/2012

Participatory futures research and social learning for integrated watershed management

Segrave, Andrew / Christ Büscher / Jos Frijns (2012)
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Urban health in India

Butsch, Carsten / Patrick Sakdapolrak / Subramanian, Saravanan (2012)
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Interlacing Water and Human Health

Prakash, Anjal / Subramanian, Saravanan / Jayati Chourey (eds.) (2012)
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Where did this debt come from? Organizational change, role ambiguity and development in rural Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Shtaltovna, Anastasiya / Kristof Van Assche / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2012)
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Afterthoughts: issues for an anthropology of knowledge and development

Scholtes, Fabian (2012)
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The dynamics of mass killings: testing time-series models of one-sided violence in Bosnia

Schneider, Gerald / Margit Bussmann / Constantin Ruhe (2012)
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