Andrea Cordes and Jacqueline Götze have been elected as new equal opportunities officer and deputy equal opportunities officer at DIE. Andrea Cordes has worked at DIE as a project coordinator since April 2017, initially for the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme and now for the Research Programme ‘Transformation of Political (Dis-)Order: Institutions, Values and Peace’.…
On 19 November, the exhibition „From coca to cocaine – the forgotten link in the chain“ was opened at DIE. It shows how “Alternative Development” can open up legal perspectives for smallholder farmers who make up their living from the illicit cultivation of drug crops such as coca or opium poppy. On 11 large panels…
The project Sustainable Development Pathways Achieving Human Well-Being While Safeguarding the Climate and Planet Earth (SHAPE) was launched during a Kick-Off Meeting at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) from 12 to 14 November 2019. The project aims to develop and analyse Sustainable Development Pathways (SDPs) that achieve the SDGs in 2030 and…
A new book entitled „Drought Challenges: Policy Options for Developing Countries“ (Volume 2, 1st Edition) published recently deals with current developments in research on water scarcity. Michael Brüntrup from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is co-editor.The book is the extension of research by DIE on drought in the Horn of…
In cooperation with the World Bank, Christoph Strupat, researcher in programme „Transformation of Economic and Social Systems“ at DIE, examined the effects of nationwide health insurance in Ghana. The authors show that there were not only savings in individual health expenditures, but that health insurance also makes a significant contribution to reducing child labour and…