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18 February 2010 | International symposium attracts leading scholars
Governing through standards
18 February 2010 | I orkanens øje
Erfaringer fra og løsninger på den globale finansielle krise
17 February 2010 | Senior Researcher
in international economic and finacial regulation
10 February 2010 | Integrating poverty and environmental concerns in value-chain analysis
Two articles by DIIS researchers published in Development Policy Review
25 January 2010 | The story of the financial crisis - and not knowing what to do
Seminar on banking reform at DIIS last week
19 January 2010 | Provocative lecture on China’s growth strategy and the precarious state of the world economy
French economist Robert Boyer visits DIIS
18 January 2010 | The Globalization of Food
Stefano Ponte contributes a chapter to this new book
3 December 2009 | IMF er godt i gang med at tabe slaget om fremtiden
DIIS Comment af Jakob Vestergaard
26 November 2009 | New Ph.d. candidate started in November on 'Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade' (SEAT)
Kaspar Nielsen will analyze the sustainability of aquatic food value chains in Asia.
25 November 2009 | African Affairs
Stefano Ponte is appointed to the Editorial Board
16 November 2009 | G20 countries have made very little progress in financial reform
DIIS Policy Brief outlines comprehensive approach to effective financial regulation
13 November 2009 | Understanding China's Economic Diplomacy
DIIS seminar challenged the myth of China being a unitary actor
12 November 2009 | Obama goes to China: But US economic diplomacy is unlikely to succeed
DIIS Comment by Jakob Vestergaard
6 November 2009 | Tax evasion practices stand in the way of Millennium Goals
DIIS Policy Brief calls for multilateral efforts to combat illicit financial flows from poor countries
29 October 2009 | Regnskabets time for mikrolån
Forskningsassistent skriver om mikrofinansbevægelsens fremtid
29 October 2009 | Unprecedented cooperation leads to rebalancing of global economy
DIIS seminar on financial crisis governance and beyond
21 October 2009 | From Fishery to Fork
New article on food safety and sustainability by Stefano Ponte in 'Science as Culture'
29 September 2009 | 'Trading Up' documentary on BBC World Service
Two East African countries have built billion dollar businesses from small-scale suppliers
28 September 2009 | Governing through standards - an international symposium
Extended deadline - call for abstracts
23 September 2009 | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark launches Foreign Policy Award
Write a paper on the financial crisis and win 15.000 DKK
22 September 2009 | Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions
Steps towards a more stable and equitable global financial system
Conference call
Sustainability standards in the cut flower industry
25 June 2009 | Two articles by DIIS researchers in the 'Top 25 Hottest Articles' in World Development
Ranking by ScienceDirect
18 June 2009 | Governing through quality
Research from the SAFE programme published in Sociologia Ruralis by Stefano Ponte
3 June 2009 | "Give me an economist and I will raise the market!"
Are financial markets really embedded in economics rather than society?
New SAFE programme working paper
19 May 2009 | DIIS awarded Initiative Grant from FFU
Inter-locked crises, competing value chains and food security in Africa
SAFE programme study published in World Development
5 May 2009 | Global Economy Monday seminar series
Revision of spring programme 2009
DIIS Report analyses pre-crisis trends and post-crisis outlook
30 April 2009 | Contract farming for organic cocoa benefits Ugandan smallholders
New SAFE programme working paper
DIIS-undersøgelse af Danidas privatsektorprogram i Indien
Limited benefits to Indian firms - main beneficiaries large Danish firms
29 April 2009 | A Refreshing Perspective on International Finance
'Discipline in the Global Economy' reviewed
28 April 2009 | Where Next for International Financial Regulation?
Dominant response overlooks fundamental questions, says Jan Toporowski
8 April 2009 | Where Next for International Financial Regulation?
Presentation by Richard Werner
31 March 2009 | Kys krisen
Tre hurtige spørgsmål-svar om finans-krisen
24 March 2009 | DIIS Researcher at a Round Table for Global Governance
Jakob Vestergaard at the City University of London
24 March 2009 | Professor Robert Wade reviews book by DIIS researcher
A review of ‘Discipline in the Global Economy?' by Jakob Vestergaard
18 March 2009 | Development finance to Mozambique: no room for complacency
Major reductions in aid necessitate significant fiscal and economic adjustments
New DIIS Report challenges conventional wisdom on natural resource management in the Sahel
Short essay by Jakob Vestergaard
A segmentation of Vietnam’s private sector affects firms and the country’s economy
4 March 2009 | Bono's Product (RED) Initiative
New article in Third World Quarterly
28 January 2009 | Global Value Chains, Labor Organization and Private Social Standards
Lessons from East African Cut Flower Industries
20 January 2009 | New research programme
DIIS is awarded DKK 1.8 million under a new research programme financed by the EU's FP7
16 January 2009 | DIIS as a springboard for young researchers
PhDs and post-docs from the 'Trade and development' group find employment in research
19 December 2008 | New book: Discipline in the Global Economy? International Finance & the End of Liberalism
This book, published with Routledge, is now released and available at Amazon
18 December 2008 | Finanskrisen: Hvorfor de gamle løsninger ikke er nok
RÆSON #4 er på gaden - blandt andet med en artikel af projektforsker Jakob Vestergaard
9 December 2008 | The policy implications of standards in agro-food exports
A series of Policy Briefs from the SAFE research programme now available
5 December 2008 | Does organic agriculture pay for Tanzanian farmers?
New SAFE Programme Working Paper by DIIS-SUA PhD student
20 November 2008 | Understanding the global financial crisis
Three working papers now available!
18 November 2008 | Climate change
DIIS activities related to climate change
7 November 2008 | Understanding the global financial crisis - seminar
Presentations now available!
21 October 2008 | Hvad skal der til for at øge Afrikas deltagelse i international handel?
DIIS forskere analyserer og giver et bud i Politiken
3 October 2008 | Globalization and Restructuring of African Commodity Flows
Several present and past DIIS researchers contribute chapters to a new NAI book
3 October 2008 | No need to work against the tide
Two new Policy Briefs discuss brain drain and the role of diasporas in fragile situations
30 September 2008 | Amin Alavi's PhD about to be published
Legalization of Development in the WTO: Between Law and Politics
25 September 2008 | Transparency and accountability are central in support to fragile situations
Two new Policy Briefs discuss international companies and natural resource exploitation
18 September 2008 | Localizing Private Social Standards: Standard Initiatives in Kenyan Cut Flowers
New DIIS Working Paper by Lone Riisgaard
2 September 2008 | Tanzanian members of SAFE program visit Copenhagen
22 August 2008 | Gammel filantropi i nye klæder
Artikel i Information, 21. august 2008
22 August 2008 | Lessons from value chain analysis for chronic poverty research
New Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Working Paper by Stefano Ponte
New article by Peter Kragelund, Development Policy Review, Vol. 26 (5): 555-584
New DIIS Working Paper by Jon Mortensen
8 July 2008 | New project researcher in Trade and Development
Jakob Vestergaard, PhD
8 July 2008 | Governance of Global Value Chains
DIIS researchers edit Economy & Society special edition
4 July 2008 | A Strategic Framework and Toolbox for Action Research with Small Producers in Value Chains
New DIIS Working Paper
A Conceptual Framework and Lessons for Action Research
3 July 2008 | New DIIS Working Paper on EU trade Rules of Origin
EU relaxes Cotonou rules in EPAs but retains restrictive GSP rules
20 June 2008 | DIIS Evaluation of Swiss aid to Angola published
First ever independent evaluation of SDC's humanitarian aid
New report about implications of patents for technology transfer
PhD defence by Stine Jessen Haakonsson
2 June 2008 | Sub-saharan Africa and the resource curse
A critical look
27 May 2008 | Etiske standarder diskriminerer
Analyse bragt i Information 22. Maj
26 May 2008 | Bono's Product (RED) initiative: Wedding hard commerce and corporate social responsibility
New Working Paper by Stefano Ponte, Lisa Ann Richey and Mike Baab
New DIIS working paper by Jon Mortensen
New DIIS working paper by Jon Mortensen
20 May 2008 | Celebrities, consumption and international aid
New article in Third World Quarterly by Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte
13 May 2008 | EPZs – at best, second best options
Study shows that the results have been generally disappointing
29 April 2008 | Institutional capacity for standards conformity assessment
New Working Paper by Adam Akyoo and Evelyne Lazaro
Working Paper by Lone Riisgaard and Nikolaus Hammer
11 April 2008 | Climate – one of the next big trade issues
Conference on WTO - Trade and Climate, arranged by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
3 April 2008 | Gavner hjerneflugt ulandes sundhedssystemer?
Jon Mortensen kommenterer i dagbladet Information
Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania
3 March 2008 | Afrika: en ny investesteringsfrontløber?
Sam Jones i dagbladet Information, torsdag den 28. februar
8 February 2008 | EPA: Er det kun tom snak?
Peter Gibbon og Stefano Ponte i Dagbladet Information, 7. februar 2008
29 January 2008 | Le paradoxe du café
Book by Benoit Daviron and Stefano Ponte now available in French
28 January 2008 | Workshop on 'Standards and Agro-Food Exports' (SAFE)
The SAFE Research and Capacity Building Programme holds its 2nd Workshop in Tanzania
28 January 2008 | Are Ecolabels Good for Developing Country Trade?
New article by Stefano Ponte in World Development
24 January 2008 | Export Processing Zones as economic development instruments
Danish Foreign Ministry commissions study from the Trade and Development Unit
16 January 2008 | Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Capital Markets
Sam Jones on an evolving landscape for foreign aid in two DIIS publications
20 December 2007 | Innovativ finansiering af udvikling
Peter Kragelund vurderer nye forslag til finansiering af 2015-målene i DIIS Working Paper
13 December 2007 | Afrika og EUs nye handelsaftaler. Jon Mortensen i P1 Morgen
EU og Afrika har i flere år forhandlet nye handelsaftaler, og deadline nærmer sig.
3 December 2007 | Amin Alavi will defend his PhD in International Relations
Studying Legalization: Special and Differential Treatments of Developing Countries ...
3 December 2007 | Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU - a dubious advantage for poor countries
DIIS/FOI study warns against substantial disadvantages in EPAs
3 December 2007 | Økonomisk partnerskab med EU - en tvivlsom fordel for udviklingslande
DIIS/FØI-studie advarer om betydelige forringelser for udviklingslande ved EPA-aftaler
7 November 2007 | Evaluering af UNDPs globale program
DIIS forsker udpeget som team leader.
25 October 2007 | phd-forsvar Amin Alavi
Amin Alavi forsvarer sin phd den 6. december 2007
20 October 2007 | DIIS are organizing a workshop in Cape Town 24-25 October
DIIS are organizing a workshop in Cape Town to present their current study on value-chain analysis
4 October 2007 | Study on possible ban on airfreight of organic produce
Study carried out for ITC, Geneva
15 September 2007 | Study on EU-ACP partnership agreements
DIIS and the Food Economics Institute completed a joint study
11 September 2007 | Sam Jones joins the research unit Trade and Development
As of 1 September Sam Jones replaces Trine Thygesen
30 August 2007 | Visiting researchers from Tanzania
Three senior staff from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agri-business, Sokoine University of Agriculture, will be staying with the Research Group on Trade and Development at DIIS from 26/8 to 6/10.
17 August 2007 | Morten Broberg joins the research unit Trade and Development
As of 1 August 2007 Morten Broberg has joined the research unit Trade and Development where he will be working on a project on the European Union’s regulation in the field of food safety.
Stefano Ponte, a Senior Researcher at DIIS, is featured in a BBC World Service radio documentary that is being broadcast in May
24 April 2007 | Developing Countries, WTO and Its Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Amin Alavi has submitted his Ph.D. thesis.
24 April 2007 | Report (redegørelse) on EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the ACP countries
Amin Alavi, Peter Gibbon, Jon Mortensen and Mette Ekeroth are engaged in research for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the EU trade agreements with developing countries
24 April 2007 | Evaluering af UNDP’s regionale program i Asien-Pacific
Meta-evaluering af seniorforsker Steen Folke
Resultaterne af Sydafrikas bestræbelser på at overvinde den økonomiske ulighed fra apartheidtidens diskriminationsarv er ikke prangende. Indslusningen af sorte sydafrikanere på arbejdsmarked og i erhvervsliv gennem såkaldte selvstændiggørelsesprogrammer har ikke fungeret efter hensigten.
Lotte Thomsen (Trade and Development DIIS and Department of Geography, Copenhagen University): Supplier Entry Barriers to Global Value Chains for clothing: The Role of Business-State Relations in Vietnam and of Lead Firm Strategies in Europe
19 February 2007 | Starbucks vs. Etiopien - Stefano Pontes analyse i Information
Intellektuel ejendomsret er et af de grundlæggende pricipper bag WTO. Men et slagsmål mellem Etiopien og kaffe-giganten Starbucks om navnerettigheder viser, at loven ikke er lige for alle.
9 February 2007 | Prisen på medicin skal op i Indien
Kommentar af phd-studerende Stine Jessen Haakonsson (fra Handel og Udvikling) i Nyt om Miljø og Udvikling (92-Gruppens Nyhedsbrev)
22 January 2007 | Africa and the WTO Doha Round: Theme issue of DPR by DIIS researchers
Michael Friis Jensen and Peter Gibbon (editors) and Amin Alavi, Stine Jessen Haakonsson and Stefano Ponte from the Trade and development research unit have published a thematic issue of Development Policy Review
12 January 2007 | Hjerneflugt er ingen stor ulykke
Jon Mortensen, ph.d. studerende (Handel og Udvikling), kommenterer på migration af sundhedspersonale fra Afrika i Politiken den 11. januar 2007. Afrikas største sundhedsproblemer kan ikke løses af sundhedspersonale.
27 November 2006 | BEE will alter little for the wine industry's exploited majority
Review of Stefano Ponte's working paper in the South African wine homepage Grape
24 November 2006 | EU's regler for fødevaresikkerhed
Forskningsmidler bevilget af SFE
22 November 2006 | Exporting Health Care
22 November 2006 | Tralac Hotseat Comment
Jon Mortensen comments on the potential points of conflict between BEE and WTO rules.
16 November 2006 | Supply Entry Barriers to Global Value Chains for Clothing
Lotte Thomsen has finalized a Ph.d. thesis on Global Value Chains for clothes, and the roles of business-state relations in Vietnam and of lead firm strategies in Europe. The defense will take place in the beginning of 2007 at Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen.
20 October 2006 | Forthcoming special issue of Development Policy Review
Peter Gibbon and Michael Friis Jensen are guest editors of the Development Policy Review issue on ‘Africa in the WTO Doha Round’, coming out in January 2007
Gør det gode og se godt ud på samme tid - det er opskriften på en ny type udviklingsbistand, der forener moderigtigt forbrug med hjælp til nødlidende
22 September 2006 | Guest researcher from Mumbai, Amit Rangnekar
From September 20 to October 3, Amit Rangnekar from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai visits the research unit. The purpose of his stay is to collaborate with Stine Jessen Haakonsson on research on the global pharmaceutical industry. The stay is funded by GEPPA and the W-Trade seminar series.
19 September 2006 | Benoit Daviron and Stefano Ponte: Book launch
On 25 September 2006, Stefano Ponte launches book at the International Coffee Organization
7 September 2006 | 7. September: TRALAC Working Paper on Ecolabels and fish trade
Senior researcher Stefano Ponte has published a working paper for Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa: “Ecolabels and fish trade: Marine Stewardship Council certification and the South African hake industry”
25 August 2006 | Steen Folke is doing fieldwork in India
In the period August 24 – September 27 Steen Folke carries out the first round of fieldwork in India for an ex-post impact study of Danida’s Private Sector Development Programme, 1993-2002.
14 August 2006 | Kan man handle sig vej ud af fattigdom?
Seniorforsker Stefano Ponte analyserer, hvordan udviklingslandene kan få gavn af handel. Læs artiklen bragt i Information den 11. august 2006.
7 August 2006 | Trine Rask Thygesen ny seniorrådgiver på DIIS
Cand.oecon. Trine Thygesen påbegyndte pr. 1. august som seniorrådgiver et toårigt projekt om finansiering af udvikling i Afrika.
1 August 2006 | Tanzanian Guest Researchers, August-October 2006
During the autumn 2006, four researchers from Tanzania visit the research unit. All are part of the capacity-building program on Standards and Agro-Food Exports from Developing Countries, SAFE
1 August 2006 | Study commissioned by Common Fund for Commodities
The Common Fund for Commodities has commissioned DIIS to carry out a study of current trends in international commodity trade and their implications for the development role of commodities.
1 August 2006 | Vi får en ny global handelsaftale - senere
Michael Friis Jensen kommenterer WTOs fremtid efter sammenbruddet i Doha-forhandlingerne. Han konkluderer, at Doharunden nok skal blive afsluttet en dag og giver et bud på indholdet. Læs kommentaren i Politiken...
Stefano Ponte analyserer dødvandet i Doha-rundens handelsforhandlinger i Information.
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