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New DIIS report argues that European banks remain undercapitalized
Two DIIS researchers exposes the myth of serious governance reform
Research findings and policy lessons
Stanford Professor Anat Admati debunks the myths of banking
28 January 2013 | Bryder valutakrigen ud?
Den tyske centralbank på konfrontationskurs med Japans nye regeringleder.
På grund af manglende regulering kan skyggebankerne blive centrum for en ny finanskrise
Recruitment of senior researchers and exciting events mark the group's transformation
YES answered Photis Lysandrou's at a recent DIIS seminar
DIIS researchers propose a new voting formula to boost it
Er kinas økonomiske vækst truet af finansiel skrøbelighed?
Eurozonens finansministre indviede i sidste uge deres redningsfond, men vil den virke?
DIIS researchers explain it at TripleCrisis.com
4 July 2012 | Call for papers
Conference: Governing sustainable biofuels: Markets, certification and technology
The poor performance of the G20 calls for viable alternatives: here is one!
Idéen om en europæisk bank-union, og den nærmest uundgåelige græske exit
call for abstracts
DIIS Comment af Jakob Vestergaard
29 March 2012 | Brand Africa
The implications of selling Africa as a symbolic commodity
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the creation of a market for 'sustainable fish'
DIIS researcher responds to Martin Wolf's "Seven ways to fix our system's flaws"
- nuanceret debat efterlyses
Prospects for a multipolar international monetary system
Ulande oplever i disse år en stor interesse i landbrugsjord fra udenlandske investorer
A Practitioners Guide for Designing and Implementing Agricultural Value Chain Projects
Forventningerne til WTO er i bund mens bilaterale aftaler breder sig
ReCom study on ‘Pro-poor growth through export sector support: What works, where and why?’
Hvad virker?
DIIS Comment by Mengistu Assefa
DIIS Comment af Anders Riel Müller
25 November 2011 | G20 at a Crossroads
Presentations by Stefan Schirm and Jakob Vestergaard now available
Voting power must shift from declining to rising powers
DIIS researcher contributes to a Boston Review - New Democracy Forum
A survey of policies and experiences
A Developing Country Perspective
It is neither legitimate nor effective in regulating the world economy
New book edited by DIIS senior researchers Stefono Ponte Peter Gibbon & Jakob Vestergaard
Including African smallholders in certified export agriculture by upgrading quality
New article by Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte
DIIS hosted on the 30th of September 2011 a seminar on Eurobond and the debt crisis in Europe
DIIS Comment by Jakob Vestergaard
Book by DIIS researcher reviewed in prestiguous journal, Economy & Society
14 September 2011 | Markets and Rural Poverty
Upgrading in value chains
6 September 2011 | Governing through Standards
New book by DIIS researchers
Interview with DIIS researcher, Jakob Vestergaard
Stefano Ponte discusses how developing countries can create and control symbolic value
DIIS Comment af Peter Gibbon
Ny serie af dansksprogede DIIS Comments om udviklingspolitiske problemstillinger
Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
DIIS seminar on the World Bank's new flagship report
Two Economics Professors discuss sensitive issues at DIIS seminar
The time of the seminar has changed to 10 -12 on Friday, June 17 2011
19 May 2011 | Brand Aid
Media coverage, reviews and events related to the book
DIIS contribution to a new UNIDO book
DIIS researcher under attack in the Financial Times.
DIIS Comment by Jakob Vestergaard
By neglecting problems of input legitimacy, proponents of the G20 overlook a key point
Guest blogging by DIIS researcher on 'Aid Watch' and 'TripleCrisis'
Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte examine celebrity-driven 'compassionate consumption'
17 March 2011 | After G20?
DIIS Comment and DIIS Report by Jakob Vestergaard on the weaknesses of the G20 system and suggestions for a revision.
DIIS hosted two seminars, one on Industrial Policy on the Rise with Robert Wade and Ha-Joon Chang and the second on 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
DIIS Comment by Stefano Ponte and Lisa Ann Richey
DIIS Comment by Stefano Ponte
20 January 2011 | Financial Transaction Tax
A Financial Transaction Tax could potentially generate revenues and stabilize markets
A new working paper explains what works and what does not, where and how
Synthesis Working Paper on findings from conference at DIIS, October 2010
DIIS Comment af Jakob Vestergaard
Global Economy Monday seminar on Marc De Vos' new book, on the long term consequences of the Crisis on globalisation.
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Article in the Financial Times by Robert Wade and Jakob Vestergaard
Global Economy Monday seminar on the future growth in Asia and what challenges and prospects it faces
DIIS-SUA Research and Capacity Building Programme Completed
DIIS Comment by Robert Wade and Jakob Vestergaard
DIIS hosted an international conference on the Financial Crisis and its Impact on Low Income Countries with a discussion of the responses from LIC and initial lessons to be learned.
Lessons from multilateral environmental agreements and ecolabels for breaking the impasse
DIIS seminar on how to combat tax avoidance by multinational corporations
17 August 2010 | Behaviour and Measurement
Key insights from the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2010, Stockolm
DIIS seminar sheds light on the carbon agenda
The impact of donor activities on standards has been limited
A study for the Evaluation Department of DANIDA
G20 should not waste their chance to take over the agenda
Main findings of book and final conference of SAFE research and capacity building program
Seminar with Ranjit Lall from the Bank of England on the prospects of banking reform
On 12 April, he succesfully defended his thesis on international trade in health services
Presentations by Prof. Robert Wade and Prof. Woods now available in audio files
Call for papers
18 February 2010 | I orkanens øje
Erfaringer fra og løsninger på den globale finansielle krise
Two articles by DIIS researchers published in Development Policy Review
Seminar on banking reform at DIIS last week
French economist Robert Boyer visits DIIS
18 January 2010 | The Globalization of Food
Stefano Ponte contributes a chapter to this new book
DIIS Comment af Jakob Vestergaard
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
DIIS Policy Brief outlines comprehensive approach to effective financial regulation
DIIS seminar challenged the myth of China being a unitary actor
DIIS Comment by Jakob Vestergaard
DIIS Policy Brief calls for multilateral efforts to combat illicit financial flows from poor countries
Forskningsassistent skriver om mikrofinansbevægelsens fremtid
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'
Two East African countries have built billion dollar businesses from small-scale suppliers
Extended deadline - call for abstracts
Write a paper on the financial crisis and win 15.000 DKK
Steps towards a more stable and equitable global financial system
Conference call
Sustainability standards in the cut flower industry
Ranking by ScienceDirect
Research from the SAFE programme published in Sociologia Ruralis by Stefano Ponte
Are financial markets really embedded in economics rather than society?
New SAFE programme working paper
Inter-locked crises, competing value chains and food security in Africa
SAFE programme study published in World Development
Revision of spring programme 2009
DIIS Report analyses pre-crisis trends and post-crisis outlook
New SAFE programme working paper
DIIS-undersøgelse af Danidas privatsektorprogram i Indien v./ Steen Folke
Limited benefits to Indian firms - main beneficiaries large Danish firms
'Discipline in the Global Economy' reviewed
Dominant response overlooks fundamental questions, says Jan Toporowski
Presentation by Richard Werner
31 March 2009 | Kys krisen
Tre hurtige spørgsmål-svar om finans-krisen
Jakob Vestergaard at the City University of London
A review of ‘Discipline in the Global Economy?' by Jakob Vestergaard
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
New article in Third World Quarterly
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
PhDs and post-docs from the 'Trade and development' group find employment in research
This book, published with Routledge, is now released and available at Amazon
RÆSON #4 er på gaden - blandt andet med en artikel af projektforsker Jakob Vestergaard
A series of Policy Briefs from the SAFE research programme now available
New SAFE Programme Working Paper by DIIS-SUA PhD student
Three working papers now available!
18 November 2008 | Climate change
DIIS activities related to climate change
Presentations now available!
DIIS forskere analyserer og giver et bud i Politiken
Several present and past DIIS researchers contribute chapters to a new NAI book
Two new Policy Briefs discuss brain drain and the role of diasporas in fragile situations
Legalization of Development in the WTO: Between Law and Politics
Two new Policy Briefs discuss international companies and natural resource exploitation
New DIIS Working Paper by Lone Riisgaard
Artikel i Information, 21. august 2008
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
Jakob Vestergaard, PhD
DIIS researchers edit Economy & Society special edition
New DIIS Working Paper
A Conceptual Framework and Lessons for Action Research
EU relaxes Cotonou rules in EPAs but retains restrictive GSP rules
First ever independent evaluation of SDC's humanitarian aid
New report about implications of patents for technology transfer
PhD defence by Stine Jessen Haakonsson
A critical look
Analyse bragt i Information 22. Maj
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
New article in Third World Quarterly by Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte
Study shows that the results have been generally disappointing
New Working Paper by Adam Akyoo and Evelyne Lazaro
Working Paper by Lone Riisgaard and Nikolaus Hammer
Conference on WTO - Trade and Climate, arranged by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jon Mortensen kommenterer i dagbladet Information
Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania
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
The SAFE Research and Capacity Building Programme holds its 2nd Workshop in Tanzania
New article by Stefano Ponte in World Development
Danish Foreign Ministry commissions study from the Trade and Development Unit
Sam Jones on an evolving landscape for foreign aid in two DIIS publications
Peter Kragelund vurderer nye forslag til finansiering af 2015-målene i DIIS Working Paper
EU og Afrika har i flere år forhandlet nye handelsaftaler, og deadline nærmer sig.
Studying Legalization: Special and Differential Treatments of Developing Countries ...
DIIS/FOI study warns against substantial disadvantages in EPAs
DIIS/FØI-studie advarer om betydelige forringelser for udviklingslande ved EPA-aftaler
DIIS forsker udpeget som team leader.
25 October 2007 | phd-forsvar Amin Alavi
Amin Alavi forsvarer sin phd den 6. december 2007
DIIS are organizing a workshop in Cape Town to present their current study on value-chain analysis
Study carried out for ITC, Geneva
DIIS and the Food Economics Institute completed a joint study
As of 1 September Sam Jones replaces Trine Thygesen
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.
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
Amin Alavi has submitted his Ph.D. thesis.
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
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
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.
Kommentar af phd-studerende Stine Jessen Haakonsson (fra Handel og Udvikling) i Nyt om Miljø og Udvikling (92-Gruppens Nyhedsbrev)
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
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.
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Updated: 17/03/11