News:  

• Programme of and Call for Additional Papers for Sudan Country Workshop on December 9, 2009 (see further information).

• Gastvortrag von Herrn Berhanu Denu, Addis Ababa University : "Institutionen und Investitionen im Südsudan. Ein institutionen-ökonomischer Ansatz" am 11. November 2009, 16-18 Uhr (siehe Einladung). Das Seminar wurde von den Professoren Karl Wohlmuth und Axel Sell geleitet. Herr George  Katete von der Moi-Universität in Eldoret,  Kenia, derzeit Gastwissenschaftler an der Universität Bremen und Stipendiat der Volkswagenstiftung im Projekt „Regierungsführung im Sudan nach dem Friedensabkommen“, hielt das Korreferat (siehe Fotos). Ausführlicher werden die Themen des Seminars beim Sudan Country Workshop des IWIM am 9. Dezember 2009 diskutiert.

• Neue Publikation im Verlag Peter Lang: 

  Sell, Axel / Krylov, Alexander N. (Hrsg.), Government Relations, Interaktionen zwischen Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2009. IV, 304 S., zahlr. Abb. und Tab. ISBN 978-3-631-58487-3   br. ( weitere Infos.).

   

• New Guest Researcher at IWIM: Mister Berhanu Denu from Addis Ababa University is a new guest researcher at IWIM who was received for a two months stay (see his CV). Mister Berhanu is Lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopa and he researches on his PhD work on "The role of institutions in improving the performance of investment in  Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005". The theme of Institutions and Investment in South Sudan is of great importance for the reconstruction of the economy of South Sudan after the civil war (see the synopsis). Supervisor of the research project is Professor Karl Wohlmuth. (see more information).

• Call for applications: Cultural Diplomaty in Europe: A Forum for Young Leader (CDE) Seminar 19^th – 23^rd October 2009, Berlin(see more information).

• A New Globalization Index for Developing Countries. The book by Sebastain Ebenthal is the dissertation he has written at IWIM under supervision of the Professors Karl Wohlmuth and Martin Missong. See: Sebastian Ebenthal, Messung von Globalisierung in Entwicklungsländern: Zur Analyse und Gestaltung der Globalisierung, Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe V: Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft, Band/Volume 3345, Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-631-59494-0, 269 Seiten.

   

• Prof. Dr. Hans-Heinrich Bass, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Dr.Tobias Knedlik, IWH Halle, and Dr. Osmund O. Uzor, Researcher in Bremen, will organize on January 28 and 29, 2010 in Bremen a conference on the theme "The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Reform Processes in Africa" (see the Link:http://www.hs-bremen.de/internet/de/studium/stg/isvw/conferences/impactonafrica/)

   

• New Research Output from Dr. O. O. Uzor, an IWIM Associate, on "Industrialisation and SME Development in Nigeria" (see the powerpoint presentation on his Research Programme for the Nigeria Country Workshop of 29/7/2009).

• IWIM says good bye to Dr. Alabi: The Professors Karl Wohlmuth and Axel Sell said farewell to Dr. Reuben A. Alabi at the event of the Nigeria Country Workshop of IWIM that took place on July 29,  2009 from 10.30 am to 18.15 pm (see the programme, the abstracts of Dr. Alabis contributions and the photo gallery about the event). Dr. Alabi has worked for 20 months (from December 2007 to July 2009) as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute. The two professors emphasized in their speeches the high motivation and productivity, the scientific ethos, and the hard-working attitude of Dr. Alabi; they also praised the important  research work that Dr. Alabi has performed in Bremen on the issues of “Education, Inequality and Poverty in Nigeria” (see the final report on the research activities by Dr. Alabi). Also the friendly, cordial and cooperative behavior of Dr. Alabi was mentioned by the two professors more informations...

• Professor Karl Wohlmuth attended the High-Level Expert Group Meeting on “Agro-Industry Development, Regional Value Chains and Public-Private Partnerships in Africa” at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Expert Group Meeting on July 22 - 24, 2009  (organized in partnership with African Union, UNIDO and FAO) had the task to review and to assess background studies and recommendations to be submitted, discussed and considered at the Summit of the African Heads of State and Government on “New Agro-Industrial Development Strategies for Africa” to be held in Abuja, Nigeria in November 2009 (see the photos with Professor Wohlmuth and other delegates in the conference hall of the United Nations Centre in Addis Ababa).

• Professor Karl Wohlmuth attended the High-Level Expert Group Meeting on “Agro-Industry Development, Regional Value Chains and Public-Private Partnerships in Africa” at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Expert Group Meeting on July 22 - 24, 2009  (organized in partnership with African Union, UNIDO and FAO) had the task to review and to assess background studies and recommendations to be submitted, discussed and considered at the Summit of the African Heads of State and Government on “New Agro-Industrial Development Strategies for Africa” to be held in Abuja, Nigeria in November 2009.

• Der Nigeria Country Workshop muss aus wichtigem Grund auf den 29. Juli 2009 verlegt werden (vgl. Programm).

• Research Output Dr. Temesgen Kifle, The University of Queensland, Social Research Centre, Australia, formerly an IWIM associate with a PhD from the University of Bremen, has produced a new research paper on motivations of Eritrean remittance senders in Germany (see Number 116 of IWIM Blue Series Discussion Papers).

• Seminar „Bolognaprozess in Bremen/Deutschland und Studiensystem in Russland – ein Vergleich“ vom 2.-9. Juli - Im Rahmen der Universitätskooperation zwischen dem National Institute of Business (NIB), Moskau, und der Universität Bremen wurden unter wissenschaftlicher Leitung von Prof. Dr. Axel Sell (IWIM) und Prof. Dr. Klaus Bönkost, Fachbereich Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaften, Fragen der Auswirkungen des Bolognaprozesses auf Universitätsverwaltung und die Lehre thematisiert ( Weitere Infos zu dieser Veranstaltung).

• Professor Karl Wohlmuth nahm am GIGA Workshop zum Thema „Machtquelle Erdöl: außen-, innen- und wirtschaftspolitische Herausforderungen für Nettoexporteure“ am 30. Juni 2009 in Hamburg teil. Der Workshop wurde von Prof. Dr. R. Kappel, Präsident des GIGA Hamburg und von Dr. Matthias Basedau, Leiter des Forschungsschwerpunkts 2 des GIGA geleitet. Das IWIM hat zu der Thematik diverse Arbeiten publiziert (insbesondere die Bände 11 und 12 des African Development Perspectives Yearbook, und zwei Bände zum Thema Reconstructing Economic Governance in Resource-rich African Countries, den Band 15 der Schriftenreihe des IWIM und den Band 40 der Weißen Reihe des IWIM) (siehe die LINKS zu  Jahrbuchreihe IWIM, Lit Jahrbuch,  Schriftenreihe und  Weiße Reihe).

   

• The Nigeria Country Workshop of IWIM “New Researches on Development in Nigeria” takes place in Bremen on Wednesday July 22, 2009 (see the programme ). Registration of participants and guests is open. Please apply for participation directly to A. Tchokam (iwimsek@uni-bremen.de) and to Professor Wohlmuth (wohlmuth@uni-bremen.de).

• La version française de l'avant propos du volume 14 de " L'Annuaire sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain" est disponible ici.

• Deux décennies de "African Development Perspectives Yearbook" - un réseau international de projets sur le développement (lire l'article).

• Research Output Professor Karl Wohlmuth: World Economic Crisis – Globalization – Global Employment Crisis – Challenges for the Reform of Labour and Employment Policies in Japan and in Germany, published in the Blue Series of IWIM, Number 115, June 2009, 55 pages (see PDF); this study is a revised version of the paper presented at the conference of German and Japanese Economists on The Flexibilization of Labour Markets between Globalization and the Global Economic Crisis: Comparing Japan and Germany which took place on June 5, 2009 at the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen; the conference was headed jointly by Professor Dr. Hans-Heinrich Bass, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany and by Professor Dr. Toshihiko Hozumi, Aichi University, Toyohashi, Japan; hard copies of this paper and of other papers in the Blue Series can be ordered at IWIM.

• Research Output Mister O. O. Uzor, PhD student from Nigeria: In his doctoral dissertation, defended recently, with the title Clusters, Networks and Innovation in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises: The Role of Productive Investment in the Development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria Mister Uzor has brought together in theoretical and empirical analyses the three interrelated issues of clusters, networks and innovation activities for the Nigerian SME sector; policy implications and an Agenda for Action to improve the performance of the Nigerian SME sector were as well outlined; the study is also of relevance for other African and developing countries when redesigning policies for their SME sectors (see the short synopsis); the doctoral dissertation was supervised by Professors Karl Wohlmuth and Axel Sell from IWIM; other related studies from the author can be accessed and downloaded (see IWIM Blue Series Discussion Papers).

• The Business Guide Germany Africa 2009/2010 has just appeared, published by Wegweiser GmbH Berlin, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and in association with develoPPP.de, AHK, Germany Trade & Invest, and BDI; Professor Karl Wohlmuth has contributed as an author with the article Emerging Markets – Die afrikanischen Staaten in der Weltwirtschaft (Emerging Markets – The African States in the World Economy); the report is intended to facilitate economic and business relations between African and German enterprises; the new report will be launched at an Economic Roundtable and a meeting for the press in Berlin on July 15, 2009; a long version of the article by Professor Wohlmuth is published with a Summary in English as the Number 117 in the IWIM Blue Series Discussion Papers.

• Prof. Dr. Karl Wohlmuth participated in an Expert Group Meeting that took place on 8 – 9 June, 2009 at UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna on the issue of Adding Value to Africa’s Agro-Industry and Trade. The purpose of the Expert Group Meeting was

  a) to discuss new industrial development concepts and strategies for a background paper to be submitted for the High-level Conference on Development of Agribusiness and Agro-Industries in Africa scheduled to take place late 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria, and

  b) to prepare as a team of experts the work for a major background study on the theme of Value Addition to Africa’s Industry and Trade.

   

• Vom 04.05.-08.05.2009 fand in Bremen erneut ein Seminar für chinesische Führungskräfte vom Anti-Smuggling Bureau der VRC statt (see foto). Die Teilnehmer kamen aus allen Landesteilen, Organisiert wurde das Seminar durch Prof. Dr. Axel Sell (IWIM) und Dipl.-Päd. Helmut Passe-Tietjen vom Zentrum für Weiterbildung der Universität Bremen. Im Mittelpunkt des Seminars standen Fragen der Welthandelsordnung. Themen waren insbesondere Dumping und Anti-Dumping-Maßnahmen sowie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen dem „Übereinkommen der UNESCO zum Schutz und zur Förderung der Vielfalt kultureller Ausdrucksformen“ und den Bestimmungen der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO). Außerdem wurden handelspolitisch relevante Fragen des EU-Rechts, Fragen des deutschen und europäischen Verbraucherschutzes und der Corporate Governance behandelt. Als Referenten wirkten neben den Organisatoren die Dipl.-Ök. Henning Behrens und Sven Fiegehenn sowie Dipl.-Kfm. Stefan Barenberg mit.

• Call for Papers

  Nigeria Country Workshop: "New Researches on Development in Nigeria"

  Time: July 22nd, 2009, 10 am to 17 pm 

  Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of Bremen 

  Purpose: It is the purpose of the workshop to present new research results on development in Nigeria for three core issues (education and poverty; small industries and industrialisation; globalisation and development). 

  New researches at IWIM on development in Nigeria will be presented by three speakers on the following themes:

  1. "Income Distribution, Education and Poverty in Nigeria" Speaker: Dr. Reuben A. Alabi

  2. "Networks, Clusters and Innovation in Nigerian Small and Medium Scale Industries" Speaker: Dr. des. O. O. Uzor

  3. "Applying a New Globalisation Index to Development Problems of Nigeria". Speaker: Dr. des. S. Ebenthal

  The speakers will present full papers of their researches. Related researches by the speakers can be downloaded here. Participation of guests is welcomed upon application. Related researches can be presented by the guests in short statements. Guests can also become discussants of presented papers.

  Contact: Professor Karl Wohlmuth (wohlmuth@uni-bremen.de) 

  Administration of the Workshop:  Research Assistant: A. Tchokam (iwimsek@uni-bremen.de)

• Dr. Reuben A. Alabi, A. v. Humboldt Research Fellow at IWIM, gave a mid-term report about his research on "Progressivity of Education Spending in Nigeria" (see foto). See also the related studies by Dr. Alabi  here. Full evidence about the research programme will be presented at the Nigeria Country Workshop on July 22nd, 2009 about "New Researches on Development in Nigeria". Researches will be presented on three themes: 1. "Income Distribution, Education and Poverty in Nigeria", 2."Networks, Clusters and Innovations in Nigerian Small Industries", and 3."Applying a New Globalisation Index to Nigeria".

• Research Output S. Ebenthal: New Globalisation Index for Developing Countries Is Available ( See Information.. ). Related studies from the author can be downloaded  here.

• ICD Spring Seminars 2009, Berlin

  Europe Meets Russia: A Forum for Young Leaders (April 28th – May 2nd)

  Scandinavia Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders (May 31st – June 5th)

  Europe Meets Latin America: A Forum for Young Leaders (May 26th – 31st)

  The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org) would like to highlight three Weeklong Seminars taking place in Berlin during Spring 2009, as detailed above. Each Seminar will bring together young leaders interested in the relationship in question for a five-day program of lectures, workshops, group discussions and cultural excursions featuring leading figures from the fields of politics, the arts, academia, media, and business.

• Einladung zum Doktorandenkolloquium Weltwirtschaft: Vortrag und Diskussion zum Thema " Progressivity of Education Spending in Nigeria", Dr. Reuben A. Alabi, A. v. Humboldt Research Fellow, at IWIM, am 29. April 2009, 16.00 bis 18.00 Uhr, Hochschulring 4, Rotunde 3/3. Etage. Die offizielle Einladung und das Thesenpapier finden sie hier

• Neue Programme des ICD/Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (weitere Infos..)

• Zwanzig Jahre „African Development Perspectives Yearbook” – ein internationales entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerkprojekt“ Mehr...

• “Governance and Social Action after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan of January 5, 2005: New Publications on Reconstruction, Development and Peace in Sudan by Dr. Samson Samuel Wassara, Project Applicant Phase II and Project Partner Phases I and II, Juba University, Khartoum/Juba, Sudan (For more Information).”

• A short report from Professor H. Takeuchi, Toyohashi, Japan on the results of his researches in Bremen as visiting professor at IWIM, University of Bremen (March to September 2008) is available here

• „Twenty Years African Development Perspectives Yearbook
  (1989 – 2009):

  The Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen and the Institute for World Economics and International Management (IWIM) have published recently Volume 14 for the year 2009 of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook with the title “New Growth And Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa: Institutional and Local Perspectives”.

  The Research Group started in 1989 its work with Volume 1 of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook on the theme “Human Dimensions of Adjustment”, and has over the twenty years covered major issues of policy relevance for Africa. Major themes covered in the various volumes were Industrialization in Africa based on Agricultural Development; Energy for African Development; Active Labour Market Policies in Africa; Governance and Empowerment in Africa; Africa’s Reintegration into the Global Economy; Private Sector Development and Entrepreneurship Development in Africa; Balancing Private and Public Sectors in Africa. The most recent Volumes 13 and 14 present an account and a comprehensive strategy on New Growth And Poverty Alleviation  Strategies for Africa. The international, regional, institutional and local dimensions of the theme are discussed in these two volumes.

  The Research Group has influenced the international discussion on African Development by workshops, conferences, research projects, by hosting guest professors and guest researchers from Africa, by networking international and African research and advisory institutions, by collecting and reviewing books, journals and documents from and for Africa, and by international consultancy work aimed at Africa. An international network of institutions, partners and experts was built up. Over the time the Group became very successful in Africanizing the editorship, the authorship and the readership of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook.

  A new project of the Research Group centers on the issue of “Overcoming Africa’s Trends of De-industrialization by designing new and better adapted Industrial Strategies”. The theme is important because of the rapid deterioration of the industry sector in Africa and of the quality of industrial policies for Africa. ( LIT-Verlag , ADPY...)

• Professeur Karl Wohlmuth, Professeur de Systèmes d’Economies Comparées, et rédacteur coordonnant de l’Annuaire sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain à la Faculté d’Economie de l’université de Brême, a publié  pour le Groupe de Recherche sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain de Brême les ouvrages suivant:

  •         Volume 13, Annuaire 2008 des Perspectives du Développement Africain intitulé «Nouvelles Stratégies de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté pour l’Afrique – Perspectives Internationales et Régionales» ;

  •         Volume complémentaire numéro 14, Annuaire 2009 des Perspectives du Développement Africain intitulé «Nouvelles Stratégies de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté pour l’Afrique – Perspectives Institutionnelles et Locales».

  Le Groupe de Recherche sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain de Brême a commencé son travail en 1989 avec la publication du premier volume intitulé « Dimensions Humaines de l’Ajustement en Afrique».

  Pour plus de détails voir  l’avant-propos,  l’introduction générale ( cliquez ici ) et les informations sur les deux publications  (LIT-Verlag, ADPY...)

• The A. v. Humboldt Foundation has recently approved Phase II of the Postdoc-Research Programme by Dr. Reuben A. Alabi from the Department of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria where he serves as Senior Lecturer. Dr. Alabi is a Research Fellow at IWIM in the Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen since December 2007. Prof. Wohlmuth supervises the programme for the host institution. The research programme on “Education Spending, Inequality, and Poverty in Nigeria” highlights and analyses issues and the measurement of progressivity of educational spending and the redistributive effects of educational spending in Nigeria, and aims to give analytical and conceptual foundations for reforms in educational funding at all state levels of Nigeria (Research Report by Dr. Alabi, CV ) and the latest study on the research theme published as number 114 of our Reports from the World Economics Colloquium of IWIM, to be downloaded as a PDF from the IWIM homepage)

• The Volkswagen Foundation has approved Phase II of the IWIM-launched Research Programme „Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005”. The main research issues are how to make peace work at local state levels and in border regions of Sudan by reconstructing political, social and economic governance after the long civil war. Phase I was directed by Prof. Dr. Karl Wohlmuth as the head of the project and by Dr. Elke Grawert as the Project Coordinator. Phase II will be directed by Dr. Elke Grawert (as the head of the project and functioning as well as the project coordinator). Prof. Wohlmuth will also in Phase II participate in the research programme as one of the project partners along with professors from the Moi University in Eldoret and the University of Nairobi in Kenya, professors from the University of Khartoum, the Juba University, and the Ahfad University for Women in Sudan, and professors from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (see details on Phase I of the programme on the IWIM homepage/Governance Sudan-Project). Prof. Wohlmuth supervises in this programme also a doctoral research project on “Investment Conditions and Institutional Development in South Sudan.”

• IWIM staff has contributed to the Forum 1 - Economics and Business Studies - of the DAAD Africa Day at the University of Cologne on 21 November 2008 (see the presentations as PDFs -1-; -2-; -3-)

• The African Development Perspectives Yearbook 2008, Volume 13, a flagship publication of IWIM, has been released these days by LIT Publishers (order now at LIT-Verlag). This volume is a comprehensive account of the “New Growth And Poverty Alleviation Strategies For Africa – International And Regional Perspectives”. Volume 14 of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook on Institutional and Local Perspectives is also expected soon. 28 authors from all over Africa, from Europe, India, and Canada assess in Volume 13 the issues of pro-poor growth.

• IWIM has released a new Study on Globalisation and Convergence PDF Nr. 113...

• Dr. Reuben Alabi, Research Fellow at the IWIM, is invited to speak at the International Conference and Training Workshop in Manila, Philippines more

• Vortrag über "What Role for Developmental States in the 21st Century?", Dr. Dirk Bezemer (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), am 13. November 2008, 16 bis 18 Uhr, Werderstraße 73, Raum A 18.

• The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, in partnership with the Institute for Corporate Cultural Affairs (ICCA) and AIESEC, would like to invite students and young professionals to the symposium on "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES" (November 14 – 16, 2008, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany). For more Information...

• Africa Day of DAAD/German Academic Exchange Service, University of Cologne, November 21-22, 2008:

  Professor Karl Wohlmuth heads the Economics Forum on “Management of Change. Learning from structural, economic and institutional changes in Africa”. Professors, Lecturers and Students with experience in Africa and with contacts to African universities will report on opportunities, chances and possibilities to study and to research in Africa. Dr. Alabi, Humboldt Research Fellow at IWIM, other IWIM staff and IWIM associates will also participate. See for more information about the Africa Day: www.daad.de/afrikatag  sowie:  (Programm)

• Information about the International Conference in Juba (Sudan), organized by the University of Juba (Professors J. Akol and S. Wassara) and the University of Bremen, IWIM (Dr. E. Grawert, Project Coodinator, Research Project "Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the CPA of January, 2005", sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation and by UNDP Sudan). media report...

• Frau Hartstock ist nicht mehr als Geschäftsführerin am IWIM tätig. Sie arbeitet ab sofort im Büro für Praxis und Internationales. Ihre Sprechstunde (Erasmus etc.) findet im WIWI-Gebäude, Raum 1.07 statt. Nach wie vor nur nach vorheriger Anmeldung per Telefon (218-7543) oder Mail (maren.hartstock@uni-bremen.de). Kontakt...  

• The Research Group on African Development  Perspectives Bremen has finalized the international research project “New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa”. Two volumes of the African Development  Perspectives Yearbook are now published on this theme, and the books can be ordered by LIT Publishers (see the contents of   Volume13... and of Volume14(Neu)..., and how to order the new books LIT-Verlag).The Research Group is starting a new research project for the years 2009-2011 with the title “Overcoming Premature Deindustrialization Trends in Africa – Towards A New Industrial Policy for Africa”. Interested researchers, research organizations and academic institutions are invited to contact Professor Karl Wohlmuth from the University of Bremen for a potential cooperation - by the Email address: wohlmuth@uni-bremen.de

• Cooperative Research Project "Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005: local, national and regional dimensions ...here you can also find the report of the three Stakeholder Workshops 2008

• Attendance at Workshops by Dr. Reuben Adeolu ALABI: Dr. Reuben Adeolu Alabi, a Post Doctoral Research Fellow (financed by the Humboldt Foundation) at the Institute of World Economics and International Management (IWIM), University of Bremen, has been selected on a highly competitive basis as one of four Scholars to be invited to attend the Workshop on: ‘CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE IN POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS’. The workshop will be held in Accra, Ghana, June 15-27, 2008 with the very much known Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) as the host institute.  More...  

• Attendance at the international Conference "Corporate Culture in a Global Perspective: China, Japan, and the Middle East": Our guest professor Prof. Dr. Haruo Takeuchi (Aichi University, Toyohashi, Japan) will hold a talk about "Corporate Culture and the Changes in the Employment System in Japan" on the 5th of June, 2008, organized by the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen (venue: Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstrasse 4/5).

• Zusammenfassung des Vortrages des letzten Weltwirtschaftlichen Colloquiums vom 16. April 2008 von Herrn Prof. Dr. Haruo Takeuchi (Aichi University, Toyohashi, Japan): The Financial Safety Net after the Collapse of the Bubble Economy in Japan als  PDF.

  Forschungsarbeit	Dr. Reuben Adeolu Alabi (Humboldt-Stipendiat, Researcher am IWIM  Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria) (links im Bild)

• Cooperative Research Project (Volkswagen Foundation):  
  ***CALL FOR PAPERS*** “Governance and Social Action in Conflict Societies” 
  Please find here detailed information. 
  
  Findings and impressions of the First Grantees Meeting in Bamako, Mali are available here.
  Overall project's information you will find here: "Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005: local, national and regional dimensions".  

• Am 28.-29.01.2008 veranstaltete das IWIM zusammen mit dem National Institute of Business (Moskau, Russland) eine wissenschaftliche Konferenz der Reihe „West-Ost-Diskurs“ zum Thema "Government Relations: Analyse der Interaktionen zwischen Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft“. Weitere Infos finden Sie hier oder unter http://www.west-ost-diskurs.de. Fotos der Konferenz: hier. Presseresonanz (Diverse Artikel in den Verbandsnachrichten des Verbandes der Deutschen Wirtschaft in der Russischen Förderation, Dezember 2007): hier.

• 8.-10. November 2007: International Research Workshop "New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa" of the Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen, University of Bremen. Presentation and discussion of the contributions of the new release of African Development Perspectives Yearbook Vol. 13 (2008). Please find the Workshop's Minutes (2.58mb) as well as the presentations and the  workshop programme in detail.

• Vortrag von Prof. Wohlmuth auf dem Länderseminar Sudan vom 5. bis 7. Oktober 2007 in der Akademie Frankenwarte in Würzburg, hier als PDF abrufbar.

• In einer Feierstunde am 14. September 2007 wurde Prof. Dr. Axel Sell an der privaten Universität „National Business Institute“ in Moskau die Ehrenprofessur verliehen. 

Buch-Neuerscheinungen des IWIM:
for picture click here	African Development Perspectives Yearbook Vol. 14 (2009): Karl Wohlmuth, Reuben Adeolu Alabi, Philippe Burger, Achim Gutowski, Afeikhena Jerome, Tobias Knedlik, Mareike Meyn, Tino Urban (Eds.) New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa - Institutional and Local Perspectives, Lit-Verlag, Hamburg, Münster.
	African Development Perspectives Yearbook Vol. 13 (2008): Karl Wohlmuth, Reuben Adeolu Alabi, Philippe Burger, Achim Gutowski, Afeikhena Jerome, Tobias Knedlik, Mareike Meyn, Tino Urban (Eds.) New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa - International and Regional Perspectives, Lit-Verlag, Hamburg, Münster.  For further details click here
	Anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstages wurde Herrn Prof. Sell eine Festschrift im Rahmen der Institutsreihe beim LIT-Verlag gewidmet. Titel: "Internationales Management".  Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.  "Internationales Management": this book is a gift to Professor Axel Sell, written by former students, friends, colleagues, and companions, to honour him on his 65th birthday.  For further information please click here.
	Anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstages wurde Herrn Prof. Wohlmuth eine Festschrift im Rahmen der Institutsreihe beim LIT-Verlag gewidmet. Titel: "Ökonomische Systeme im Wandel der Weltwirtschaft. Economic Systems in a Changing World Economy".  Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.  "Economic Systems in a Changing World Economy": this book is a gift to Professor Karl Wohlmuth, written by former students, friends, colleagues, and companions, to honour him on his 65th birthday, December 8th, 2007.  For further information please click here.
	African Development Perspectives Yearbook Vol. 12 (2007): Karl Wohlmuth, Chicot Eboué, Achim Gutowski, Afeikhena Jerome, Tobias Knedlik, Mareike Meyn, Touna Mama (Eds.) Africa - Commodity Dependence, Resource Curse and Export Diversification, Lit-Verlag, Hamburg, Münster.  For further details click  here.  African Institutions could acquire Yearbook 12 to the subscription price of € 35,- against prepayment (e. g. remitted by cheque).
	The new IWIM publication “Reconstructing Economic Governance after Conflict in Resource-rich African Countries” has been published recently. This publication is a collection of policy briefs written by a various number of African and European researchers on the issue of Reconstructing Economic Governance after Conflict in Resource-rich African Countries. This is the first book that covers this particular issue.  For further information please click here.  Students and IWIM guests would be entitled to receive a price-discounted copy by direct contacting with the staff of IWIM.
for picture click here	This book is the outcome of research work undertaken by the Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen and by the Cooperative Research Project on “Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005”.

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