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Research Output Dr. O. O. Uzor: Dr. Uzor has produced a new research paper on his Investment and SME Development (ISMED) Model and the relation to Public-Private Partnerships in the Promotion of Agro-Industrial Clusters in Nigeria. The paper is titled “The ISMED Model and Public – Private Partnerships in the Promotion of Agro-Industrial Clusters in Nigeria” and has appeared as the IWIM Blue Series Discussion Paper Number 118, January 2010 (access the paper).
Research Output by Professor Karl Wohlmuth: An article on the role of the Emerging African Markets in the World Economy was published recently in “Berichte”, January/February 2010, as well as an article about the 20 years of cooperation between the Research Institute of the IWVWW and the IWIM in the same issue of the journal; Professor Wohlmuth is a member of the executive board of the IWVWW e. V. (see on the activities of IWVWW their homepage: http://www.iwvww.de and http://www.arge-institute.de ).
Professor Dr. Reuben A. Alabi from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria was awarded a returnee fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to do one year of research on “Marginal Benefit Incidence Analysis of Public Spending on Health Services in Nigeria”. This research will be done in close association with Professor Karl Wohlmuth from IWIM, Faculty of Economics, University of Bremen. Dr. Alabi has spent 18 months at IWIM to research on “Education, Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria” (see his most recent publications in the IWIM Blue Series Discussion Papers).
Mister Berhanu Denu, Lecturer at Addis Ababa University and Guest Researcher at IWIM, University of Bremen, will present his major PhD research findings on “Institutions and Investments in South Sudan: An Institutional Economics Perspective” at the International Sudan Studies Conference, 2009, at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa, 25 - 28 November 2009 (see the programme: http://www.sudanconference.org.za/index.php?mid=170415). See also the most recent paper written by Berhanu Denu on “The Post-War Reconstruction Process in South Sudan” (SERG Discussion Papers Number 37).
Programme of and Call for Additional Papers for Sudan Country Workshop on December 9, 2009 (see further information and photo gallery)
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.
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).
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.
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).