German Development Institute
The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is one of the leading Think Tanks for development policy worldwide. This has been attested in January 2011 by the ranking of the Global “Go-To Think Tanks” Report: The DIE ranks number 4 in the category of “Top 25 International Development Think Tanks“. This means that the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is in the same league as the US-based Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development as well as the UK-based Overseas Development Institute and Chatham House. Furthermore, DIE obtained excellent marks in the categories of “Think Tanks with the Most Innovative Policy Ideas/Proposals“, “Outstanding Policy-Oriented Public Policy Research Program“ as well as “Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks“. The Institute is based in the UN-City of Bonn. DIE builds bridges between theory and practice and works within international research networks. The key to DIE’s success is its institutional independence, which is guaranteed by the Institute’s founding statute.
The German DIE is a non-profit company with limited liability. The Institute’s institutional independence is guaranteed by its founding statute. The shareholders are the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Institute is headed by Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner (Director). At present, DIE has a staff of 100, two-thirds of whom are researchers.
Since its founding in 1964, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has based its work on the interplay between Research, Consulting and Training. These three areas complement each other and are the factors responsible for the Institute’s distinctive profile.
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