Peru: The Power of Citizens
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World Development Report
Since 1997, the Development Policy Forum has organised a series of joint workshops and presentations by the World Bank, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The series takes place with the involvement of each acting Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank, and was initiated by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
The annual World Development Report (WDR) is the World Bank’s flagship publication. It sets the bar for international cooperation and provides important impulses for policy development. The report addresses decision-makers and experts from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society.
The "Berlin Workshop" lays parts of the groundwork for the World Development Report. Selected high ranking representatives from science and politics come together to critically discuss the WDR team’s initial considerations and approaches in preparing the report.
The second established format in cooperation with the World Bank is the presentation of the current World Development Report. The report is presented to the German development community and subsequently discussed by representatives of the federal government, private sector, science and civil society to determine how the report’s findings can be addressed by Germany's foreign, security and development policy.
The World Development Report and therefore the "Berlin Workshop" cover those topics relevant to current development policy discussion and change from year to year.
In recent years topics included
Managing Risk for Development (2014), Jobs (2013), Gender Equality and Development(2012), Conflict, Security and Development (2011), Development and Climate Change (2010), Spatial Disparities and Development Policy (2009), Agriculture for Development (2008).
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