2002

18 December

ZEF, Bonn
KLC, India
DLC, Tanzania
WBO, Uzbekistan

Global Dialogue II

"Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Rural Households and Small and Medium Enterprises"

The second session will focus on ICT and SMEs.

Organization: Gi-Soon Song

More information on the Global Dialogue

More information on the Global Distance Learning Center

10.00 a.-m. – 12.00 a.m. in ZEF conference room, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

16 December
Global Dialogue between

ZEF, Bonn
DLC, Ghana
DLC, Jamaica
WBI, Washington, D.C.

Global Dialogue I

"Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Rural Households and Small and Medium Enterprises"

This first session will focus on ICT and households.

Organization: Gi-Soon Song

More information on the Global Dialogue

More information on the Global Distance Learning Center

1.00 p.-m. – 3.00 p.m. in ZEF conference room, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

16 December

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Jochen de Haas, BMZ, Ländliche Entwicklung und

Welternährung

“Rural Development and Agricultural Research

– Powerful Tools for Reducing Poverty and Hunger?"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms,

Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

9 December

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Timo Goeschl, Department of Land Economy, University

of Cambridge

Development, Genetic Resources, and Property Rights – An Analysis of Extractive Reserves in the Brazilian Amazon

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

2 December

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dario Camuffo, Instituto di Scienze dell Atmosfera e del Clima, Universita di Padova

Global Environmental Change, Change in Sea-Level and Storm Surge Frequency at Venice: The Problem and the Impact on the Historical Buildings"

4.00 p.m. -5.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

2 December

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Andrea Rinaldo, International Center for Hydrology Dino Tonini, Universita di Padova

On Networks in Nature

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

November 2002

25.-29. NovemberLecture

Lecture

Matthias Braun, ZFL

"Introduction to RemoteSensing"

8.00 a.m. -12.00 a.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 25 NovemberPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Jean-Paul Azam, Atelier de Recherche Quantitative Appliquée au Développement Economique, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse

“Those in Kayes: The Impact of Remittances on their Recipients in Africa”

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

22 November
Workshop

Workshop

"Chancen und Fallstricke der Interdisziplinarität: Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaftler in naturwissenschaftlich geprägten Forschungsprojekten"

Organization: Thomas Bierschenk, Nikolaus Schareika

More information on the workshop

9.00 a.m. -6.00 p.m. in ZEF Library, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 11 November
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Jean-Louis Arcand, Le Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International, Université d’ Auvergne

“Testing for Separation in Agricultural Household Models and Unobservable Individual Effects"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 5 November
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. John Harris, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) of the London School of Economics (LSE)

“On Trust, and Trust in Indian Business"

10.00 a.m. -11.30 a.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 4 November
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. S. Mansoob Murshed, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

“On Natural Resource Abundance and Underdevelopment"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

October 2002

28 October
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Jonathan Kydd, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College at Wye

“Liberalisation and the Agricultural Sector in Central and Southern Africa: An Institutionalist Critique"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 21 October
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Katharina Michaelowa, Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv (HWWA)

“Teacher Job Satisfaction, Student Achievement and the Cost of Primary Education in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa”

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 18 October
Public Lecture

Antrittsvorlesung

Dr. Johannes Jütting, ZEF

“Globalisierung und Armutsbekämpfung: Chancen und Risiken”

3.00 p.m. -4.30 p.m. in Institut für Pflanzenkrankheiten, Nussallee 9, Hörsaal X 14 October
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Sylvia Karlsson, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

"Targets, Timetables and/or Partnerships? The Story of the Johannesburg Summit”

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 11 October
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Rajeev Ahuja, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

"Design of Incentives in Micro Health Insurance Schemes”

2.00 p.m. -3.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

September 2002

26 September
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Larry Harrington, Director, Natural Resources, CIMMYT, Mexico

"Natural resources research at CIMMYT: experiences with the development and dissemination of resource conserving technologies"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Library, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn (ground floor, to get there from the ZEF main entrance you take the left corridor) 20-21 September
Workshop

Workshop

Klaus Riede, Center for Development Research

"GROMS: GIS and database training workshop"

More information on the workshop

9.00-12.00 a.m. and 2.00--5.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 17 September
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Robert M. Boddey, Embrapa Agrobiologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

"Net N inputs from N2-fixing legumes: The key to carbon sequestration in soil under zero tillage systems in Brazil"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

August - September 2002: Summer Break

26 August
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Helma Pasch, University of Cologne

"Possibilities and limits of tele-learning"

5.00 p.m. -6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 13 August
Public Seminar

Public Seminar

Dr. Manisha Chakrabarty, University of Bonn

"The Effect of Current Income on Aggregate Consumption"

4.00 pm - 5.15 pm., ZEF Library, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

July 2002

24 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Maximo Torero

"Willingness to Pay for the Rural Telephone services in Bangladesh and Peru"

4.30 p.m. -6.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 22 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Regina Birner, Institute of Rural Development, University of Göttingen

"Using Social Capital to Create Political Capital: The case of Thailand's Community Forestry Bill"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 22 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Buthaina El Naiem, Marburg University

"Women Participation in Development: Islam, cultural legitimacy and the contingency of universalist projects"

12.00 a.m. -2.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 19 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Santosh Mehrotra, UNICEF

"Incidence of Child Labor in the Informal Sector in 5 South East Asian Countries"

3.00 p.m. -4.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 18 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. John Oneal, University of Alabama

"FDI and Income Inequality"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 16 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. David Simon, University of London

"Urbanisation, development and environment: prospects for co-management in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana"

12.00 a.m. -1.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 15 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. John Oneal, Professor of Political Science, University of Alabama

"Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality"

1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 15 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Peter Hazell, IFPRI

"Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Development in Africa"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 11 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Ramón López, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

"The Dynamics of Unbalanced and Sustainable Growth"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 9 July
Public Lecture

In-house Seminar

Prof. Dr. Francisco de Assis Costa, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazonicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil).

"Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung auf regionaler Ebene basierend auf dem Agrarsektor: Das Beispiel von Marabá-Pole, Amazonien, Brasilien"

1.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 8 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Matin Qaim, University of Berkeley

"Genetically Modified Crops, Corporate Pricing Strategies, and Farmers' Adoption: The Case of Bt Cotton in Argentina"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 8 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Juan B. Valdes, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Eng. Mechanics Hydrology and Water Resources Program and SAHRA (Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas) Center, The University of Arizona

"Climate Change and Variability Impact on Semi-Arid Region Basins"

1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 4 July
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, former President of International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, UNESCO-Cousteau Professor on Ecotechnology for Asia

"Towards an Ever-green Farm Revolution"

4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

June 2002

27 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Alnoor Ebrahim, Center for Social Monitoring Analysis, Virginia Tech University

"Making Sense of Accountability: Conceptual Perspectives and Practical Mechanisms for NGOs"

1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 24 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Jean Marie Baland, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium

"Sustainability and Organizational Design in Roscas: Some Evidence from Kenya"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 17 June
Lecture / Workshop

"Hyperspectral Remote Sensing - Basics, Techniques and recent Issues in Application for Imaging and Mapping the Land Surface"

Lecturer: Martin Herold (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Lecture / workshop jointly organized by ZFL and RGRS

Venue: ZEF conference rooms, 9 a.m.

In case of any further enquiries please contact Matthias Braun (matthias.braun@uni-bonn.de, Tel: +228-73-4975) or Jan Richters (richters@rsrg.uni-bonn.de, T: +228-73-9706).

17 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Heinz Loos, GTZ - Sedentary Farming Systems Project, Sunyani, Ghana

"Agricultural Mechanisation in Ghana - Multi-farm use options for enhanced farmer accessibility and services"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 19 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Andrea Foetzki, Albrecht-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, University of Göttingen

"Ecological Basis for Sustainable Management of the Indigenous Vegetation in a Central-Asian Desert: Water Use and Productivity"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 14 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Professor Max Klimburg, University of Vienna:

"Nuristan - Land des Lichts"

5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 12 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Bahodir Sidikov, Osteuropäisches Seminar, Universität Bonn

"Historische Entwicklung der Wassernutzung in Usbekistan"

3.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 12 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Jochen Renger, GTZ

"Rent Seeking in Irrigated Agriculture"

4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 03 June
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Michael Moore, IDS, University of Sussex

"Polity Quality: The Political Consequences of 'Unearned' Income"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

May 2002

27 May
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Richard Auty, Lancaster University

"Resource-Led Development and the Political State: Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 23-25 May
Workshop

Paradigms of Change

Workshop at Bonn, 23rd to 25th of May, 2002

Venue

Phone	++49 (0)2 28-73 49 14
Fax	++49 (0)2 28-73 19 72
E-mail	r.koessler@uni-bonn.de

Participants can still be included. Please refer to Professor Reinhart Kössler: r.koessler@uni-bonn.de

Download the Workshop Programme as PDF-File

13 May

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Lukas Menkhoff, University of Hannover

"The Rationale of Bank Lending in Pre-Crisis

Thailand"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF

Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

6 May

Workshop

Bioinformatics for

migratory animals - future possibilities of data integration

Workshop at Bonn, 6 th of May 2002

Venue: ZEF, Bonn University, Walter-Flex-Str. 3D-53113 Bonn, GERMANY

Contact:
Klaus Riede, ZEF Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
k.riede.zfmk@uni-bonn.de

Download the Workshop Program as PDF-File

6 MayPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Lachenmann, University of Bielefeld

"Decentralization: What Does it Mean for Local Movements and Democratization"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

April 2002

22 AprilPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Jaap Hardon, Wageningen Agricultural University

"Uneasy Relationships and Conflicts in Control and Use of Genetic Resources"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

19 April
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Franz Heidhues, University of Hohenheim

"Sustainable land use and rural development in mountainous regions of South East Asia - A conceptual framework and collaborative research program"

12.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

15 AprilPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Dr. Anne-Sophie Robilliard, ERCDE, Paris

"Crisis and Income Distribution: A Micro-Macro Model for Indonesia"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

February 2002

Date:	February 17th - 23rd, 2002, six days, starting on Sunday afternoon and ending on Saturday after lunch
Venue:	Centre for Development Research, Bonn, Germany
Course language:	English
Target group:	Researchers with solid background in micro-, macro-, and trade-economics (no programming knowledge (GAMS) required)
Enrolment by:	January 14th, 2002
Course fees:	Euro 600.00

For the workshop program and further information refer to the detailed announcement at http://www.agp.uni-bonn.de/CGE_course/CGE_course.htm

14 February

Podiumsdiskussion

WIEDER KRIEG UM KASCHMIR?

Wer schürt die Krise? Was sind die Hintergründe? Was kann der Westen tun? Welche Rolle spielen die Medien?

Es diskutieren:

Jorge Scholz
Journalist, Südasienbüro Bonn

Dr. Friedemann Schlender
Leiter DW-RADIO/Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Deutsche Welle

Dr. Christian Wagner
Senior Research Fellow
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Universität Bonn

Moderation:
Thomas Bärthlein, Redakteur DW-RADIO, Deutsche Welle

20 Uhr, Hörsaal IX, Hauptgebäude Universität

Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 1-7 / Am Hof 1-5

7 February

Lecture

Prof G. Menz & Dr. M. Braun, Zentrum für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche (ZFL):

"Introduction to Geostatistics"

Program

9.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. and 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

5 February

Lecture

Prof G. Menz & Dr. M. Braun Zentrum für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche (ZFL):

"Introduction to Geostatistics"

Program

9.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. and 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

January 2002

28 January
Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Stephan Klasen, Professor for Economics, University Munich

"Why are there 100 million missing women in the world: An economic analysis?"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

21 January

Public Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Ulrike Müller-Böker, Division of Human Geography, University Zürich-Irchel

"Nature Conservation in Nepal in the Societal Context"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn 7 JanuaryPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Stein Bie, ISNAR Director, The Hague

"Natural resources management in the time of plagues - Developing country agriculture between AIDS, malaria and other diseases"

5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. in ZEF Conference-Rooms, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn

14 JanuaryPublic Lecture

ZEF Public Lecture

Prof. Stein Holden, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway

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