Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-501
Fax: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-547

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Biographical data:

• Born in 1946
• Education: studies economics, sociology and political science, University of Freiburg, 1969-1973, PhD and habilitation at University of Bremen
• Professional career:

• Member of GIGA Research Programme 3 and GIGA Research Programme 4

Membership:

• Member of the panel "Point Sud" University Frankfurt, DFG (since 2008)
• Member of DAAD-program "Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies" (DIES) (since 2005)
• Verein für Socialpolitik
• Spokesman, Leibniz Association social sciences institutes (Section B) (2007-2009)
• Member of the Executive Committee, Leibniz Association (2007-2009)

Teaching:

• Since 1980 teaching development economics, development theory

Current research:

• Competitiveness of enterprises, globalisation, value chain analysis, linkages, poverty, development theory, Economics of Regional Powers

Third-party funded projects:

• 2004-2009. Sustainable development, coping strategies of micro and small enterprise and farm households in Kenya - Kakamega Forest, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Anthropogenic risk factors and management of biodiversity for rural livelihoods around East African rain forests Further information
• Strategien von Unternehmen zur Absicherung bzw. Durchsetzung rechtstaatlicher Rahmenbedingungen; (financed by ZEIT Foundation)

Publications (selection):

• 2010: Wirtschaft und Entwicklung in Südafrika, in: Distler, Werner /Weissenbach, Kristina (eds.), Konsolidierungsprojekt Südafrika. 15 Jahre Post-Apartheid, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 163-185

• 2010 (with Cord Jakobeit and Ulrich Mückenberger): Zivilisierung der Weltordnung. Normbildung durch transnationale Netzwerke, in: Leviathan, 3/2010 (forthcoming)

• 2010: Die wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen Afrikas, in: Academia, 3, 2010, pp. 174-175

• 2010 (with Cord Jakobeit and Ulrich Mückenberger): Civilizing the World Order? The Scope and Potential of Transnational Norm-building Networks, GIGA Focus International Edition, Nr. 1/2010, Hamburg: GIGA (Full text)

• 2010: Nigeria: Die Instabilität wächst, GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 2/2010, Hamburg: GIGA (Full text)

• 2009: Die Wirtschaft Afrikas, in: Der Afrika-Verein der Deutschen Wirtschaft: 75 Jahre, Hamburg, pp. 31-33.

• 2009 (with Juliane Brach): Handel, Hierarchien und Kooperation in der Globalisierung, in Ouissa, R. und H. Zinecker, Hrsg., Globalisierung entgrenzte Welten versus begrenzte Identitäten? Festschrift für Hartmut Elsenhans, Leipzig: 97-162.

• 2009: Ungleichheit und Wirtschaftswachstum. Südafrikas Wirtschaft vor globalen Herausforderungen, GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 9/2009, Hamburg: GIGA (Full text)

• 2009 (with Cord Jakobeit and Ulrich Mückenberger): Zivilisierung der Weltordnung. Vom Nutzen transnationaler Normbildungs-Netzwerke, GIGA Focus Global, Nr. 11/2009, Hamburg: GIGA (Full text)

• 2009 (with Juliane Brach): Global Value Chains, Technology Transfer and Local Firm Upgrading in Non-OECD Countries, GIGA Working Paper No 110, October 2009, Hamburg (Abstract & full text)

• 2009 (with Esther K. Ishengoma): Well-Being Poverty and Informal Employment in Tanzania: Does Formalisation of Construction Enterprises Matter?, in: Wohlmuth, K./Alabi, R. A./Burger, P. et al. (eds.): African Development Perspectives Yearbook 2009: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa, pp. 197-222 (Full text)

• 2009 (with Juliane Brach): Handel, Hierarchien und Kooperation in der Globalisierung, GIGA Working Paper No 95, February 2009, Hamburg (Abstract & Volltext)

• 2008: Von der Ungleichverteilung des Wohlstands — Wirtschafts-Nobelpreis an Paul Krugman; GIGA Focus Global, Nr. 12/2008, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2008: Die Economic Partnership Agreements – kein Allheilmittel für Afrika. GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 6/2008, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2008 (with Esther K. Ishengoma): Business Constraints and Growth Potential of Micro and Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Uganda;
  GIGA Working Paper No 78, May 2008, Hamburg (Abstract & full article)

• 2008: Israel – Wirtschaftsmacht des Nahen Ostens. GIGA Focus Nahost, Nr. 3/2008, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2007: Das Wachstum von Unternehmen und seine Relevanz für Armutsreduktion, in: Bass, H.H./Knedlik, T./Meyn, M./Wiegand-Kottisch, M. (eds.): Ökonomische Systeme im Wandel der Weltwirtschaft, Berlin 2007, pp. 229-245

• 2007 (with Esther K. Ishengoma) : Economic Growth and Poverty: Does Formalisation of Informal Enterprises Matter?, in: Dey, Dalia (ed.), Informal Sector in a Globalized Era, Hyderabad: The ICFAI University Press, pp. 89-119 (Full text)

• 2007 (with Marie Müller): Breites Wirtschaftswachstum in Afrika – die große Wende? GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 6/2007, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2007 (with Esther K. Ishengoma): Formalising Informal Firms. What can be done?, in: Poverty in Focus, March 2007, pp. 16-17 (Full article)

• 2006 (with Tina Schneidenbach): China in Afrika: Herausforderungen für den Westen, GIGA Focus Global, Nr. 12/2006, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2006 (with Ulf Engel, eds.): Germany's Africa policy revisited. Interests, Images and Incrementalism, Münster, Hamburg, London, Piscataway, N.J.: Lit-Verlag, Transaction Publishers Rutgers University (2nd print) (Abstract)

• 2006 (with Esther K. Ishengoma): Formalisation of informal enterprises: economic growth and poverty. Eschborn: GTZ (Full article)

• 2006: Germany's Economic Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Silent Agenda, in: Ulf Engel/Robert Kappel (eds.), Germany's Africa Policy Revisited. Interests, Images and Incrementalism, Münster, Hamburg, London, Piscataway, N.J.: Lit-Verlag, Transaction Publishers Rutgers University (2nd print), pp. 153-168

• 2006: Introduction, in: Ulf Engel/Robert Kappel (eds.), Germany's Africa Policy Revisited. Interests, Images and Incrementalism, Münster, Hamburg, London, Piscataway, N.J.: Lit-Verlag, Transaction Publishers Rutgers University (2nd print), pp. 1-7

• 2006 (with Esther K. Ishengoma): Economic Growth and Poverty: Does Formalisation of Informal Enterprises Matter?, GIGA Working Paper No. 20, April 2006, Hamburg (Abstract & full article)

• 2006: Über das Wachstum von Kleinunternehmen zu den Millennium Development Goals. GIGA Focus Global, Nr. 3/2006, Hamburg: GIGA (Full article)

• 2005 (with Verena Kohler and Hanna Gundlach): Die Rolle von Unternehmen im Wachstumsprozess Afrikas, in: Nord-Süd aktuell, 3+4/2005, pp. 415-427

• 2005 (with Susan Steiner and Jann Lay): Uganda: No more pro-poor growth, in: Development Policy Review, 23 (2005) 1, pp. 27-54 (Abstract / Full article)

• 2005: Wirtschaftsreformen und Armutsbekämpfung in Afrika, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 4, 2005, pp. 17-25 (Full article)

Complete list

Lectures (selection):

• "On the Economics of Regional Powers: Theory and Empirical Results", Emerging Regional Powers and Global Redistribution, GIGA, Sciences Po, Paris, Oxford University and Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies, Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 6, 2010

• "Aufstieg und Fall von Nationen. Warum manche Länder aufsteigen, zu Schwellenländern und zu neuen Führungsmächten werden", DVPW-Sektionstagung 2010 „Entwicklungstheorien reloaded – Stand und Perspektiven der entwicklungstheoretischen Diskussion“, DVPW, GIGA, Hamburg, July 15, 2010 (Programm)

• "Spatial disparities and regional development", International Symposium on Population Mobility, Urbanization and Regional Development, National Population and Family Planning Commission of China, Beijing, June 26, 2010

• "Development Cooperation with Africa — What China Can Learn From Western Experience" (Seminar), Expo Shanghai, June 24, 2010

• "Development Cooperation with Africa — What China Can Learn From Western Experience?" (Conference), International Poverty Reduction Centre in China (IPRCC) and GIGA, Beijing, June 20, 2010

• "Regional Powers Shifts and Cooperation with Africa - China and the Western Experience" (Seminar), Agricultural University, Beijing, June 16, 2010

• "China und Afrika - Eine unheilvolle Partnerschaft?", China und Afrika - eine unheilvolle Partnerschaft?, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP), Berlin, June 14, 2010

• "Normbildungsdynamiken in transnationalen Wertschöpfungsketten. Eine Forschungsagenda", Transnationale Akteure und Normbildungsnetzwerke, GIGA, Universität Hamburg, April 24, 2010

• "Nigerias zukünftige Wirtschaftsentwicklung – mehr als Öl?", Workshop: Nigeria - Wächst die Instabilität, GIGA, KAS, Afrika Verein der Deutschen Wirtschaft, GIGA, Hamburg, April 13, 2010

• "Braucht Afrika ein Konjunkturprogramm?", Berliner Afrika Forum (Afrika Verein, GIGA, Kreditanstalt fürWiederaufbau), Berlin, February 2, 2010

• "Chancen und Voraussetzungen wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung in Afrika", Ringvorlesung Goethe-Universität, GTZ, KfW, SID, ZIAF, Frankfurt am Main, October 20, 2009 (Full text)

• "Nigeria" (Workshop), Machtquelle Erdöl: außen-, innen- und wirtschaftspolitische Herausforderungen für Nettoexporteure, GIGA, Hamburg, June 30, 2009

• "Dynamics of Small and Medium-sized Firms in Rural Africa: The Case of Kakamega District in Kenya" (with Juliane Brach and Ute Rietdorf), 3rd European Conference on African Studies "Respacing Africa", AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies), Leipzig, June 5, 2009 (program)
  

• "Wirtschaft wendet", Conference EliteMachtAfrika, Deutsche Welle, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Afrika-Verein, Berlin , October 14, 2008

• "Business Environment Under the Focus of the Chinese Offensive", 17th Evian Franco-German Meeting, September 12-13, 2008, Evian (Full text)

• "Was ist uns Afrika wirklich wert?" Vortrag, Auswärtiges Amt, 8. Konferenz der Leiterinnen und Leiter der deutschen Auslandsvertretungen zum Thema: "Globale Sicherheit und Entwicklung: Fokus Afrika", September 8-11, 2008, Berlin

• "The Economic Partnership Agreements – An Evaluation", GIGA-South Africa Forum, The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA’s) Controversy – Facts and Myths, June 26, 2008, Berlin

• "Spatial Disparities and Development Policy", in preparation of the World Development Report 2009, International Policy Workshop, Organizers: World Bank and INWENT, Chair of Panel „Africa: Rethinking Growth and Regional Integration“, September 30 - October 2, 2007, Berlin

• "Chinas Engagement in Afrika – Chance oder Risiko?", Entwicklungspolitische Diskussionstage, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, April 25, 2007, Berlin (Documentation)

• "Rural livelihood for biodiversity conservation (BIOTA E14)", Workshop Towards a sustainable use of East African rainforest systems, September 22, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

• "Zwischen Politikberatung und Grundlagenforschung", Tagung The Future of the Area Studies in Germany, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, July 14-16, 2005, Berlin

• "The Missing Links - Uganda's Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth", International Conference on African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage, Summerset West, October 13-15, 2004 (Forum Paper 2004 with Jann Lay and Susan Steiner), Cape Town, South Africa

• "Governance and Economic Development: A Micro-level Analysis. Linkages, Industrial Dynamics and Poverty Reduction, Governance and Development", Graduate Research School 2004, Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies, October 5-10, 2004, Stellenbosch, South Africa

• "Political, Economic and Social Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa", Workshop of the Volkswagen-Foundation at the University of the Western Cape, February 16-19, 2004, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

• "Strukturelle Instabilität. Die drei erfolgreichen Reformländer Uganda, Botswana und Mauritius", 7. Entwicklungspolitisches Seminar des Vereins für Entwicklungsökonomische Forschungsförderung in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau und der Deutschen Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, January 21-24, 2004, Weimar

• "Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa", Conference Africa's Development and Euro-Japan Cooperation for TICAD III, September 1-2, 2003, Berlin

• "Pro poor growth in Uganda", Workshop Governance and Inequality, STIAS (Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies), July 4-7, 2003, Stellenbosch, Südafrika

• "Uganda's Financial System, World Bank", ABCDE-Conference Economic Integration and Social Responsability, May 14-17, 2003, Paris

• "Solving the Puzzle - How the Poor Benefit from Growth in Uganda", HWWA-Conference Attacking Poverty: What Makes Growth Pro-Poor?, March 7-9, 2003, Hamburg

• "Gewinner und Verlierer der Globalisierung", Tagung der DVWP-Sektion Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik, October 25-26, 2002, Freiburg i. Br.

• "How well substantiated is the World Bank optimism?", AEGIS, September 25, 2002, Lissabon

• "Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Weltwirtschaft", Internationaler Workshop, TU Hanoi, March 2002, Hanoi

• "Unsubstantiated optimism. The World Bank in Africa: New challenges and new concepts", Paper presented at the conference on Africa and the great powers: Challenges and policy responses, Centre for Development Research, April 21-23, 2002, Copenhagen