Exploring the Effectiveness of International Knowledge Cooperation

Dr Stephan Klingebiel is Head of the Research Programme “Inter- and Transnational Cooperation” at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University (Graduate School of International Studies), Seoul. He was Director of the UNDP Global Policy Centre in Seoul and Founding Director of KfW Development Bank office in Rwanda.Flora L. Hartmann works as a Senior Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on climate partnerships. Prior she graduated from the M.Sc. Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security at the United Nations University (UNU-EHS) and the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS, Germany.Elisa Madani studied International Management at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht in Berlin and the Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur in Paris. She was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS (Germany) and works as a Financial Cooperation Trainee at KfW Development Bank.Jonas Paintner studied Global Political Economy as well as International Development and was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS. He works as Senior Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.Rebekka A. Rohe studied International Relations (MA) at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Potsdam University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS (Germany) and works as project lead in the emergency response team of an international children’s rights organisation.Lisa Trebs studied Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies, UK, and was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS, Germany. She works as Project Manager with a focus on SGBV in the Great Lakes region at the NGO medica mondiale e.V.Teodor Wolk has an academic background in human- and economic geography and was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS, Germany. Currently, Teodor is working as a consultant for FDI and international trade at OCO Global and advises (regional) governments in subjects relating to investment attraction and FDI policy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conceptual framework.- Chapter 3: Empirical approach.- Chapter 4: Methods for data collection and analysis.- Chapter 5: Empirical findings.- Chapter 6: Empirical findings across cases.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.