Inge Kaul (18 August 1944 – 23 January 2023)[citation needed] was a German development economist who was an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, and advisor to various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy options to meet global challenges. She specialised in Global public goods, with much of her work looking at international cooperation financing, public-private partnerships, global governance, global issue diplomacy and UN system reform. She was the first director of UNDP's Human Development Report Office, a position which she held from 1989 to 1994, where with Mahbub ul Haq she led the team working on the Human Development Report.[1] She was then director of UNDP's Office of Development Studies from 1995 to 2005. She was the author of numerous publications on international public economics and finance and was the lead editor of the books Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization and The New Public Finance: Responding to Global Challenges.[2]
Inge Kaul | |
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Born | 18 August 1944 |
Died | 23 January 2023 | (aged 78)
Academic career | |
Institution | UNDP (1981–2005) Hertie School of Governance (2007–2023) |
Field | Global public policy Development economics |
Alma mater | Konstanz University (Ph.D. 1972) |
Influences | |
Contributions | Global public goods Human development |
Kaul died in January 2023.[3]
Inge Kaul had been a member of various select boards, panels and commissions, including: