Dirk Kohnert

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Germany
Title	Deputy director & senior research fellow; managing editor of 'Afrika Spectrum'
Affiliation	GIGA--Institut für Afrika-Studien, Hamburg, Germany
Email	Kohnert@giga-hamburg.de
Mailing Address	GIGA-Institut für Afrika-Studien (Institute of African Affairs) GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 D -- 20354 Hamburg Germany
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 49-40-42825-520/523 fax.: 49-40-42825-511
Websites	http://www.giga-hamburg.de/
Countries of Specialization	Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Togo.
Research Interests	Applied research on current problems of socio-economic development in Africa south of the Sahara ; social dimension of SAP (structural adjustment program) ; socio-cultural dimension of development ; development planning ; rural development in West-Africa. Specific interests: (1) Cultures of innovation and development in transitional African societies; the impact of cultural innovations in the informal sector of the economy and politics on sustainable development. (2) Comparative study of the political economy of occult belief systems and their impact on development in African and Caribbean States
Publications	You can access some of my recent papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=647124
Keywords	Africa south of the Sahara ; development ; planning ; structural adjustment.