The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is located in Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

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Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, and one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is engaged in research and consulting with regard to global economic affairs, economic education and documentation. It is an independent, non-profit academic institution affiliated with the University of Kiel

University of Kiel

The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...

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Report on the German economy

The IfW is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany that, twice a year (in Spring and Autumn), submit a joint report on the state of the German economy, the so-called Gemeinschaftsdiagnose (joint diagnosis).

The other institutes are:

• Halle Institute for Economic Research
  Halle Institute for Economic Research
  The Halle Institute for Economic Research is a non-profit organization and one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. The IWH was founded on January 1, 1992 and is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community....
  
   (IWH), Halle
  Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
  Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
  
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• Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
  Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
  The Ifo Institute for Economic Research is a Munich-based research institution. Ifo is an acronym from Information and Forschung . As one of Germany's largest economic think-tanks, it analyses economic policy and is widely known for its monthly Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany...
  
  , Munich
  Munich
  Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
  
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• Institute of Advanced Studies
  Institute of Advanced Studies (Vienna)
  The Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, Austria is an independent research institute. It was founded in 1963 by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Oskar Morgenstern, with the help of the Ford Foundation, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, and the City of Vienna...
  
   (IHS), Wien
  Wien
  Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...
  
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• Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK), Düsseldorf
  Düsseldorf
  Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
  
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• Konjunkturforschungsstelle (KOF) of the Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH), Zürich
  Zürich
  Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
  
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• Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), Wien
  Wien
  Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...
  
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• Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
  Essen
  - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
  
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The Global Economic Symposium (GES)

Jointly with the Ministry of Science, Economics and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 the Kiel Institute for the World Economy organises the Global Economic Symposium

Global Economic Symposium

The Global Economic Symposium is an annual conference organized by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Bertelsmann Stiftung in cooperation with the German National Library of Economics – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics – that seeks to address global problems and formulate...

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External links

• http://www.ifw-kiel.de/
• http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/