Kiel Institute for the World Economy

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) regards research into potentially innovative solutions to urgent problems of the global economy as its main task. On this basis it advises decision-makers in politics, business and society, and keeps the interested public informed on important matters of economic policy. As a portal to world economic research, it manages a broadly cast network of national and international experts, whose research work flows directly or indirectly into the Kiel Institute’s research and advisory activities. To link state-of-the-art research to concrete and implementable solution proposals the Kiel Institute organzies each year the Global Economic Symposium (GES) in cooperation with the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW), the largest library in the economic and social sciences. The purpose of the GES is to generate concrete solution proposals drawn on the expertise of leaders from business, policy making, academia and civil society. The GES 2014 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi Mara.