Dr. Inge Kaul

Inge Kaul is professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany and advisor to various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on issues of international cooperation finance, public-private partnerships and global-issue diplomacy.

She was the first director of UNDP’s Human Development Report Office, and later director of UNDP’s Office of Development Studies.

Inge Kaul is the author of numerous publications on international public economics and finance and the lead editor of Providing Global Public Goods; Managing Globalization and The New Public Finance; Responding to Global Challenges.

Her current research focuses on institutional issues of global public goods provision, especially UN system reform and the future of multilateralism.

Select previous positions
Director, Office of Development Studies, United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP), New York (1995-2005)
Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP, New York (1989-1994)
Senior evaluation officer and policy analyst, UNDP, New York (1986-1988)
Deputy resident representative of UNDP in Afghanistan and Laos (19981-1985)

Membership in select boards, panels and commissions
Advisory Board on International Cooperation, Ministry for European and International Affairs, Government of Austria (2007 - )
Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency (2008-)
Commission on Macro-economics and Health, Working Groups 2 and 6 (2000-2002)
Editorial Board, Global Governance journal (2000-)
External Advisory Panel, Human Development Reports (2006 and 2007)
Governing Board, Global Development Network (2000-2005)
Governing Board, Economists for Peace and Security (2000-2005)
International Task Force on Global Public Goods (2002-2006)
Scientific Advisory Board, Cournot Centre for Economic Research (2003-)
Scientific Advisory Board, International Network for Economic Research (2003-)

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