PhD thesis ‘The End of Poverty’ at TU Delft investigates the relationship between poverty and GDP

Promovendus: Rutger van den Noort;
Promotor: Guus Berkhout

Presentation of Socio-Economic Landscape concept at a symposium organized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the
Netherlands Academy of Engineering (AcTI) in Amsterdam

Launch of the Centre for Global Socio-Economic Change (CFGSEC) by
Professor Guus Berkhout and the Dutch Research Organization TNO

Presentation of the first World Prosperity Outlook to Lilianne Ploumen,
Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

Official presentation of the first ‘World Prosperity Outlook’ to invited guests in The Hague on November 23rd.

Official presentation of the second ‘World Prosperity Outlook’ to invited guests in The Hague, planned in November 2017.

Emphasis on Economic Development and Transitions

Start of the Climate Intelligence Foundation (‘CLINTEL’)