Education

Research Focus

Research Interests:

• International Trade
• Regional Economic Integration
• Human Capital and Growth
• Commodity Risk Management

Country Expertise:

• South Africa
• Namibia
• Malawi
• Sambia
• Zimbabwe
• Costa Rica

Positions

Teaching

• Economic Reforms, Income, and Poverty (MADM)
• Financial Management (MADM)
• Economic Tutorial (MADM)
• Research Methodology and Management (PhD IDS)

Mentoring (Master in Development Management)

• Pedro Mourão de Moura Magalhães (2022): Financial inclusion of agroecological producers in Southern Brazil: A case study on the experience of farmers associated with the Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) in being financed by the National Program for Strengthening Family Farmers (PRONAF)
• Patricia Proaño (2022): Perceived livelihoods effects of the HIAS entrepreneurship program with a gender lens on displaced Venezuelan female in Ecuador
• Chenai Tsorayi (2022): The role of microfinance in promoting youth financial inclusion for entrepreneurial activities in Zimbabwe
• Charles Henderson (2020): Major Motivations for Foreign Direct Investment in Ghana – The Role of the Investment Policy Framework
• Avelino da Silva Junior (2020): Sustainable Livelihood: A case study of the context, challenges and strategies used by female community leaders in rural areas of São Luís - Brazil
• Patience Teiko Ogbordjor (2019): Exploring the livelihood outcomes of women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana- A case of Wassa Amenfi East Municipality
• Beyene, Nardos Legesse (2018): Microcredit and Women Economic Empowerment. A Case Study from Omo Microfinance, Hawassa, Ethiopia
• Mutua, Jesse Kimani (2018): The Role of the Private Sector in Regional Integration - A Case Study of the East African Community
• Wolf, Verena (2018): Permaculture's Potential to Promote Food Sovereignty: A Case Study of Permaculture Farmers in the Brong-Ahafo Region in Ghana
• Figueroa Hernandez, Gregorio Eliab (2016): Benefits and determinants of financial Low Cost Technologies usage/non-usage
• Kassie, Workineh Asmare (2016): "Determinants of Smallholder Productivity and Output Growth: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia"
• Njoko, Mnqobi (2016): Access to Post-Sceondary Education Information and ist Impact on Student of Rural Origin's Access to Higher Education: A Case of Two Schools in Ntabamhlophe, KwaZulu-Natal
• Rinschede, Tomke (2015): South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policy and its impact on firm performance in the tourism sector: an empirical assessment on the example of the hotel industry in the Western Cape region
• Tefera, Frezer Tilahun (2013): Assessing the Impact of Microfinance for Rural Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Omo Microfinance Institution in Sodo Zuria Woreda, Ethiopia
• Ahmed, Firoj (2012): Effects of Trade liberalization on Poverty in Bangladesh. A study on the poverty dynamics among the households directly or indirectly associated with RMG industries
• Escallon Santamaria, Myriam Mercedes (2012): Decentralization and Social Services Delivery. A Case Study from "De Cero a Siempre" Strategy in Colombia
• Habtemariam, Solomon Ghebrezghabiher (2012): Overlapping Membership and Intra-regional Trade. A Case Study of COMESA and ECOWAS
• Jafr, Sirwan (2012): Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflow to the Iraqui Kurdistan Region
• Mukasa, Anita Kayise Kyazike (2012): The Capacity of NERCHA Funded NGOs to Implement HIV/AIDS Related Projects
• Garr, Ewald Quaye Kwabla (2010): Infrastructure and Rural Poverty Reduction: An Impact Assessment of the Keta Sea Defence Project, Ghana
• Kausya, Leoard Kwinga (2010): Trade and Transport Facilitation in the East African Community. A Case Study on the Perceptions of How Customs Processes and Procedures on Namanga and Malaba Borders Influences Growth in Volumes of Trade among the Republics of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
• Sydykova, Gulshat (2010): Constraints for Success and Productivity of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Tran, Nam Binh (2010): International Integration Agreements and the Credibility of Trade Policy Reform: The Case of Vietnam Joining the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Chin'anga, Rumbidzai Francisca (2009): Assessing the Impact of the Maputo Corridor Toll Road as a pro poor development intervention in Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Asaba Ajabo, Rebecca (2008): Community Mobilization in Rural Agriculture Development Programs: A Case Study of the Area Based Agriculture Modernization Program in Kisoro District, Uganda
• Crespo Benitez, Laura Gorety (2008): Participation in Public Sector Reforms. A Case Study of Secondary Education Reform in Mexico
• Luwabelwa, Mainga (2007): Fiscal Decentralization and Public Financing for Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in Southern Province of Zambia
• Omokaro, Osayande (2007): Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Niger Delta: A Case Study of Shell in Delta State
• Lara Díaz del Castillo, Alejandro Eliseo (2006): Institutional Analysis of the Budget Process with Regard to Debt Accumulation. A Case Study of Puebla, Mexico
• Tran, Ngoc Diep (2006): Export Promotion of Handicrafts and Poverty Reduction. The Case of Craft Villages in Vietnam
• Höllige, Olliver (2005): The Influence of Laws, Regulations and Policies on the Development of Micro-, Small- and Medium Enterprises: The Case of the Benguela Province
• Bui, Hong Hanh (2004): Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Process of Implementing AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area): The Case of Garment Enterprises in Hanoi
• Dimaano, Vanessa Agnes (2004): Foreign Aid, Growth and Poverty Reduction. The Case of the Philippines
• Hoang, Mai Anh (2004): Economic Growth and International Trade: The Case of Vietnam in the 1990s
• Ha, Hoang-Lan (2002): Creditworthiness Appraisal of Private Enterprises. The Case of Commercial Banks in Vietnam
• Ouk, Serey Thor (2002): The Problem of Effective Coordination of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Cambodia