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Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development
With more than 2 billion people world-wide living on less than US$ 2 per day, absolute poverty remains a pressing concern. Halving poverty by 2015 is a key UN Millennium Development Goal. By conducting empirical research that effectively responds to ongoing policy debates, the group aims to create knowledge that helps developing and transition countries to devise strategies for poverty reduction and sustainable development. |
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| Our research revolves around themes related to the integration of developing and transition countries into the international division of labor. We analyze, for example, how remittances affect inequality in migrant-sending countries, and whether foreign aid contributes to the achievement of the MDGs. Questions arising from the specialization of many developing countries in agriculture and mining constitute another focus of our research. |
As a means of furthering international research cooperation and the exchange of ideas between researchers and development practitioners, our research group hosts the Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network(PEGNet). |
As research associates, Aslihan Arslan (FAO, Rome) and Jann Lay (Göttingen University and GIGA Hamburg) are closely related to the research group. Close research cooperations also exist with Clemens Breisinger (IFPRI), Axel Dreher (University of Heidelberg), Dierk Herzer (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg), Hannes Öhler (University of Heidelberg), Pablo Selaya (University of Copenhagen), and Christoph Trebesch (University of Munich).
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Recent Publications
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Forthcoming
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Research Publications
- Böhme, M., Stoehr, T. (Forthcoming). Household Interview Duration Analysis in CAPI Survey Management. Field Methods
- Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). New Donors. International Interactions
- Hardeweg, B., Menkhoff, L., Waibel, H. (Forthcoming). Experimentally Validated Survey Evidence on Individual Risk Attitudes in Rural Thailand. Economic Development and Cultural Change
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Donor Coordination and Specialization: Did the Paris Declaration Make a Difference? . Review of World Economics
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2013
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Research Publications
- Böhme, M. (2013). Does Migration Raise Agricultural Investment? An Empirical Analysis for Rural Mexico.. Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel.
- Brosig, S., Teuber, R., Levkovych, I., Thiele, R., Glauben, T. (2013). Will the BRIC decade continue? The role of rural areas and agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64(1), 145-150.
- Helmers, C., Trofimenko, N. (2013). The Use and Abuse of Export Subsidies: Evidence from Colombia. The World Economy, 36 (4), 465-486.
- Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Private donations, government grants, commercial activities, and fundraising: Cointegration and causality for NGOs in international development cooperation. World Development, 46 (June), 234-251.
- Kleemann, L., Abdulai, A. (2013). The Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence. Journal of International Development, 25(2), 180-205.
- Kretschmer, B., Hübler, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Does Foreign Aid Reduce Energy and Carbon Intensities of Developing Economies?. Journal of International Development, 25 (1), 67-91.
- Müller, J., Thiele, R., Windler, A. (2013). Increasing inequality in Chalcolithic Southeast Europe: the case of Durankulak. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(1), 204-210.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2013). Financing for Development: The Gap between Words and Deeds since Monterrey. Development Policy Review, 31(1), 75-98.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Schwörer, T. (2013). US based NGOs in International Development: Financial and Economic Determinants of Survival. World Development, 46 (June), 45-65.
- Omar Mahmoud, T., Thiele, R. (2013). Does Prime-Age Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia. World Development, 45 (May), 51-62.
- Siegel, M., Lücke, M. (2013). Migrant Transnationalism and the Choice of Transfer Channels for Remittances: The Case of Moldova. Global Networks, 13(1), 120-141.
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Further Publications
- Al-Riffai, P., Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Thiele, R., Verner, D., Wiebelt, M., Zhu, T. (2013). Economic Impacts of Droughts in the Syrian Arab Republic and Floods in the Republic of Yemen. Chapter 4 in D. Verner and C. Breisinger (eds), Economics of Climate Change in the Arab World: Case Studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen. The World Bank, Washington, D.C..
- Al-Riffai, P., Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Funes, J., Nelson, G., Robertson, R., Thiele, R., Verner, D., Wiebelt, M., Zhu, T. (2013). Economic Impacts of Climate Change. Chapter 3 in D. Verner and C. Breisinger (eds), Economics of Climate Change in the Arab World: Case Studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen. The World Bank, Washington, D.C..
- Breisinger, C., Al-Riffai, P., Robertson, R., Wiebelt, M. (2013). Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Tunisia: A Global and Local Perspective. Chapter 3 in D. Verner (eds), Tunisia in a Changing Climate: Assessment and Actions for Increased Resilience and Development. The World Bank, Washington, D.C..
- Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Nelson, G., Wiebelt, M., Zhu, T. (2013). Modeling Suite. Chapter 2 in D. Verner and C. Breisinger (eds), Economics of Climate Change in the Arab World: Case Studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen. The World Bank, Washington, D.C..
- Kemper, N., Klump, R., Menkhoff, L., Rungruxsirivorn, O. (2013). Financial Shock-Coping in Rural Thailand and Vietnam. In: Klasen, S, H. Waibel (eds), Vulnerability to Poverty: Theory, Measurement and Determinants. Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire.
- Kislat, C., Menkhoff, L. (2013). The Village Fund Loan: Who Gets It, Keeps It and Loses It?. In: S. Klasen, H. Waibel (eds), Vulnerability to Poverty: Theory, Measurement and Determinants. Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire.
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Working Papers
- Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Schmaljohann, M. (2013). The Allocation of German Aid: Self-interest and Government Ideology. Kiel Working Paper, 1817, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 32 pp.
- Fuchs, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2013). Why Donors of Foreign Aid Do Not Coordinate: The Role of Competition for Export Markets and Political Support. Kiel Working Paper, 1825, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 38 pp.
- Öhler, H., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Needs-Based Targeting or Favoritism? The Regional Allocation of Multilateral Aid within Recipient Countries. Kiel Working Paper, 1838, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 35 pp.
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2012
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Research Publications
- Arslan, A., Taylor, J. (2012). Transforming Rural Economies: Migration, Income Generation and Inequality in Rural Mexico. Journal of Development Studies, 48(8), 1156-1176.
- Böhme, M., Thiele, R. (2012). Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals. World Development, 40(7), 1369-1381.
- Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiel, S., Thiele, R. (2012). Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Official Financing Matter. The World Economy, 35 (11), 1448-1472.
- Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Weisser, J. (2012). Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs: A Panel Tobit Analysis. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 60 (4), 829-867.
- Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do!. Economics Letters, 115 (3), 373-375.
- Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). The effect of foreign aid on income inequality: Evidence from panel cointegration. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23 (3), 245-255.
- Melnykovska, I., Plamper, H., Schweickert, R. (2012). Do Russia and China Promote Autocracy in Central Asia?. Asia Europe Journal, 10 (1), 75-89.
- Menkhoff, L., Neuberger, D., Rungruxsirivorn, O. (2012). Collateral and Its Substitutes in Emerging Markets’ Lending. Journal of Banking and Finance, 36(3), 817-834.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis of Non-charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid. Kyklos, 65 (1), 81-110.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). How to Attract Donations: The Case of US NGOs in International Development. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (10), 1522-1535.
- Öhler, H., Nunnenkamp, P., Dreher, A. (2012). Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme. European Economic Review, 56 (1), 138-153.
- Schweickert, R., Melnykovska, I., Heitmann, H. (2012). Picking Winners ? Evidence on NATO's Enlargement Strategy. Transition Studies Review, 18(3), 570-585.
- Selaya, P., Thiele, R. (2012). The Impact of Aid on Bureaucratic Quality: Does the Mode of Delivery Matter?. Journal of International Development, 24 (3), 379-386.
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Further Publications
- Melnykovska, I., Schweickert, R. (2012). Analysing Bottlenecks for Institutional Development in Central Asia - Is It Oil, Aid, or Geography?. In: Joachim Ahrens and Herman W. Hoen (eds), Institutional Reform in Central Asia - Politico-economic challenges, Göttingen.
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Working Papers
- Böhme, M., Thiele, R. (2012). Informal-formal Linkages and Informal Enterprise Performance in Urban West Africa. Kiel Working Paper, 1751, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 24 pp.
- Böhme, M. (2012). Migration and Education Aspirations - Another Channel of Brain Gain?. Kiel Working Paper, 1811, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 34 pp.
- Breisinger, C., Diao, X., Wiebelt, M. (2012). Can Oil-led Growth and Structural Change Go Hand in Hand in Ghana? A Multi-sector Intertemporal General Equilibrium Assessment. Kiel Working Papers, 1784, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 31 pp.
- Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2012). The Impact of the 2008 Hadramout Flash Flood in Yemen on Economic Performance and Nutrition: A Simulation Analysis. Kiel Working Paper, 1758, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 27 pp.
- Donaubauer, J., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). Does Aid for Education Attract Foreign Investors? An Empirical Analysis for Latin America. Kiel Working Paper, 1806, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 32 pp.
- Fuchs, A., Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). Determinants of Donor Generosity: A Survey of the Aid Budget Literature. Kiel Working Paper, 1789, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 36 pp.
- Goede, O., Menkhoff, L., Rungruxsirivorn, O. (2012). Shocks, Individual Risk Attitude, and Vulnerability to Poverty among Rural Households in Thailand and Vietnam. Discussion Paper, 508, Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
- Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). Private Donations, Government Grants, Commercial Activities, and Fundraising: Cointegration and Causality for NGOs in International Development Cooperation. Kiel Working Paper, 1769, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 32 pp.
- Kleemann, L., Abdulai, A. (2012). Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana. Kiel Working Paper, 1816, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 36 pp.
- Lücke, M., Omar Mahmoud, T., Peuker, C. (2012). Identifying the Motives of Migrant Philanthropy. Kiel Working Paper, 1790, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 28 pp.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Sosa Andrés, M. (2012). Need, Merit, and Politics in Multilateral Aid Allocation: A District-Level Analysis of World Bank Projects in India. Kiel Working Paper, 1783, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 34 pp.
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2011
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Research Publications
- Arslan, A. (2011). Shadow vs. market prices in explaining land allocation: Subsistence maize cultivation in rural Mexico. Food Policy, 36(5), 605-613.
- Arslan, A., Reicher, C. (2011). The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee. Journal of African Economies, 20(5), 704-736.
- Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2011). Are 'New' Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid between Non-DAC and DAC Donor Countries . World Development, 39 (11), 1950-1968.
- Lücke, M. (2011). Stabilization and Savings Funds to Manage Natural Resource Revenues: Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan vs. Norway. Comparative Economic Studies, 53(1), 35-56.
- Melnykovska, I., Schweickert, R., Kostiuchenko, T. (2011). Balancing National Uncertainty and Foreign Orientation - Identity Building and the Role of Political Parties in Post-Orange Ukraine. Europe-Asia Studies, 63, 1055 - 1072.
- Melnykovska, I., Schweickert, R. (2011). NATO as an External Driver of Institutional Change in Post-Communist Countries. Defence and Peace Economics, 22 (3), 279 - 297.
- Menkhoff, L., Rungruxsirivorn, O. (2011). Do Village Funds Improve Access to Finance? Evidence from Thailand. World Development, 39(1), 110-122.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2011). Aid Allocation through Various Official and Private Channels: Need, Merit and Self-Interest as Motives of German Donors. World Development, 39 (3), 308-323.
- Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2011). Throwing Foreign Aid at HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries: Missing the Target?. World Development, 39 (10), 1704-1723.
- Schweickert, R., Melnykovska, I., Belke, A., Bordon, I. (2011). Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries. Economics of Transition, 19 (4), 667-692.
- Wiebelt, M., Schweickert, R., Breisinger, C., Böhme, M. (2011). Oil Revenues for Public Investment in Africa: Targeting Urban or Rural Areas?. Review of World Economics, 147 (4), 745-770.
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Working Papers
- Ahrens, J., Schweickert, R., Zenker, J. (2011). Varieties of Capitalism, Governance and Government Spending – A Cross-Section Analysis. Kiel Working Paper, 1726, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 21 pp.
- Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Al-Riffai, P., Robertson, R., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2011). Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security: Evidence from Yemen. Kiel Working Paper, 1747, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 34 pp.
- Edwards, T., Lücke, M. (2011). Decompositions of Wage Inequality and Growth in an Advanced Economy open to Trade. Kiel Working Paper, 1749, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 20 pp.
- Kleemann, L. (2011). Organic Pineapple Farming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders?. Kiel Working Papers, 1671, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 38 pp.
- Wiebelt, M., Pauw, K., Matovu, J., Twimukye, E., Benson, T. (2011). Managing Future Oil Revenue in Uganda for Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction - A CGE Analysis of Challenges and Options . IFPRI Discussion Paper, 1122, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., 44 pp.
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