• The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa 
• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness

• Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth
• Rural Development

 since March 2010                       Adjunct Professor, Kiel University 

• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness
• Rural Development

• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Donor Coordination and Specialization: Did the Paris Declaration Make a Difference? . Review of World Economics
• 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.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2013). Financing for Development: The Gap between Words and Deeds since Monterrey. Development Policy Review, 31(1), 75-98.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Selaya, P., Thiele, R. (2010). Aid and sectoral growth: Evidence from panel data. Journal of Development Studies, 46(10), 1749-1766.
• Aldasoro, I., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2010). Less Aid Proliferation and More Donor Coordination? The Wide Gap between Words and Deeds. Journal of International Development, 22(7), 920-940.
• Koch, D., Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2009). Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?. World Development, 37 (5), 902-918.
• Schweickert, R., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2009). Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Devaluation in a Dollarized Economy - A CGE Analysis for Bolivia. In: S. Klasen, F. Nowak-Lehmann (eds), Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America. MIT Press
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2008). Does Aid for Education Educate Children: Evidence from Panel Data. World Bank Economic Review, 22 (2), 291-314.
• Lay, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2008). Resource Booms, Inequality, and Poverty: The Case of Gas in Bolivia. Review of Income and Wealth, 54(3), 407-437.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2008). Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis. Public Choice, 136(1/2), 139-164.
• Lay, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2008). Shocks, Policy Reforms, and Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: A Simulation Analysis. Review of Development Economics, 12(1), 37-56.
• Bussolo, M., Godart, O., Lay, J., Thiele, R. (2007). The Impact of Coffee Price Changes on Rural Households in Uganda. Agricultural Economics, 37 (2/3), 293-303 .
• Thiele, R., Nunnenkamp, P., Dreher, A. (2007). Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation. Review of World Economics, 143(4), 596-630.
• Klasen, S., Grosse, M., Lay, J., Spatz, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2007). Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: Addressing Data Gaps and Modeling Policy Choices. In: S. Klasen, M. Grimm, A. McKay (eds), Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth: Analytical Issues and Findings from Country Cases. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2006). Targeting Aid to the Needy and Deserving: Nothing But Promises?. The World Economy, 29 (9), 1177-1201.