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Prof. Dr. Rainer Thiele
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Head of Research Area "Poverty Reduction,
Equity, and Development" Hindenburgufer Residence: D-24105 Kiel Scharnhorststr. 4 Federal Republic of Germany D-24105 Kiel Tel.: 0431/8814-215 Federal Republic of Germany e-mail: rainer.thiele@ifw-kiel.de Tel.: 0431/804741 Date and place of birth: August 19th, 1963, Niebüll (Germany) Nationality: German Marital status: Married, two children
Academic Education and Professional Experience:
1984-1990 University of Kiel, Faculty of Economics June 1990 Masters Degree in Economics May 1996 PhD in Economics July 1990-June 2005 Research Fellow at the Institute for World Economics, Kiel July 2005-December 2006 Head of the Research Area "Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development" at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy Since January 2007 Managing Editor of the e-journal 'Economics' Since October 2007 Lecturer at University of Kiel Since April 2009 Head of the Research Area "Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development" at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy Since March 2010 Adjunct Professor at University of Kiel
Main Fields of Work:
- Pro-Poor Growth
- The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development
- The informal Sector
- Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness
- Development and Application of Computable General Equilibrium Models
Teaching:
Regular Lecture and Seminar on “Poverty, Inequality and Development” at University of Kiel
Recent Third-Party-Funded Research Projects:
Tackling Poverty in a Development Context; EU Seventh Framework Program; Work Package Leader on Impact of Foreign Aid (since April 2012)
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Sustainable Development; BMBF (since October 2011)
Unlocking Potential: Tackling Economic, Institutional and Social Constraints of Informal Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa; IZA and Worldbank (November 2009-October 2011)
Driving Forces of Rural Poverty and Distributional Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Cases of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Uganda; DFG (September 2006-August 2008)
Consulting Experience:
Climate Change and Floods in Yemen: Impacts on Food Security and Options for Adaptation; commissioned by International Food Policy Research Institute (June 2011-December 2011)
Impact Evaluation of Development Projects: What Works and What Doesn't?; commissioned by Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Nov. 2007; Dec. 2007)
HIV/AIDS and Pro-Poor Growth in Rural Subsaharan Africa (commissioned by German Minstry for Development Cooperation (May 2007 – Feb. 2008)
Evaluation of the impact of coffee price shocks on household welfare in Uganda; commissioned by The World Bank (Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2005)
Country case study Bolivia in the Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth (OPPG) project; commissioned by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and The World Bank (June 2004; Dec. 2004)
Evaluation of the social impact of structural adjustment programs in Bolivia; commmissioned by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Nov. 2000 – Oct. 2002)
Assessment of East Timor's economic and social situation and outlook; commissioned by Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (April 2000 – July 2000)
Evaluation of IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programs; commissioned by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (May 1999 - June 1999)
Refereeing:
Agricultural Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, International Economics and Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Development Studies, Public Choice, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of World Economics, World Bank Economic Review, World Development, The World Economy