• Driving Forces of Rural Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa 
• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness

• Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth
• Development and Application of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models

since March 2010                       Honorary Professor, Kiel University 

• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness
• Rural Development

• Aldasoro, I., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Less Aid Proliferation and More Donor Coordination? The Wide Gap between Words and Deeds . Journal of International Development
• Selaya, P., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Aid and sectoral growth: Evidence from panel data. Journal of Development Studies
• 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.