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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Rainer Thiele

rainer.thiele@ifw-kiel.de

Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft – Kiel Institute for the World Economy

is a professor of development economics and the deputy head of the Research Center “International Development” of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He is the director of the Kiel Institute Africa Initiative.

All articles of Rainer Thiele

Development financing
Lukas Menkhoff
Rainer Thiele

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries

In efforts to reform international development financing, Europe would be well advised to adapt its conditions to reality and take a more differentiated approach.

International financial architecture
Lukas Menkhoff
Rainer Thiele

Better development financing for Africa

Given that many countries are heavily indebted, a reform of international development financing is overdue. The UN has made suggestions, but for a variety of reasons, their chances of implementation and success are uncertain.

Aid effectiveness
Peter Nunnenkamp
Rainer Thiele

Modest impact

Low-income countries are not the main beneficiaries of aid for trade

Economics
Rainer Thiele

Discussing "pro-poor growth"

Annual PEGNet conference will assess how growth can be made to benefit disadvantaged people

Relevant reading
Rainer Thiele

Reduced inequality in Latin America

Rainer Thiele: Relevant reading on Latin America's reduced income disparities

Donor harmonisation
Peter Nunnenkamp
Hannes Öhler
Rainer Thiele

Not much progress

Donors have not made much progress on harmonisation

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There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Hope is a resource
Zimbabwe’s malnutrition crisis worsens under El Niño drought
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Hope is a resource
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Annexation as a political goal
Living between hope and helplessness
Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Annexation as a political goal
Living between hope and helplessness
Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today