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Dr Susan Steiner, Lewis-Gluckman Research Fellow
Dr Susan Steiner
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Susan Steiner is Lewis-Gluckman Research Fellow at BWPI and Research Fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. She has been working at GIGA since 2002, where she has conducted poverty-related research projects focusing on both Africa and Latin America. She did her PhD on the implications of decentralisation on poverty in Uganda. |
| Current research areas | Poverty and poverty reduction, microfinance, risk management strategies, decentralisation |
| Recent publications | 'Constraints on the implementation of decentralisation and implications for poverty reduction The case of Uganda', in: Gordon Crawford and Christof Hartmann (eds.): Decentralisation in Africa: A Pathway out of Poverty and Conflict? Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 33-72. |
| Journal articles | 'Decentralisation and Poverty: Conceptual Framework and Application to Uganda', Public Administration and Development, 27 (2007) 2, pp. 175-185. 'Uganda: No More Pro-Poor Growth', Development Policy Review, 23 (2005) 1, pp. 27-53 (with Robert Kappel and Jann Lay). |
| Working Papers | How important is the Capacity of Local Governments for Improvements in Welfare? Evidence from Decentralised Uganda BWPI Working Paper 43, May 2008. 'Decentralisation in Uganda: Exploring the Constraints for Poverty Reduction', GIGA Working Papers Global and Area Studies No. 31, Hamburg, 2006. 'Finanzierung von Kleinunternehmen in Entwicklungsländern - Eine institutionenökonomische Analyse am Beispiel der Grameen Bank', Sept Working Papers No. 18, University of Leipzig, 2005. |
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