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Daniel Tsegai (PhD)
ZEF, Walter Flex Str. 3
53113, Bonn, Germany
dtsegai@uni-bonn.de
EDUCATION
Degree
Date
Institute
Major
PhD
2005
ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany
Development Economics (Magna
Cum laude)
MSc
2001
University of Göttingen, Germany
Agricultural Economics (Magna
Cum laude)
B.A
1996
University of Asmara, Eritrea
Economics (with Distinction)
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
1.
IWRM, Water value chains, Water Quality, River basin modelling, Economics of water
use/supply efficiency, Climate change
2.
Internal/International migration, Environmental migration, Remittances, Livelihood
issues
3.
Food security, health, sanitation, Hygiene and general poverty issues
4.
Policy issues on sustainable agricultural development in developing countries
THESES
Tsegai, D. 2005. The economics of migration in the Volta Basin of Ghana: Household and
district-level analysis. PhD Dissertation, Centre for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn, Germany.
Tsegai, D. 2001. Determinants of urban household demand for cassava and cassava products in
Kaduna, northern Nigeria. MSc. Thesis, University of Göttingen, Germany.
Tsegai, D. 1996. Household energy consumption behaviour in Asmara: A case study of Zone 6.
B.A. Thesis, University of Asmara, Eritrea.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_____________________________________
01.08.2006 - Present Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) for a
research project on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in South Africa.
01.01.2006 - Present Lecturer for Applied Development Micro Economics at the Centre for
Development Research (ZEF) for PhD students; tutoring PhD students at ZEF.
01.12.2006 - Present Lecturer for Development Policy analysis; Development theory for Msc
students at the Department of Geography and Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Bonn, Germany.
01/2005 – 04/2005 Postdoc Research at the International Water Management Institute
(IWMI), Regional Office, Pretoria, South Africa
10/2000-03/2001 Junior Researcher at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
(IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. Responsibilities included conducting household surveys and
analyzing data (As part of the MSc Thesis work).
09/1996-03/1999 Junior Policy and Regulations Expert at the Ministry of Finance, Asmara,
Eritrea. Responsibilities included conducting research on existing taxation systems in
Eritrea and examining other developed and developing countries’ taxation systems.
PUBLICATIONS
Wielgosz, Benjamin, Margaret Mangheni, Daniel Tsegai, and Claudia Ringler. 2012. Malaria
and Agriculture: A Review of the Literature with a Focus on the Potential of Integrated
Pest and Vector Management for Uganda. IFPRI Discussion Paper, International Food
Policy Research Institute: Washington DC, 2012 (Forthcoming).
Walter, T., J. Kloos and D.W. Tsegai. 2011. Options for improving water use efficiency under
worsening scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants sub-basin in South Africa, Water
SA. Vol. 37. No. 3.Pages 357-370.
Tsegai, D. and Le, Q. B. 2011. District-level spatial analysis of migration flows in Ghana:
determinants and implications for policy. Regional Science Policy & Practice, Volume 3.
Issue 2. Pages 87–100.
Abdul Salam Lodhi, Daniel Tsegai and Nicolas Gerber. 2011. Determinants of participation in
child’s education and alternative activities in Pakistan, ZEF- Discussion Papers on
Development Policy No. 159, Center for Development Research, Bonn, December 2011,
pp. 50; ISSN: 1436-9931.
Evita Hanie Pangaribowo and Daniel Tsegai. 2011. Food Demand Analysis of Indonesian
Households with Particular Attention to the Poorest, ZEF- Discussion Papers on
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Development Policy No. 151, Center for Development Research, Bonn, August 2011, pp.
38.
Dan Liu and Daniel Tsegai. 2011. The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) and its
implications for access to health care and medical expenditure: Evidence from rural
China, ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 155, Center for Development
Research, Bonn, October 2011, pp. 42.
Tsegai, D.W. 2010. Economic analysis of water supply cost structure in the Middle Olifants subbasin of South Africa. Journal of European Economy, Volume 9, Number 6, Pages 367384.
Tsegai, D.W. and Q.B. Le. 2010. District-level Spatial Analysis of Migration Flows in Ghana:
Determinants and Implications for Policy. ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy
No. 144, Centre for Development Research, Bonn, December 2010, pp. 18.
http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/ZEF_DP_144.pdf
Walter, T., J. Kloos and D. Tsegai. 2010. Improving water use efficiency under worsening
scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants sub-basin in South Africa, ZEF- Discussion
Papers on Development Policy No. 143, Centre for Development Research, Bonn,
November 2010, pp. 21.
http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/zef_dp_143.pdf
Tsegai, D. W. and P. M. Kormawa. 2009. Determinants of urban household demand for cassava
and cassava products in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria: An application of AIDS model.
European Journal of Development Research Vol. 21, Issue 3, Pages 435 – 447.
Tsegai, D. 2007. ‘Migration as a household decision: What are the roles of Income differences?
Insights from the Volta basin of Ghana’. The European Journal of Development
Research. Vol. 19. Issue 2. Pages 305-326.
Kloos, J. and D. Tsegai. 2009. Preferences for domestic Water Services in the Middle Olifants
sub-basin of South Africa. ZEF Discussion paper series on Development Policy. No. 131.
http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/zef_dp_131.pdf
Linz, T. and D. Tsegai. 2009. Industrial Water Demand analysis in the Middle Olifants sub-basin
of South Africa: The case of Mining. ZEF Discussion paper on Development Policy.
Number 130.
http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/zef_dp_130.pdf
Tsegai, D. W., T. Linz and J. Kloos. 2009. Economic Analysis of water supply cost structure in the
Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa. ZEF Discussion paper on Development Policy.
Number 129.
http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/zef_dp_129.pdf
Others
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Tsegai, D.W. 2011. Improving water use efficiency under worsening scarcity: Evidence from the
Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa. ZEF News.
Tsegai, D. W. 2009. Economic Analysis of water supply cost structure in the Middle Olifants
sub-basin of South Africa. Proceedings on International Conference of Applied
Economics (ICOAE, 2009). Pages 715- 724.
Tsegai, D.W., K. Frohberg, J. Kloos and T. Linz. 2008. Integrated Water Resources Management
Pilot project in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa. Project Report. Pages 2022.
Tsegai, D.W. 2005. The economics of migration in the Volta Basin of Ghana: Household and
district level analysis. Pages 58-59.
Rudolph, K. U., K. Frohberg, D. Tsegai and N. Beck. 2005. The Middle Olifants sub-basin of
South Africa: A Pilot project for Integrated Water Resources Management. Research
Proposal selected for funding by BMBF. Bonn. Germany.
Tsegai, D. and T. Yilma. 2004. GLOWA-Volta Weighting Factors. ZEF Documentation of Research
1/2004.
Presentations
Improving water use efficiency under worsening scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants
sub-basin of South Africa. Management of water in a changing world: lessons learnt and
innovative perspectives: 12-13 October, 2011, Dresden, Germany (Oral Presentation).
Invited presentation at the European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy
Analysis (AFEPA) Summer School, July 18-28, 2011, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
(http://www.uclouvain.be/cps/ucl/doc/ecru/documents/AFEPA_2011_Summer_School_versio
n_July18.pdf)
Interaction of economic and hydrological models for optimal water allocation. UNESCO-IHP and
IWAS, E-Learning Module, Koblenz, Germany, Feb 2011.
Improving water use efficiency under worsening scarcity: Evidence from the Middle Olifants
sub-basin of South Africa. Conference at the Global Catchment Initiative, University Club
Bonn, Germany, 6-8 Dec. 2010 (Oral Presentation).
District-level Spatial Analysis of Migration Flows in Ghana: Determinants and Implications for
Policy. PEGNet Conference 2010: Policies to Foster and Sustain Equitable Development in
Times of Crisis Development Bank of Southern Africa, Midrand South Africa, 2-3 September.
2010 (Poster Presentation)
Capacity Development Efforts of the “IWRM South Africa” Project: Reflections from Experience.
Capacity Development: Nachhaltige Umsetzungsstrategien für Wissenschaft, Verwaltung und
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Wirtschaft in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern 1 and 2 October, 2009, Helmholtz-center for
Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany (Oral Presentation)
Options for Marginal Cost Pricing in the Middle Olifants of South Africa. Presented at the
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE ) conference in
Amsterdam 24-27 June, 2009. (Oral Presentation)
Economic analysis of water supply cost structure in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South
Africa. Paper presented at the International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE),
Kastoria, Greece (27 – 30 May, 2009). (Oral Presentation)
The Water Allocation Module in the context of IWRM project in the sub-basin of South Africa:
Self organized workshop on IWRM project in Pretoria, South Africa. September 18-19, 2008
(Oral presentation)
Migration as a household decision: What are the roles of Income differences? Insights from
the Volta basin of Ghana. Paper presented in the IZA/World Bank conference on “Employment
and Development” in Rabat, Morocco. May 05/06, 2008 (Oral presentation)
The Middle Oilfants sub-basin of South Africa: A Pilot project for Integrated Water Resources
Management and technology transfer. A self organized “project kick off Workshop” held in
Water Resource Commission, Pretoria, South Africa. March 6/7, 2007 (Oral Presentation).
Impacts of migration and remittances on farm and non-farm self employment incomes in the
Volta basin of Ghana. Presented at the 11th European Association Development Institutes
(EADI) General Conference (EADI). Bonn. 21-24 Sep. 2005. (Oral presentation/ Convener of a
session)
Migration and income differentials in the Volta basin of Ghana. Presented at the 11 th European
Association Development Institutes (EADI) General Conference. Bonn. 21-24 Sep. 2005. (Oral
Presentation/ Convener of a session)
The Middle Oilfants sub-basin of South Africa: A Pilot project for Integrated Water Resources
Management and technology transfer. A self organized “fact finding Workshop” held in Water
Resource Commission, Pretoria, South Africa. April 5, 2005 (Oral Presentation).
Participated as a panellist in a Panel discussion on selected transboundary water sheds of Nile,
Lake Chad, Limpopo and Southern Africa. Institute for Technology in the Tropics (ITT) at the
University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany. 01 Sep. 2005 (Panellist).
Migration in the Volta Basin of Ghana: Flows and Determinants. Status conference on German
Program on global change in the hydrological cycle GLOWA –VOLTA project (www-glowavolta.de), Cologne, Germany, May 17-19, 2005. (Poster Presentation).
Das Flusseinzugsgebiet des Mittleren Olifant in Südafrika: Ein Pilotgebiet für integriertes
Wasserressourcen- Management und Technologietransfer. A self organized “assessment”
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Workshop held in Water Resource Commission, Pretoria, South Africa. April 05, 2005 (Oral
Presentation).
Impact of wage differentials on household migration decisions: A sample selection approach.
Canadian Economics Association (CEA). Toronto, Canada, June 4-6, 2004 (Oral presentation).
Macro level migration dynamics in the Volta Basin of Ghana: implications for migration
forecasts. Deutscher Tropentag: Technological and Institutional Innovations for Sustainable
Rural Development. Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany, October 8 - 10, 2003
(Poster presentation).
Determinants of urban household demand for cassava and cassava products in Kaduna,
northern Nigeria. Deutscher Tropentag: Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land
Use in the Tropics and Subtropics. University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany, October 9-11,
2002 (Oral presentation).
Multiple-Agent Modeling of Interrelated Land Use and Water Management. Status conference
on German Program on global change in the hydrological cycle GLOWA – VOLTA project (wwwglowa-volta.de) (Phase I, 2000-2003), München, 14-16 April. 2002 (Poster Presentation).
AWARDS
10/2001-01/2005
PhD Research Grant, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.
04/1999-09/2001
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) scholarship for Msc
studies at the University of Göttingen
09/1994-06/1996
University of Asmara, Winner of Immanuel scholarship given to
outstanding students
PEDAGOGICAL SERVICES
Lecturer on “Applied Development Microeconomics” for PhD students at the Center for
development research (ZEF), University of Bonn (Fall 2005 – Present).
Lecturer on “Development Policy Analysis” for Msc students at the Centre for development
research (ZEF), University of Bonn (Fall 2006 – Present).
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Amharic, and Tigrinya (Mother tongue); very good German
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STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
Proficient user of STATA, SPSS, and moderate use of GAMS
MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
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Since May 2009: European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
(EAERE) Membership
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Since October 2005: European Association of Development Research and Training
Institutes (EADI) Membership
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Since June 2004: Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Membership
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