Susanna Wolf
UNECA
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
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Date of Birth:
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Economist, Ph. D.
09/06/1966
German
married, two daughters
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
1992 - 1996
Post-graduate studies in International Economics at the University of the
Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
Training in macroeconomics, especially European regional integration and
international relations
Title of dissertation: Begrenzter Erfolg der Lomé Abkommen (Limited Success
of the Lomé-Conventions)
An empirical investigation of EU trade relations with partners in Africa, the
Caribbean and the Pacific using a computational general equilibrium (CGE)
model
Grade of Ph. D.: magna cum laude
1986 - 1991
Studies of economics and mathematics at the University of Hamburg
Graduated as Diplom-Wirtschaftsmathematikerin
Main Subjects: international economics, European integration, transition
economies, econometrics, inequality, statistics, optimisation
LANGUAGES
English
French
German
excellent
very good (LPE in May 2006)
native speaker
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Statistics Packages (SPSS, Stata, etc.)
Simulation Software (GAMS)
TRAINING
Collaborative Negotiation Skills (2006)
People Management Training Programme (2005)
Project Management (2005)
Report Writing (2004)
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Since August 2004
Economic Affairs Officer (P-4) at UN Economic Commission for Africa,
Economic and Social Policy Division and Trade, Finance and Economic
Development Division, Addis Ababa
Research areas: private sector development, financing for development,
FDI and aid flows to Africa, globalization and poverty, MDGs, public service
delivery
Project management for networking and knowledge sharing, including
budget, recruitment, supervision of consultants and progress reports
Organising meetings, including conceptualisation, identification of
presenters, oversee logistical arrangements, liase with press, e. g. the
African Knowledge Network Forum, Current Account Sustainability, Public
Expenditure and Service Delivery, capacity building workshops
Focal Point for Programme Planning and Performance, including monitoring
of performance, development of questionnaires for self-evaluation,
preparation of work programme and budget for the division
Presentation of research papers at international conferences
Contribute to Economic Report on Africa (2005 chapter on: Harnessing
globalization to create decent jobs and reduce poverty, 2006 chapter on:
Capital flows to Africa and their impact on growth)
Coordinating Policy Research Reports, including conceptionalisation,
providing an overview, reviewing contributions, e.g. Report on Private
Sector Development
Contribution to ad-hoc activities such as participation in meetings,
background information for senior management, advisory services to
Member States
03/2003 – 07/2004
Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Accra
Fellowship awarded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Research project: Enterprise performance and investment determinants in
different sectors in Ghana
Administration and analysis of enterprise survey
Supervision of research assistants
Collection of secondary information from government agencies
Advice to business associations and policy makers on private sector
development
Teaching international trade and economic development
12/1997 – 02/2003
Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF),
Bonn University
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Research areas: ACP-EU relations (trade and aid), WTO issues, regional
integration in West Africa, performance of SME, the role of ICT for
development
Supervision of doctoral students, research assistants and interns
Teaching of macroeconomics in ZEF’s international doctoral studies
program and CGE course
Preparation of research proposals
Organisation of international conferences
Field research in several African countries
Networking with international organisations, governments and NGOs
Preparation of public relations material
Referee for economic journals
VOLONTARY WORK
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1992 - 1997
for Oikocredit a non-profit credit organisation, tasks: administration, public
relations, project visits (women projects, microcredit etc.)
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Africa:
Asia:
Research projects in various African countries, especially Tanzania, Kenya
and Ghana, extensive research on sub-Saharan and North Africa
Project visits in Thailand; Supervision of doctoral thesis in Bangladesh,
Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Begrenzter Erfolg der Lomé-Abkommen – Eine empirische Untersuchung der Wirkungen der EUZollpräferenzen auf den Handel der AKP-Staaten, Dissertation, Frankfurt a. M., 1996.
The Future of Cooperation between the EU and ACP Countries, in: Intereconomics, Vol. 32, Heft 3,
1997, S. 126 - 133.
(ed.) The Future of EU-ACP Relations, Frankfurt a. M., 1999.
On the ‚how to‘ of agricultural growth promotion and improved food security – Implications for
Southern Africa in a regional and international context, in: AGRECON, Special issue, Vol. 38,
1999 (mit Joachim von Braun und John Msuya).
L’accord-cadre: à qui profite la coopération entre l’UE et les Etats ACP ?, in: agriculture +
développement rural 2/2000 (with Francis Matambalya)
Allocation of EU Aid towards ACP Countries, ZEF Discussion Paper No. 22, March 2000 (with
Dominik Spoden).
From Preferences to Reciprocity - General Equilibrium Effects of a Free Trade Area between the EU
and the UEMOA, paper presented at the Third Annual Conference on Global Economic
Analysis, June 2000 in Melbourne, Australia.
The Cotonou Agreement and the Challenges of Making the New EU-ACP Trade Regime WTO
Compatible, in: Journal of World Trade 35(1): 123-144, 2001 (with Francis Matambalya).
EU's trade preferences and Africa's trade and investment perspectives, in: Africa's Reintegration into
the World Economy, African Development Perspectives Yearbook 2000/2001 Vol. 8, Muenster
2001.
The role of ICT for the performance of SMEs in East Africa – Empirical evidence from Kenya and
Tanzania, ZEF Discussion Paper No. 42, Bonn, 2001. (with Francis Matambalya).
Europäische Entwicklungspolitik - Kooperation zwischen ungleichen Partnern, in: Ronge (ed.) In
welcher Verfassung ist Europa - Welche Verfassung für Europa?, Bd. 15, Schriften des ZEI,
2001.
The European Union and Africa: From Post-Colonialism towards Partnership?, in: Legum, Colin (ed.)
Africa Contemporary Record Vol. XXV, 1994-96 Holmes & Meier, New York and London,
2001.
EU Aid and ACP Investments, HWWA Discussion Paper No. 191, Hamburg Institute of International
Economics, Hamburg, 2002.
EU - North African Trade Relations, in: World Economic Forum (ed.): Arab World Competitiveness
Report 2002 - 2003, New York, Oxford, 2002. (with Ahmed Ghoneim and Jürgen von Hagen).
CAP Reform and ACP Preferences: What is at stake for ACP Countries?, in: Trade Negotiations
Insights - From Doha to Cotonou, Vol. 1, Issue No. 4, December 2002.
L’aide européenne aux Etats ACP - accroît-elle les investissements ?, le Courier ACP-UE, no. 196,
Brussels, janvier-février 2003.
Private Sector Development and Competitiveness in Ghana, ZEF Discussion Paper No. 70, Bonn,
June 2003.
Tendencies of Private Sector Development in Ghana, in: African Entrepreneurship and Private Sector
Development - African Development Perspectives Yearbook 2002/2003, LIT Münster, 2004.
Performance and Problems of Enterprises in Ghana – A Survey of Formal Private Sector Enterprises
in the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors, ULPA Discussion Paper, University of Leipzig,
2004.
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Harnessing globalization to create decent jobs and reduce poverty, Chapter 6 of Economic Report on
Africa 2005: Meeting the Challenges of Unemployment and Poverty in Africa, UNECA, Addis
Ababa, 2005.
Does the Use of ICT Improve the Productivity of SMEs in East Africa? The Case of Kenya and
Tanzania, in: Torero, M and von Braun, J. (eds.) Information and Communication
Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications,
IFPRI/The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (with Francis A. S. T. Matambalya).
Investments in ICT-capital and Economic Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in
East Africa. Journal of International Development, 18(4). (with Shyamal Chowdhury).
Water and Energy Reforms in Ghana: Implications for Industry and Agriculture. Journal of River Basin
Management. (forthcoming, with Veronika Fuest and Felix Asante).
Export Performance and Investment Behaviour of Firms in Ghana, in Aryeetey, E. and Kanbur, R.
(eds.) Ghana at the half century, (forthcoming, with Daniel Sarpong).
Aid and public expenditure in Africa: Does aid increase the efficiency of public service delivery?,
paper presented at the WIDER Conference on Aid: Principles, Policies and Performance,
Helsinki, 16-17 June 2006.
Encouraging Innovation and Productivity Growth in Africa to Create Decent Jobs, paper for the
TIPS/DPRU Forum 2006: Accelerated and Shared Growth in South Africa: Determinants,
Constraints and Opportunities, Johannesburg, 18-20 October 2006.
Capital flows to Africa and their impact on growth, Chapter 2 of Economic Report on Africa 2006 (in
print, with Ralf Krueger)
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