Dr. Susanna Wolf

 
 
Contact

Visiting Fellow, University of Ghana, Legon
Department of Agricultural Economics
P.O. Box LG 44, Legon, GHANA
s.wolf@uni-bonn.de
Phone: +233-21-500300
Fax: +233-21-500180

Area of Specialization
Mathematics/National economics
Diplom-Wirtschaftsmathematikerin, Dr. rer. pol.
Department ZEF b - Economic and Technological Change (Prof. Frohberg)
Current Research Topics

Governance and Investment in Africa: Determinants of Domestic and Foreign Investment in Different Sectors – the Case of Ghana

  • determinants of investment in different sectors
  • the role of regional integration and trade preferences for investment
  • the role of infrastructure privatisation (water, electricity, telecommunication)
  • impact of FDI on host economy
Further Research Topics
  • Future of EU-ACP Relations (Lomé/Cotonou Agreements)
  • Regional Integration
  • Aid Allocation
  • International Trade Policies (new WTO issues)
  • Competitiveness of small and medium enterprises
  • Information and communication technology for development

Contacts / Partners / Funding Institutions Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Hamburg Institute of World Economics (HWWA)
Publications
Private Sector Development and Competitiveness in Ghana, ZEF Discussion Paper, Bonn, forthcoming.  
CAP Reform and ACP Preferences: What is at Stake for ACP Countries?, in: Trade Negotiations Insight, 1(4), 2002, pp.1-3.  
EU - North African Trade Relations, in: World Economic Forum (ed.): Arab World Competitiveness Report 2002, (with Ahmed Ghoneim and Jürgen von Hagen), 2002.  

EU Aid and ACP Investments, HWWA Discussion Paper No. 191, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Hamburg, 2002.

 
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.  
The role of ICT for the performance of SMEs in East Africa - Empirical evidence from Kenya and Tanzania, ZEF Discussion Paper No. 42, ZEF Bonn, 2001.
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, LIT, Muenster 2001.  
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)  
Allocation of EU Aid towards ACP-Countries, ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 22, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn, March 2000 (with Dominik Spoden)

(ed.): The Future of EU-ACP Relations, Peter Lang Publishers, Frankfurt/Berlin/Bern/Brüssel/New York/Wien, 1999.

 
The Future of Cooperation between the EU and ACP Countries, in: Intereconomics, Vol. 32, Heft 3, 1997, S. 126 -133.  
Curriculum Vitae
   
 
 
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