Theses

Theses in progress

PhD Dissertations

• Crotti, Roberto (PhD Development Economics): The Role of Investments in Development, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Deopa, Neha (PhD International Economics): Essays on Uncertainty and Economy, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Guo, Xiaomin (PhD International Economics): Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate, Supervisor: Yi Huang

• Hari Kumar, Shekhar (PhD International Economics): Essays in Exchange Rate Regimes, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Nani, Carlotta (PhD Development Economics): Essays in Development Economics, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Pallan, Hayley (PhD International Economics): Essays on Taxation and FDI, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Pinzon Latorre, Mauricio Alejandro (PhD Development Economics): Three Essays on Financial Inclusion and Financial Development in Colombia, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Saxena, Kritika (PhD Development Economics): Three Essays in Development Economics, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Velasquez, Juan Agustin (PhD International Economics): Essay on Production Networks, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Verrier, Jeanne (PhD International Economics): Three Essays in Banking, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Xu, Ying (PhD International Economics): Three Essays on Policy and Banking, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Zhou, Yue (PhD International Economics): Three Essays on The Chinese Economy, Supervisors: Yi Huang and Ugo Panizza

Theses completed in 2019

PhD Dissertations

• Sousa Da Cunha, João Rafael (PhD International Economics): Political economy of U.S. financial regulation, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Ticku, Rohit (PhD Development Economics): Empirical essays on conflict and corruption, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

Master Theses

• Adagblenya, Barbara (International Affairs): Microfinance and Women Empowerment – A Case Study of the North Tongu District in the Volta Region of Ghana, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Bally, Michael (International Affairs): Capital destruction and reconstruction in fragile contexts: an empirical and theoretical analysis of post-conflict economic recovery in capital-scarce environments, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Borneto, Maria Eugenia (International Affairs):  FinTech as a means to improve the impact investing value chain for financial inclusion: the example of microfinance, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Chen Roman Ziqing (Development Studies): Poverty Alleviation in a Mobilization State: Case of a Tibetan County Amid China’s Anti-Poverty Campaign, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Chen Zhubin (Development Studies): Health Expenditure Stagnation and Social Transfer Constraint – Evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Supervisor Lore Vandewalle

• El Jai, Lotfi (International Affairs): The impact of the rising cost of borrowing on debt and fiscal sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Goyal, Anusha (International Economics): An analysis of the factors behind non-performing assets in India and their characteristics, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Khandekar, Aashay Sanjeev (International Affairs): Feasibility, impediments and opportunities in the transition to social impact bonds in India, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Kumar, Maadhav Anand (International Economics): Financial behavior change through India's financial inclusion policy, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

• Nathani Narayan (Development Studies): Diagnosis of BIMARU States in India: Impact of Media Based Awareness Campaigns on Health Outcomes, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Nawab Osama Moeed (International Economics): The Opportunity Cost of Terrorism – Can Increased Access to Microfinance Provide an Alternative to the Extremist Lifestyle?, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Schlegel, Reto (Development Studies): Data-driven philanthropy: how to effectively raise funds in the emerging era of effective altruism ?, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza

Theses completed in 2017

PhD Dissertations

• Mehrotra, Rahul (PhD Development Economics): Essays in experimental development economics and human capital formation, Supervisors: Lore Vandewalle and Ugo Panizza

Master Theses

• Komaragiri, Pradyot (Development Studies): The Demonetisation Tornado: a Study of Usage, Attitudes and Perceptions towards Cash and Cashless Payments in Rural Telangana, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Ozawa, Moeko (Development Studies): ICT Agricultural Promotion Services to Drive the Productivity for Rice Farmers in South India - Penetration, Impact, Constrains and Suggestion, Supervisor: Yi Huang

• Pathak, Manas (International Economics): Willingness to Pay for Metered Agricultural Electricity Supply: Results from Contingent Valuation Survey in Madhya Pradesh, India, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Pentikäinen, Sara-Oona Matilda (Development Studies): Lady Issues: the Operation of Empowerment in the Context of Self-Help Groups in Chopda, Maharashtra, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Schlinder, Katherine (Development Studies): The Relationship between Credit and Savings Behavior at the Individual Level: Considerations for Joint Microfinance Services as a Development Intervention, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Svensson, Fredrik (Development Studies): Global versus Country-Specific Functions of Health Aid to Zambia, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

• Wey, Peter (International Economics): Kuwaiti Oil Price Pass-Through: a Breakdown of Inflationary Channels, Supervisor: Yi Huang

• Zeitoun, Safeya (International Economics): Teaching Methods in Higher Education and Labour Market Outcomes: the Case of Egypt, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle

Theses completed in 2015

Master Theses

• Chatterson, Curtney (Development Studies): Women's Empowerment through Microcredit: Measuring Fonkoze's Impact in Haiti, Supervisor: Martina Viarengo
• Donohoe, Melissa (International Affairs): Mission Impossible? Commercialisation, Competition and the "Dual-Mission" of Microfinance. Maximising Financial Performance and Social Outreach at Higher Levels of Financial Sector Development, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza
• Girardin, Léa Clara (International Economics): Decreasing Outreach to Improve Viability? An Analysis of the Effect of Requiring Security Deposits for Microfinance Institutions’ Loans, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle
• Herzog De Souza Lima, Sabrina (Development Studies): Transparency at a Price: The Case of the Gold Supply Chain, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza
• Marcelino Santos Lima, Vivian (Development Studies): Business and Blending for Development? Donor’s Perspective in Private Sector Engagement and Innovative Development Financing for Post-2015 Agenda Delivering, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza
• Mithbaokar, Serena (Development Studies): Between Emergency Aid and Safety Nets: Impact of Food-For-Work Programmes in Reducing Chronic Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in South Sudan, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle
• Nakatomi, Gen (International Affairs): Time Series Analysis on Causal Relation of Exchange Rate and Stock Price in Japanese Market from 2000 to 2015, Supervisor: Yi Huang
• Perrett, Eva (International Affairs): The Dark Side of the Moon? The Role of Shadow Banking and Regulation in Financial Stability, Supervisor: Jean-Louis Arcand
• Priyadi, Amri Pitoyo (Development Studies): Assessing Saving Behavior: Impact of External Fund Injection Into Savings Groups in Rural Cambodia, Supervisor: Lore Vandewalle
• Anderson, Sheree (International Economics): Mind the Gap: An Analysis of Financial Efficiency in Jamaica through Interest Rate Spreads, Supervisor: Yi Huang
• Sinha, Tanvi (Development Studies): Impact of Microfinance on Livelihood Security of Rural Women and their Overall Empowerment: A Case Study from Almora District in India, Supervisors: Lore Vandewalle, Martina Viarengo
• Terblanche, Tascha (International Economics): The Impact of the US Quantitative Easing Programs on Monetary Policy Independence in South Africa, Supervisor: Ugo Panizza
• Zhirnova, Veronika (International Economics): Capital Regulations and Bank's Profitability, Supervisor: Yi Huang
• Ren, Wanlin (International Economics): The Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Intervention for Emerging Market Economies during the Crisis Period, Supervisor: Cédric Tille
• Youkhaw, Tarinee (International Affairs): South-South Trade in Environmental Goods: Opportunities and Challenges for Thailand's Exports of Renewable Energy Products to ASEAN, Supervisor: Nicolas Berman

Theses completed in 2013

PhD Dissertations

• Aladysheva, Anastasia (PhD International Economics): Essays in Development Economics, Supervisor: Jean-Louis Arcand

• Friedrich, Christian (PhD International Economics: Three Essays on Financial Integration and Heterogeneity, Supervisors: Cédric Tille, Charles Wyplosz

• Rieger, Matthias (PhD International Economics): Three Essays in Development Economics, Supervisor: Jean-Louis Arcand

Master Theses

• Batista Guimaraes Fonseca, Camyla (Development Studies): Fighting Poverty and Exclusion with Community Development Banks: A Case Study of Banco Palmas, Brazil, Supervisors: Martina Viarengo, Ugo Panizza

• Condés, Sofia (Development Studies): Impact Investing as a Strategy for Improving Lives at the Base of the Pyramid: The Case of IGNIA in Mexico, Supervisors: Martina Viarengo, Ugo Panizza

• Mehrotra, Rahul (International Economics): Financial Liberalization and Income Inequality in Emerging Economies, Supervisors: Ugo Panizza, Martina Viarengo

• Ogawa, Ayako (Development Studies): Financing the 'Missing Middle' : Getting Capital to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises beyond Microfinance. The Case of Bangladesh, Supervisors: Ugo Panizza, Yi Huang

• Rashi, Eric (International Affairs): The New Architecture of U.S., U.K. and Swiss Banking: How Effectively do the Post-Crisis Domestic Regulatory Reforms Respond to Country-Specific Industry Needs?, Supervisors: Charles Wyplosz, Cédric Dupont

• Saab, Nado (Development Studies): Financing Green Economy: Mobilizing Private Investments towards Green Initiatives in the Arab Region, Supervisors: Jean-Louis Arcand, Martina Viarengo

• Segura Cobos, Samuel (Development Studies): Serving God or Mammon? The Corporation of Foreign Bondholders in the Apogee of Foreign Government Loans in the London Capital Market (1870-1898), Supervisors: Marc Flandreau, Gilles Carbonnier

• Slomka, Daniel (Development Studies): Rising Methods of Development Finance: An Assessment of China's Resource-Backed Loans with a Case Study of Ghana, Supervisors: Ugo Panizza, Jean-Louis Arcand