Lena Giesbert
Research Fellow
Social and political Science
German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Germany
Biography
Since 2017: Consultant in the field of Private Sector Development of the Africa Department, GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg 2016 - 2017: Research Fellow in the project "The Rise of Middle Classes in Emerging and Developing Countries: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences" 2015 - 2017: Research Fellow in the project "Performance and Dynamics of Micro and Small Firms in Developing Countries"
Research Interest
Financial and insurance markets (microfinance, microinsurance) Informal employment and entrepreneurship
Publications
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Lena G, Susan S (2015) Client Perceptions of the Value of Microinsurance: Evidence from Southern Ghana, in: Journal of International Development. 27: 15–35
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Lena G, Kati S (2012), Assets, Shocks, and Poverty Traps in Rural Mozambique. World Development 40: 1594-1609
