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Prof. Dr. Michael Kirk

Ehrenmitglied des Vorstands

Professor i.R. für Entwicklungs- und Kooperationsökonomie an der Philipps-Universität Marburg (seit 3/2021)

Arbeitsgebiete

  • (Kooperative) Zusammenarbeit, kollektives Handeln und Selbsthilfeorganisationen in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern
  • Institutionen und institutioneller Wandel im Entwicklungsprozess
  • Land- und Ressourcenmanagement, Land- und Ressourcenpolitik in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern
  • Ökonomie der „globalen Gemeingüter“, insbesondere der biologischen Vielfalt und der Bekämpfung der Wüstenbildung
  • Dezentralisierung und Deregulierung in Entwicklungsländern

Aktuelle Publikationen (Auswahl)

Mantel, de Vries & Kirk (2017) “Improving Local Government Services in Jamaica” GIM International, 29-31.

Väth, Gobien & Kirk (2017) “Life satisfaction, contract farming and property rights: Evidence from Ghana”, Land Use Policy (in print)

Vorlaufer, Falk, Dufhues, Kirk (2017) “Payments for ecosystem services and agricultural intensification: Evidence from a choice experiment on deforestation in Zambia”, Ecological Economics, 141, 95-105.

Kirk (2017) “Support to Land Reform in Namibia. Knowledge Management Report”, GIZ Publication (with contributions of A. Lange & J. Middleton), Windhoek.

Falk, Kirk, Lohmann, Kruger, Hüttich & Kamukenjandje (2016) “The profits of excludability and transferability in redistributive land reform in central Namibia”, Development Southern Africa.

Falk, Kirk, Lohmann, Kruger, Hüttich & Kamukenjandje (2016) “The profits of excludability and transferability in redistributive land reform in central Namibia”, Development Southern Africa.

Remi, Kirk & Sunday (2015) “Women Access to Land: The Compatibility of Property Rights on the Farming Activities of Women in Rice Producing Areas of Osun State, Nigeria”, International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 2:10, 34-42.

Kirk, Antonio, Mabikke & Espinoza (2014) “Land Tenure Security in Selected Countries: Synthesis report”, UN-Habitat, Nairobi.

Väth & Kirk (2014) “Do property rights and contract farming matter for rural development? Evidence from a large-scale investment in Ghana”, Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, No. 16-2014.