Katharina Raabe holds a PhD and Masters degree in Economics with specialization inmacro- and monetary economics from Maastricht University (the Netherlands). From2007-2009, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Development Strategy and GovernanceDivision (DSGD) in the New-Delhi office of the International Food Policy ResearchInstitute (IFPRI). Following her position as post-doctoral fellow, she was an externalconsultant to the research program on ‘Governance for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment’ of DSGD. Katharina Raabe joined the Institute for EnvironmentalEconomics and World Trade in September 2009. Her research interests include theanalysis of local governance systems, rural service provision, and public sector reforms.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

• Menon, P., K. Raabe and A. Bhaskar (2009). Technical, Programmatic and SociopoliticalDimensions of Child Undernutrition in Three States in India. Institute of Development Studies,Brighton: IDS Bulletin, Vol. 40, pp. 60-69.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122401808/grouphome/home.html

• Bruinshoofd, A., B. Candelon and K. Raabe (2008). Banking Sector Fragility and theTransmission of Currency Crises. Forthcoming in Open Economies Review.http://www.springerlink.com/content/9g361m1x4w6t6876/

• Kool, C., B. Candelon, K. Raabe and T. van Veen (2007). Long-Run Real Exchange RateDeterminants: Evidence from Eight New EU Member States, 1993–2003. Journal ofComparative Economics, Vol. 35 (1), pp. 87-107.

Monograph

• Raabe, K. (2006). Industry Structure and Monetary Policy Effectiveness. Maastricht:Universitaire Pers Maastricht. Ph.D. Dissertation.http://dissertaties.ub.unimaas.nl/default.asp?lang=eng.

Discussion Papers

• Raabe, K., Shekher, M., and R. Birner (2009). The Effects of Political Reservations forWomen on Local Governance and Rural Service Provision: Survey Evidence from Karnataka.Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. IFPRI Diskussionspapier 878.http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00878.pdf

• Raabe, K. (2008). Reforming the Agricultural Extension System in India: What Do We KnowAbout What Works Where and Why? Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy ResearchInstitute. IFPRI Diskussionspapier 775.http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00775.pdf

• Raabe, K., I.J.M. Arnold und C.J.M. Kool (2006). Industries and the Bank Lending Effects ofBank Credit Demand and Monetary Policy in Germany. German Bundesbank: EconomicStudies Discussion Paper 48.

• Arnold, I.J.M., C.J.M. Kool and K. Raabe (2005). New Evidence on the Role of Firm Size inUS Monetary Policy Transmission. Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. KoopmansResearch Institute: Discussion Paper 05-11.

• Raabe, K. (2002). Out-of-Sample Forecast Performance of Economic Variables for France,Germany, and Italy. Institute for Economic Research, Munich: Ifo Discussion Paper 76.

• Raabe, K. (2002). Assessment of the Leading Indicator Properties of Economic Variables for

France, Germany, and Italy. Institute for Economic Research, Munich: Ifo Discussion Paper74.

Reports/Studies

• IFPRI – Governance team. Co-autor: K. Raabe (2009). Gender and governance in ruralservices - Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia. Washington, D.C.: International FoodPolicy Research Institute. Study carried out for the World Bank.

• Birner, R., K. Raabe, and N. Palaniswamy (2009). IEG Evaluation of Bank Support forAgriculture: Case Study of India. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy ResearchInstitute. Study carried out for the Independent Evaluation Unit of the World Bank.

• Singh, A. and K. Raabe (2009). Save the Gardens: A Study of Closed Tea Gardens in NorthBengal. New-Delhi: Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity. Study carried out for the National Legal Services Authority (New-Delhi).

• Kool, C., B. Candelon, K. Raabe and T. van Veen (2004). The Fundamentals behind the RealExchange Rate Developments of the New EU-Members: Theory and Empirical Evidence.Study carried out for the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands.

Manuscripts

• Raabe, K. (2009). The Dynamics of Service Delivery and Agricultural Development in Indiafrom 1991 to 2001 – A District-Level Analysis. Washington, D.C.: International Food PolicyResearch Institute.

• Raabe, K., R. Birner, and M. Sekher (2009). Explaining Rural Service Provision in Karnataka:The Role of Frontline Service Providers. Washington, D.C.: International Food PolicyResearch Institute.

• Raabe, K., R. Birner, M. Sekher, A. Shilpi and E. Schiffer (2009). How to Overcome theGovernance Challenges of Implementing NREGA? Insights from Bihar using Process-Influence Mapping. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.Manuskript. Submitted to be published as IFPRI Discussion Paper.

• Sekher, M., K.V. Raju, Bettappa, N. Billava, R. Birner, N. Palaniswamy and K. Raabe (2007).Making Decentralization and Local Governance Work for the Rural Poor – A Study fromKarnataka. Bangalore (India): Institute for Social and Economic Change and InternationalFood Policy Research Institute.