Completed and current Theses
Students interested in writing their thesis within the division of
Cooperative Sciences please send a brief proposal of their graduation
project to hanischm (at) rz.hu-berlin.de.
Additionally, students have the opportunity to participate in the Master-Colloquium of the division of Resource Economics.
Assessed Theses:
Additionally, students have the opportunity to participate in the Master-Colloquium of the division of Resource Economics.
Current Theses:
| Stephanie Bad Mangong | Untersuchung zur Umsetzung des Projektes "Plan Maroc Vert" mit dem
Schwerpunkt landwirtschaftliches Wassermanagement in Marokko
(M.Sc.) |
Assessed Theses:
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Uwe Grewer | Fostering Smallholders Welfare by Skill Formation and the Initiation of Farmer Based Organizations (Diploma IMRD) |
Completed Theses:
| 2011 | Truong Nghi | The Effects of External Institutions on
Cooperative Behaviors: An Experiment on Pesticide Use in Mekong Delta of
Vietnam
(M.Sc.) |
| Enno Mewes | A Case Analysis of the Value Chain of Typical Food
Items: The contribution of traditional retailers to sustainability and
food security in Hyderabad - Comparing a Kirana store and a supermarket
(M.Sc.) Financial Support of the "Stiftung Tropische Agrarforschung" for the Field Research of this Thesis is gratefully acknowledged. |
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| 2010 | Sophia Opperskalski | Cooperatives and Self-help Organizations and their
Potential Role for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in the Emerging
Megacity Hyderabad, India (Study Project) Financial Support of the Vater und Sohn Eiselen-Foundation for the Field Research of this Thesis is gratefully acknowledged. |
| Sibande Lonester | Determinants of Off-Farm and Non-Farm Diversification
for Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi (M.Sc.) |
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| Jens Rommel | Ethnic Heterogeneity, Economic Inequality, and External
Leadership in Group-based Finance: Evidence from Uganda (M.Sc.)
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| 2009 | Liza Meza | The Role of Informal Institutions in the Provision of
Rural Services To Rural Communities in South Coast, Guatemala
(M.Sc.) Financial Support of the Vater und Sohn Eiselen-Foundation for the Field Research of this Thesis is gratefully acknowledged. |
| Margarita Mora | A Contractual Analysis of Conservation Agreements in Northwestern
Ecuador (M.Sc.) |
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| B. Saikumar Cheelurappa | Economic Analysis of SHG-Institutions - Microfinance
Delivery Models in India (M.Sc.) |
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| Diana Ivanova | A case study of the project 'Land as a source of income'
in Bulgaria (B.Sc.) |
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| 2008 | Giulia Secondini |
The Role of Services for Small Farmers' Agricultural Growth - A study of Maddur taluk, in Mandya district, Karnataka, India (M.Sc.) Financial Support of the Vater und Sohn Eiselen-Foundation for the Field Research of this Thesis is gratefully acknowledged. The thesis has been awarded by the "Hans H. Ruthenberg-postgraduate-research prize 2010". |
| Nana Afranaa Kwapong | Rural Services and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda
(M.Sc.) |
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| 2007 | Faisal Shah | Institutional Analysis of Participatory Development
Projects: A Literature Review (M.Sc.) |
| Claudia Ballesteros | Analyzing the Impact of Decentralization on
Responsiveness to Local Preferences in Rural Municipalities in Bolivia
(M.Sc.) |
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| Emma Saadreva | The Impact of International Cooperation on Rural
Producer Organizations: Case Study of a Dairy Association in Bolivia
(M.Sc.) |
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| 2006 | Pham Quang Tri | The role of cooperatives in organizing the food supply
chain in Vietnam (M.Sc.) |
| 2004 | Andrej Sarnatsky | Property Reform in Ukraine - The analysis of
agricultural ownership transformation (M.Sc.) |
| Alexandre Grajdankine | Der Integrationsprozess in der russischen Landwirtschaft
aus Sich der Neuen Institutionenökonomie - Das Beispiel der Entstehung
und Entwicklung von Agro-Holdinggesellschaften (Diploma) |
