Christoph Sommer

Function: Researcher

Specialization: Economy

Work areas:

since 1/2018	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"
since 10/2018	Heidelberg University PhD candidate in the Economics Department
12/2016-12/2017	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (DIE) Researcher Department "World Economy and Development Financing"
10/2013-5/2016	Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Master of Science in Quantitative Economics
7/2015-10/2015	German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) Internship in an Evaluation of Budget Support
8/2014-5/2015	Yale University Economics Studies
10/2009-9/2013	Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Bachelor of Science in International Economics
9/2012-10/2012	German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Internship
5/2012-7/2012	Okavango Research Institute (ORI) Research Project about Floods and Risk Communication in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
8/2011-7/2012	University of Botswana Economics Studies
7/2008-6/2009	Forum Wiedenest Voluntary Service in a Development Project in Mbesa, Tanzania

Sommer, Christoph(2023)
The impact of long-term finance on job quality, investments and firm performance: cross-country evidence
in: European Journal of Development, first published 28.12.2023
Sommer, Christoph(2022)
Unintended consequences of microfinance: effects on credit access for small- and medium-sized enterprises
in: Journal of International Development 34 (3), 564-586

Sommer, Christoph(2020)
Freiheit und Sicherheit
in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 20.10.2020, Online
Sommer, Christoph(2020)
New insights into microloans
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 12 October 2020
Sommer, Christoph (ed.)(2017)
Drivers and constraints for adopting sustainability standards in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the demand for finance case studies from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa (Non-paper version, as delivered by authors)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Contact

E-mailchristoph.sommer@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-248
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130