RTG 1666: Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems


Dr. Marion Krämer was a GlobalFood member from 2014-2018. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.


Occupation after leaving GlobalFood

Teamleader at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)


Name

Dr. Marion Krämer


Research Interests


  • Development economics
  • Nutrition and child development
  • Food security and welfare schemes
  • Impact evaluation



Publications

Peer-reviewed publications


  • Krämer, M., S. Kumar, S. Vollmer (2020). Improving child health and cognition: Evidence from a school-based nutrition intervention in India. The Review of Economics and Statistics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00950
  • Krämer, M., R. Kupka, S.V. Subramanian, S. Vollmer (2016). Association between household unavailability of iodized salt and child growth: evidence from 89 demographic and health surveys. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 104(4), 1093-1100. Download



Other publications


  • Sonnenfeld, A, Chirgwin, H, Berretta, M, Longman, K, Krämer, M and Snilstveit, B (2020) Building peaceful societies: an evidence gap map, 3ie Evidence Gap Map Report 15. New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). https://www.3ieimpact.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/EGM15-Building-peaceful-societies.pdf.
  • Bruder, M., Faust, J., and Krämer, M. (2019). Rigorous Impact Evaluation in German Development Cooperation. Policy Brief 05/2019. German Institute for Development Coopartion (DEval), Bonn.
  • Krämer, M. (2017). Nutrition and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Evaluation of Three Micronutrient Interventions. PhD thesis, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Göttingen. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0023-3EA5-C.





Education


  • PhD in Economics at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen as a member of the Research Training Group Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems, Supervision: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer. Thesis: Nutrition and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Evaluation of Three Micronutrient Interventions (Download)
  • M. Sc. in Economics at the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg
  • B.A. in Culture and Economics ('Kulturwirt') at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Semester abroad at the Central University in Quito, Ecuador



Professional Experience


  • 09/2013 - 04/2017 Research and Teaching Assistant, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany, Chair of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer
  • 03/2013 - 05/2013 Consultant Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Indo-German Social Security Program
  • 8/2012 - 12/2012 Intern Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Indo-German Social Security Program, New Delhi, India
  • 9/2011 Intern Grameen Bank (Microfinance Institution), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 7/2010 - 9/2010 Intern German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Section: South America, Bonn, Germany



Own data collections


  • 09/2014 - 12/2015 and 08/2016 - 10/2016 Individual and household level data of 2000 school-aged children including nutrition and health assessments in rural Bihar, India (with Sebastian Vollmer and Santosh Kumar)