Sommer, Christoph

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Photo: Christoph Sommer is an Economist and Researcher in the Research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Dr. Christoph Sommer

Research programme
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Researcher

Specialization
Economy

Work areas

  • Financial Inclusion
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Finance
  • Global Governance

Regional expertise

  • Africa

Vita

since 1/2018German 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"
10/2018-8/2024Heidelberg University
PhD candidate in the Economics Department
12/2016-12/2017Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik /   German Development Institute (DIE)
Researcher
Department "World Economy and Development Financing"
10/2013-5/2016Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Master of Science in Quantitative Economics
7/2015-10/2015German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
Internship in an Evaluation of Budget Support
8/2014-5/2015Yale University
Economics Studies
10/2009-9/2013Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Bachelor of Science in International Economics
9/2012-10/2012German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Internship
5/2012-7/2012Okavango Research Institute (ORI)
Research Project about Floods and Risk Communication in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
8/2011-7/2012University of Botswana
Economics Studies
7/2008-6/2009Forum Wiedenest
Voluntary Service in a Development Project in Mbesa, Tanzania

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects

Contact

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

Highlight

The role of capital markets for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance
Sommer, Christoph (2024)

in: Journal of Development Studies, first published 23.07.2024

Highlight

The impact of long-term finance on job quality, investments and firm performance: cross-country evidence
Sommer, Christoph (2024)

The European Journal of Development Research, 36(4), 747-776

Highlight

Unintended consequences of microfinance: effects on credit access for small- and medium-sized enterprises
Sommer, Christoph (2022)

Journal of International Development 34(3), 564-586