Camacho, Luis
Dr. Luis A. Camacho
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Political Scientist
Work areas
- Political economy of development and redistribution
- Decentralization and local governance
- Programme evaluation
Vita
2013 - 6/2016 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "Governance, Statehood, Security" |
08/2005 - 12/2012 | The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government Ph.D. in Political Science (12/2012) M.A in Political Science (05/2008) Teaching Assistant (08/2005-07/2008 and 08/2009-05/2010) |
06/2012 - 09/2012 | The World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Human Development Unit - Washington, DC, U.S.A. Short Term Consultant |
06/2010 - 08/2012 | Comparative Constitutions Project, University of Texas at Austin and University of Chicago Research Assistant |
11/2006 - 10/2007 | Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico, Social Policy, Human Development and Civil Society Area - Lima, Peru Co-Principal Investigator |
05/2003 - 08/2005 | Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico, Social Policy, Human Development and Civil Society Area - Lima, Peru Research Assistant |
11/2004 - 05/2005 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Faculty of Social Sciences - Lima, Peru Grantee/Researcher of Phase II of the Civil Society and Democracy in Latin America Project |
08/2004 - 04/2005 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Faculty of Sciences and Engineering - Lima, Peru Specialization Diploma in Applied Statistics |
01/2003 - 03/2003 | Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria (INIA), Agricultural Economics Unit - Lima, Peru Specialist |
04/2001 - 12/2003 | Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Industrial Organization, Regulation, and Innovation Area - Lima, Peru Research Assistant |
03/1997 - 12/2001 | Universidad del Pacífico - Lima, Peru Bachelor's Degree in Economics |
Current Publications

Indigenous knowledge for sustainable food security in Turiani Division, Tanzania
Chomboko, Denis / Theobald Theodory / Michael Brüntrup / Venance Shillingi / Saymore Ngonidza Kativu / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (11/1)

Social cohesion in the context of environmental/climate-related internal displacement in Ghana
Susan S. Ekoh / Charles Martin-Shields / Carolin Kitzmann / Nina Küssau / Mario Pfeffer / Merle Platen / Theresa Reinel / Mary Boatemaa Setrana / Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi / Stella Effah (15/2025)

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa: how the United States trigger a Global shake-up in climate finance
Tamasiga, Phemelo (2025)

‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity
Kohlenberger, Judith / Martin-Shields, Charles / Easton-Calabria, Evan (2025)