Alumni

Dr. Kirsten Wiebe

Thesis:
Quantitative assessment of sustainable development and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Year: 2012

Promotor(s):
Pierre Mohnen & Adriaan van Zon

Abstract:
The relatively weak performance of African countries compared to countries in other world regions in all development aspects (economic, social and environmental) suggests that these aspects are not independent. The central research question is: How are the different aspects of sustainable development inter-related? This thesis develops and applies diverse quantitative economic methods (econometric complementarity analysis, development portfolio analysis, endogenous growth theory) to comprehensively analyze the interdependencies between different aspects of development: living standards/income, education and health. The main finding is that there is a positive mutual reinforcement between education and health outcomes. Furthermore, decent education and good health are necessary conditions for economic development and, hence, for overall sustainable human development.

Selected publications by Kirsten Wiebe


Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Wiebe, Kirsten & Manfred Lenzen, 2016, `To RAS or not to RAS – What is the difference in outcomes in multi-regional input-output models, Economic Systems Research, 28, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Simon Gandy & Christian Lutz, 2016, `Policies and Consumption-Based Carbon Emissions from a Top-Down and a Bottom-Up Perspective, Low Carbon Economy, 7, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten & Christian Lutz, 2016, `Endogenous technological change and the policy mix in renewable power generation, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 60, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2016, `The impact of renewable energy diffusion on European consumption-based emissions, Economic Systems Research, 28, More information
Lutz, Christian, Markus Flaute, Ulrike Lehr & Kirsten Wiebe, 2015, `Economic Impacts of Renewable Power Generation Technologies and the Role of Endogenous Technological Change, Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 5, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Martin Bruckner, Stefan Giljum & Christian Lutz, 2012, `Calculating energy-related CO 2 emissions embodied in international trade using a global input-output model, Economic Systems Research, 24, More information
Bruckner, Martin, Stefan Giljum, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2012, `Materials embodied in international trade - Global material extraction and consumption between 1995 and 2005, Global Environmental Change, 22, More information
Lutz, Christian, Ulrike Lehr & Kirsten Wiebe, 2012, `Economic effects of peak oil, Energy Policy, 48, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Martin Bruckner, Stefan Giljum, Christian Lutz & Christine Polzin, 2012, `Carbon and Materials Embodied in the International Trade of Emerging Economies: A Multiregional Input-Output Assessment of Trends Between 1995 and 2005, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Christian Lutz, Martin Bruckner & Stefan Giljum, 2012, `Calculating energy-related CO2 emissions embodied in international trade using a global input-output model, Economic Systems Research, 24


Book chapters
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2017, Raising the international poverty line - a comparison of necessary adjustments of final demand spending in OECd and non-OECD countries, in: Alsamawi, A., McBain, D., Murray, J., Lenzen, M., Wiebe, K.S, The Social Footprints of Global Trade, Springer, International Publishing AG, More information
Lehr, Ulrike, Ingo Wolter, Anett Grossmann, Kirsten Wiebe & Peter Fleissner, 2016, Knappe Metalle, Peak Oil und mögliche wirtschaftliche Folgen – Vergleich zweier ökonomischer Modelle zu möglichen Folgen von Verfügbarkeitsgrenzen bei fossilen Energien und Metallen, in: Exner, A., Held, M. & Kümmerer, K. (eds), Kritische Metalle in der Großen Transformation, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, More information
Bruckner, Martin, Stefan Giljum, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2013, Carbon Emissions and Materials Embodied in Emerging Economies’ Trade: An Application of the Global Resource Accounting Model (GRAM), in: Murray, J. & Lenzen, M. (eds), The sustainability practitioner’s guide to multi-regional input-output analysis, Common Ground Publishing, Illinois
Wiebe, Kirsten, Christian Lutz, Martin Bruckner & Stefan Giljum, 2013, The Global Resource Accounting Model (GRAM), in: Murray, J. & Lenzen, M. (Eds), The sustainability practitioner’s guide to multi-regional input-output analysis, Common Ground Publishing, Illinois
Lutz, Christian & Kirsten Wiebe, 2012, Methodische Aspekte des Global Ressource Accounting Modells (GRAM), in: IWH, Neuere Anwendungsfelder der Input-Output-Analyse, Tagungsband. Beiträge zum Halleschen Input-Output-Workshop 2010, Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle, Halle (Saale)
Speck, Stefan, Philip Summerton, Daniel Lee & Kirsten Wiebe, 2011, Environmental taxes and ETRs in Europe: The current situation and a review of the modelling literature, in: Paul Ekins and Stefan Speck (eds), Environmental Tax Reform - A Policy for Green Growth, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, More information
Lutz, Christian & Kirsten Wiebe, 2010, Identifikation und Analyse von Interdependenzen zwischen Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren anhand des GINFORS Modells, in: Harald Hagemann und Michael von Hauff, Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Das neue Paradigma in der Ökonomie, Metropolis, Marburg, More information


UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Zon, Adriaan van & Kirsten Wiebe, 2010, Efficient Development Portfolio Design for Sub Saharan Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2010-050


External working papers
Wiebe, Kirsten & Norihiko Yamano, 2016, Estimating CO2 Emissions Embodied in Final Demand and Trade Using the OECD ICIO 2015: Methodology and Results, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers 2016/5, OECD Publishing, More information
Wolter, Ingo & Kirsten Wiebe, 2014, TINFORGE - Trade for the INterindustry FORecasting GErmany Model (with A. Grossmann and A. Moennig), GWS Discussion Paper 14/1, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2013, Renewable Energies and the Policy Mix: An analysis of renewable energy support strategies from a policy diffusion perspective (with L.E. Gutierrez Tavarez), GWS Discussion Paper 13/8, Osnabrueck., More information
Wiebe, Kirsten & Christian Lutz, 2013, The Renewable Power Generation Module (RPGM) - An extension to the GWS model family to endogenize technological change in the renewable power generation sector, GWS Discussion Paper 13/7, Osnabrueck, More information
Stöver, Britta, Kirsten Wiebe, Ulrike Lehr & Ingo Wolter, 2012, Input-Output Modelling in the MENA Region - A Case Study for Morocco, GWS Discussion Paper 12/3, More information
Lehr, Ulrike, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2011, Medium term economic effects of peak oil today, GWS Discussion Paper 11/3, More information
Mönnig, Anke & Kirsten Wiebe, 2011, Macroeconomic effects of the current crises in Japan and MENA countries – A model-based assessment of the medium term, GWS Discussion Paper 11/1, More information


Research reports
Rogge, Karoline, Barbara Breitschopf, Katharina Mattes, Uwe Cantner, Holger Graf, Johannes Herrmann, Martin Kalthaus, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2015, Green change: renewable energies, policy mix and innovation - Results of the GRETCHEN project concerning the influence of the policy mix on technological and structural change in renewable power generation technologies in Germany, The project underlying this report received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its funding priority "Economics of Climate Change" under the ref. no. Econ-C-026. The authors are responsible for the contents of this report, More information
Bruckner, Martin, Stefan Giljum, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2009, Die Klimabilanz des österreichischen Außenhandels, Final report to the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund, More information
Drunen, Michiel van, Onno Kuik, Christian Lutz & Kirsten Wiebe, 2009, Modelling future linkages, EC FP6 Project INDI-LINK Deliverable number D2.5, More information
Drunen, Michiel van, Christian Lutz, Kirsten Wiebe, Stefan Giljum, F. Hinterberger & .. and others, 2008, Case studies methods, tools and models for assessment of SD interlinkages, INDI-LINK - Indicator-based evaluation of inter-linkages between different sustainable development objectives, European Commission FP6 Project INDI-LINK, Deliverable number D2.4, IVM Report W-08/17, More information


Proceedings
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2011, Complementarities in Development, in: Proceedings of the 1st World Sustain. Forum, Sciforum Electronic Conferences Series, 2011, More information


Conference contributions
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2011, Complementarities in development, World Sustainability Forum 2011, November 1-30: E-conference at http://www.sciforum.net/conf/wsf/, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten & Christian Lutz, 2011, Accounting for global resource consumption and embodied CO2 emissions using a multi-regional input-output model, 19th Inforum World Conference, August 21 - August 28, 2011, Hazyview (South Africa)
Wiebe, Kirsten & Adriaan van Zon, 2011, Efficient development portfolio design for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ecomod 2011, June 28 - July 1, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Christian Lutz, Stefan Giljum & Martin Bruckner, 2010, Modelling consumption-based CO2-emissions and carbon leakage with the Global Resource Accounting Model GRAM, EcoMod 2010, July 7-10, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2010, Methodische Aspekte des Global Resource Accounting Modells GRAM, Hallescher Input-Output Workshop 2010, Halle Institute for Economic Reseach, Germany
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2009, Complementarity in achieving the MDGs in the SADC countries, Augustin Cournot Doctoral Days, Strasbourg


Theses
Wiebe, Kirsten, 2012, Quantitative Assessment of Sustainable Development and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, UNU-MERIT Dissertation Series # 74, Maastricht University Press, More information

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