Biography
Geske Dijkstra is Professor of Governance and Global Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Geske Dijkstra published extensively on aid and debt issues, on gender equality measures, and on economic policies and economic reforms in developing countries. In the 1980s, she lived and worked several years in Central America. From 1990 onwards, she has been affiliated with several Dutch academic institutions. In these positions she combined research and teaching with carrying out studies and consultancies for organizations involved in development cooperation, such as the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is the (co-)author or (co-)editor of eight books, and author of many articles published in international journals such as Development and Change, Feminist Economics, World Development and Development Policy Review.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Professor emeritus | Policy, Politics and Society
- dijkstra@essb.eur.nl
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Not such a good bargain for (the evidence on) budget support - Development Policy Review, 39 (6), 1031-1035 - doi: 10.1111/dpr.12541
- Mark Treurniet, AS (Arjun) Bedi, Erwin Bulte, Patricio Dalton, AG (Geske) Dijkstra, Jan Willem Gunning, Wendy Janssens, Luuk van Kempen, Rob Kuijpers, Robert Lensink, Karlijn Morsink, Eleonora Nillesen, Remco Oostendorp, Menno Pradhan, Ruerd Ruben & Daan van Soest (2021) - Effectief ontwikkelingsbeleid vergt cultuur van leren en betere evaluaties - Economisch-Statistische Berichten - [link]
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Nicky Pouw, Introduction to Gender and Wellbeing in Microeconomics (book review) - Feminist Economics, 27 (3), 221-224 - doi: 10.1080/13545701.2021.1883702
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra, Martin Caldeyro, M Kappler & Leszek Kasprowicz (2021) - Evaluation of EU budget support to Rwanda (2011-2018), final report, volume II
- ME Villalba Ferreira, Geske Dijkstra, L Quadros Aniche & P (Peter) Scholten (2020) - Towards a typology of intermunicipal cooperation in emerging metropolitan regions: A case study in the solid waste management sector in Ecuador - Cogent Social Sciences, 6 (1), 1-21 - doi: 10.1080/23311886.2020.1757185 - [link]
- C Herrera, Geske Dijkstra & R Ruben (2019) - Gender segregation and income differences in Nicaragua - Feminist Economics, 25 (3), 144-170 - doi: 10.1080/13545701.2019.1567931 - [link]
- Hanneke Weststrate, Alberto Gianoli, Jasper Eshuis, Geske Dijkstra, IG Cossa & M Rusca (2019) - The regulation of onsite sanitation in Maputo, Mozambique - Utilities Policy, 61 (December), 1-9 - doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2019.100968 - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra (2018) - The role of regulation in preventing and solving Africa’s next debt crisis
- Geske Dijkstra (2018) - Slutreplik: Rapporten om budgetstöd är baserad på fakta (Response: Report on budget support is based on facts) - Unknown - [link]
- Hanneke Weststrate, Geske Dijkstra, Jasper Eshuis, Alberto Gianoli & M Rusca (2018) - The Sustainable Development Goal on Water and Sanitation: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals - Social Indicators Research, 143 (2), 795-810 - doi: 10.1007/s11205-018-1965-5 - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra & Stijn Daenekindt (2018) - Corruption and the public opinion on foreign aid
- C Herrera, R Ruben & Geske Dijkstra (2018) - Climate variability and vulnerability to poverty in Nicaragua - Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 7 (3), 324-344 - doi: 10.1080/21606544.2018.1433070 - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra (2018) - Budget support, Poverty and Corruption: A Review of the Evidence - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra (2018) - Effectivits att ge bistand som et stod till landets budget (It is effective to give development aid to support the budget of a country) - Dagens Nyheter, (15-10-2018), 5 - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra (2017) - Aid and good governance: Examining aggregate unintended effects of aid - Evaluation & Program Planning, 68 (June), 225-232 - doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.09.004 - [link]
- Geske Dijkstra, Henk Klaassen & Peter Marks (2017) - Klaar is Kees
- Geske Dijkstra (2017) - Nederland en de wereld van het grote geld: Weinig beweging in de internationale financiele architectuur
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level
- Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
4.3P Prof. Development Part II
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level
- Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
4.3 Master's thesis/Final Res. Proj. IMP
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level
- Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
4.2C Int. Organisations and Development
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level
- Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
2.5 Global Development Issues
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level
- Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal)
- Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal)
