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Alisa Kaps, born 1991 in Idar-Oberstein, has been employed at Berlin Institute since November 2016. She studied Human Geography at Goethe-University Frankfurt / Main and Lund University (Sweden) and earned a master’s degree in Geography from Salzburg University focusing on „Geographies of Uneven Development“. At the Berlin-Institute she mainly works on demographic challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Selected Publications

Aresin, J., Carrasco Heiermann, A., Klingholz, R., Kaps, A. (2019). Europa als Ziel? Die Zukunft der globalen Migration. Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, Berlin.

Kaps, A., Schewe, A.-K., Klingholz, R. (2019). Africa’s Demographic Trailblazers. How falling fertility rates accelerate development. Berlin.

Kaps, A., Dangelmaier, U., Domnick, C. (2018): Äthiopien - Vom Hungerland zum Hoffnungsträger. In: KfW Research Volkswirtschaft kompakt, Nr. 169, 29. November 2018.

Kaps, A., Reinig, A., Klingholz, R. (2018). From Land of Famine to Land of Hope - Will Ethiopia Become a Model for an African Upswing? Berlin.

Kaps, A., Reinig, A., Müller, R. und Klingholz, R. (2017). Education first! Bildung entscheidet über die Zukunft Sahel-Afrikas. Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, Berlin.

Klingholz, R., Kaps, A. (2017). Preventing a lost generation. The role of education in crisis situations. Written for the KfW Development Bank, Materials on Development Financing, No. 10, August 31, 2017.

Klingholz, R., Kaps, A. (2017). Eine verlorene Generation vermeiden. Was Bildung in Krisensituationen leisten kann. Policy Paper im Auftrag der KfW Entwicklungsbank, erschienen in: Materialen zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung, Nr. 10, 31. August 2017.

Sievert, S., Neubecker, N., Klingholz, R. et. al. (2017). Europe’s Demographic Future. Where the Regions Are Heading after a Decade of Crises. Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, Berlin.

Sievert, S., Neubecker, N., Klingholz, R. et. al. (2017). Europas demografische Zukunft. Wie sich die Regionen nach einem Jahrzehnt der Krisen entwickeln. Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, Berlin.

Klingholz, R., Kaps, A. (2017). Higher economic growth and lower population growth. Why school attendance is so important for girls. Written for the KfW Development Bank, Materials on Development Financing, No. 8, April 04, 2017.

Klingholz, R., Kaps, A. (2017). Höheres Wirtschaftswachstum und geringeres Bevölkerungswachstum. Warum der Schulbesuch von Mädchen so wichtig ist. Policy Paper im Auftrag der KfW Entwicklungsbank, erschienen in: Materialen zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung, Nr. 8, 04. April 2017.

Destination Europe?

The future of global migration

Africa’s Demographic Trailblazers

How falling fertility rates accelerate development

From Land of Famine to Land of Hope

Will Ethiopia Become a Model for an African Upswing?

Food, Jobs and Sustainability

What African Agriculture Needs to Achieve

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