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
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Work
- Joanna Sophia J. Vinke, Hanneke J.C.M. Wouters, , Suzanne P. Stam, R. M. Douwes, Adrian Post, A. W. Gomes-Neto, Melanie M. van der Klauw, Stefan P. Berger, Stephan J.L. Bakker, Martin H. De Borst, Michele F. Eisenga, H. Blokzijl, C. Annema, F. A.J.A. Bodewes, M. T. de Boer, K. Damman, Martin H. De Borst, G. Dijkstra, R. M. Douwes, M. E. Erasmus, C. T. Gan, A. W. Gomes-Neto, E. Hak, B. G. Hepkema, F. Klont, T. J. Knobbe, D. Kremer, H. G.D. Leuvenink, W. S. Lexmond, V. E. de Meijer, H. G.M. Niesters, L. J. van Pelt, R. A. Pol, R. J. Porte, A. V. Ranchor, J. S.F. Sanders, J. C. Schutten, M. J. Siebelink, R. H.J.A. Slart, J. C. Swarte, D. J. Touw, M. C. van den Heuvel, C. van Leer-Buter, M. van Londen, E. A.M. Verschuuren, M. J. Vos & R. K. Weersma (2022) - Decreased haemoglobin levels are associated with lower muscle mass and strength in kidney transplant recipients - Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 13 (4), 2044-2053 - doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12999 - [link]
- 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]
- AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - On the frontlines: Peasant women and land reform struggles in the Philippines (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - yiqing Peng, Essays on Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2021) - Patterns of Autonomy and Control in Agencification of Pakistan: Perceptions of agency employees and ministry officials at the federal level (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2012) - Feminist Economics (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - AG (Geske) Dijkstra (2011) - Feminist Economics (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2007) - European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Feminist Economics (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2007) - Journal of European Social Policy (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Geske Dijkstra (2006) - Feminist Economics (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic
