Annekathrin Schoofs

Ms. Annekathrin Schoofs is a Researcher at RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
She joined the research group “Sustainability and Governance” at RWI’s Berlin Office in June 2014.
Her research focuses on financial development at the household level, impact evaluation, microfinance, financial education, household bargaining, decision making, and individual preferences.
She uses both experimental and non-experimental methods.
Some of her recent work includes impact evaluations of financial education provision by CARE Canada, a housing finance project by Habitat for humanity, technology-supported agricultural finance services by KCB Group and MasterCard Foundation, and testing innovative methods to improve financial access for women in cooperation with the University of Connecticut and Innovations for Poverty Action.
She has conducted her research in several sub-Saharan Africa countries, including Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
She holds a Master's in Development Finance from the University of Reading, UK.