Theo Rauch

Theo Rauch (* July 17, 1945) in Munich) is a graduate economist, holds a doctorate in economic and social geography (Dr. rer. nat.) and is an extracurricular Professor at the Center for Research on Developing Countries at the Geographical Institute of the FU Berlin. For many years he worked for the GTZ and other development aid organizations. As part of his development work, he dealt with the topic of regional economic development and rural structural change. As a “border crosser” between science and practice, his main concern is a development policy practice that is more strongly based on development theory and theory development that is influenced by practical experience. Theo Rauch, "Welt-Sichten", Magazin für globale Entwicklung und ökumenische Zusammenarbeit, accessed: 6 April 2023Author profile: Theo Rauch (Berlin), ‚“ipg -, International Politics and Society“ (Bonn), 2023Zu den Autorinnen und Autoren: Theo Rauch, 'Peripherie', Budrich-Journals, S. 553, accessed: 6 April 2023.
==Profession and career==
From 2001 to 2011 he worked as a freelance expert and lecturer on development policy, rural development, decentralization for GTZ, DED, Welthungerhilfe, :de:Misereor and the Department for International Development (DFID) based in London. During these years he wrote the textbook Africa in the Process of Globalization (2008) and a practice-oriented textbook Development Policy – Theories, Strategies, Instruments (2009).Mitglieder der Expert/ expert commission on the future of the EU. Heinrich Böll Foundation, March 18, 2011, short CVs, retrieved on April 6, 2023.
Another central subject of his work were retrospective analyzes / "Lessons Learned" studies on Africa, development policy, development theories, rural development, smallholders under the motto "continuity and change". The study on the processes of change in the NW province of Zambia, which was written together with his wife Maria Tekülve on a review trip "25 years later" (2015), received particular attention in the professional world.Maria Tekülve & Theo Rauch: "Alles neu, neu, neu! in Afrika: Vier Jahrzehnte Kontinuität und Wandel in der sambischen Provinz." Verlag: Hans Schiler, 2017, 280 S., ISBN-10‏:‎ 389930120X
==Research focus==
The current work and research focus of Theo Rauch is in the fields of Development studies, development theory, rural development and migration with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Development expert Theo Rauch: regulate migration acceptable for everyone, "ExtremNews", 10 December 2018, accessed: 6 April 2023.
==Publications (selection)==
* Entwicklungspolitik. Theorien, Strategien, Instrumente. Braunschweig (Westermann) (2009)
* Afrika im Prozess der Globalisierung. Braunschweig (Westermann – Diercke Spezial) (2007)
* Ländliche Regionalentwicklung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Weltmarkt, Staatsmacht und kleinbäuerlichen Strategien. Saarbrücken (1996)
* Das nigerianische Industrialisierungsmuster und seine Implikationen für die Entwicklung peripherer Räume. Ein Beitrag zur Erklärung der Raumstruktur in peripher-kapitalistischen Ökonomien. Hamburg (Hamburger Beiträge zur Afrika-Kunde) (1981)
* with Maria Tekülve: Alles neu, neu, neu! in Afrika. Vier Jahrzehnte Kontinuität und Wandel in der sambischen Provinz. Berlin / Tübingen (Schiler-Verlag) (2017) 
* with David Kersting: Agrardienstleistungen für Ernährungssicherung und nachhaltiges Bodenmanagement. Berlin (IASS Potsdam / TMH Think Tank (2016)...
* with Matthias Bartels und Albert Engel: Regional Rural Development. A regional response to rural poverty (GTZ). (2001)...
Category:1945 births
Category:People from Munich	
Category:German people
Category:Economists