Ranjula Bali Swain
Visiting teacher at Department of Economics; Affiliated researchers and teachers
- E-mail:
- ranjula.bali@nek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Biography
Ranjula Bali Swain is Research Director at Center for Sustainability Research, SIR, Stockholm School of Economics and a Professor of Economics at Södertörn University. Her research focuses on Economic Development, Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Development, Gender and Circular Economy. Bali Swain has received and led various research grants from Swedish Research Council (VR and Uforsk), Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida), Swedish Energy Agency etc. She is also affiliated to the Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. Bali Swain has worked at the International Labour Organisation, Geneva; Uppsala University and has been Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Tufts University, University of Pretoria, South Africa and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, New York, USA etc.
Publications
Selection of publications
Modeling interlinkages between sustainable development goals using network analysis
Part of World Development, 2021
Achieving sustainable development goals: predicaments and strategies
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 96-106, 2020
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Part of European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, p. 46-75, 2020
Renewable Electricity and Sustainable Development Goals in the EU
Part of World Development, 2020
Can upstream ecosystems ensure safe drinking water: Insights from Sweden
Part of Ecological Economics, 2020
Regulation, Governance and the Role of the Informal Sector in Influencing Environmental Quality?
Part of Ecological Economics, 2020
Part of Sustainable Development, p. 812-821, 2018
Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 457-470, 2017
Setting development goals using stochastic, dynamical system models
Part of Plos One, 2017
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Recent publications
Group-based financial services in the global south: Examining evidence on social efficacy
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics, p. 433-440, Routledge, 2021
Modeling interlinkages between sustainable development goals using network analysis
Part of World Development, 2021
Achieving sustainable development goals: predicaments and strategies
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 96-106, 2020
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Part of European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, p. 46-75, 2020
Does Foreign Aid Improve Gender Performance In Recipient Countries?
Part of Journal of International Development, p. 1171-1193, 2020
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All publications
Articles in journal
Modeling interlinkages between sustainable development goals using network analysis
Part of World Development, 2021
Achieving sustainable development goals: predicaments and strategies
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 96-106, 2020
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Part of European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, p. 46-75, 2020
Does Foreign Aid Improve Gender Performance In Recipient Countries?
Part of Journal of International Development, p. 1171-1193, 2020
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Renewable Electricity and Sustainable Development Goals in the EU
Part of World Development, 2020
Can upstream ecosystems ensure safe drinking water: Insights from Sweden
Part of Ecological Economics, 2020
Regulation, Governance and the Role of the Informal Sector in Influencing Environmental Quality?
Part of Ecological Economics, 2020
Income and food Engel curves in Rwanda: A household microdata analysis
Part of Agriculture and Food Economics, 2020
Part of Sustainable Development, p. 812-821, 2018
Are Microfinance Markets Monopolistic?
Part of Applied Economics, p. 1-14, 2018
Competition, performance and portfolio quality in microfinance markets
Part of European Journal of Development Research, p. 842-870, 2018
Part of Journal of Development Studies, p. 684-699, 2017
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 457-470, 2017
Setting development goals using stochastic, dynamical system models
Part of Plos One, 2017
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Growth, Water Resilience, and Sustainability: A DSGE Model Applied to South Africa
Part of Water Economics and Policy, 2016
Evaluating the Impact of Training in Self Help Groups in India
Part of European Journal of Development Research, p. 870-885, 2014
Microfinance, Vulnerability and Risk in Low Income Households
Part of International review of applied economics, p. 539-561, 2014
Interest Rates and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Global Evidence
Part of European Journal of Development Research, p. 87-106, 2014
Microfinance, Vulnerability and Poverty among Low Income Households
Part of International review of applied economics, p. 539-561, 2014
Delivery mechanisms and impact of microfinance training in indian self-help groups
Part of Journal of International Development, p. 11-21, 2013
Food Security, Gender, and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households
Part of World Development, p. 89-99, 2013
Assessing the Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability and Poverty among Low Income Households
Part of Journal of Development Studies, p. 605-618, 2012
Factors Empowering Women in Indian Self Help Group Program
Part of International review of applied economics, p. 425-444, 2012
Zambezi River Basin: A Risk Zone of Climate Change and Vulnerability
Part of New Routes, p. 17-20, 2012
Differential impact of microfinance delivery mechanism on vulnerability
Part of Applied Economics Letters, p. 721-724, 2012
Reassessing the Impact of SHG Participation with Non-experimental Approaches
Part of Economic and Political Weekly, p. 50-57, 2011
Part of Framtider, p. 9-11, 2010
Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?
Part of World Development, p. 1674-1682, 2009
Does microfinance empower women?: Evidence from self-help groups in India
Part of International review of applied economics, p. 541-556, 2009
Financial Services for low-income households
Part of Journal of Human Development, 2009
Empowering Women through Microfinance: Evidence from Self Help Groups
Part of Poverty in Focus, 2008
Access to Rural Credit in Vietnam: A Case Study of Tan Linh Commune, Ba Vi District, Ha Tay Province
Part of Review of Development and Cooperation, p. 68-86, 2008
Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
Part of African and Asian Studies, p. 191-215, 2008
Can Microfinance Empower Women? Self-Help Groups in India
Part of Dialogue, p. 61-82, 2007
The Demand and Supply of Credit for households
Part of Applied Economics, p. 2681-2692, 2007
Credit Rationing in Rural India
Part of Journal of Economic Development, p. 1-20, 2002
Part of Afraca Newsletter, 1998
Articles, review/survey
Microfinance: a Catalyst for Development at Macroeconomic Level?
Part of Finance & the Common Good/Bien Commun, p. 83-87, 2006
Books
Routledge, 2012
Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflicts in Southern Africa
Global Crisis Solutions, 2011
The democratisation of finance: future directions for microfinance
Uppsala University, Collegium for Development Studies, 2005
Chapters in book
Group-based financial services in the global south: Examining evidence on social efficacy
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics, p. 433-440, Routledge, 2021
Competition in Microfinance: Does it affect Performance, Portfolio quality and Capitalization?
Part of Microfinance Institutions: Financial and Social Performance, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Reducing Poverty and Empowering Women through Microfinance
Part of International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, p. 594-598, Edward Elgar, 2010
Financial Services for low-income households
Part of Handbook of human development and management, p. 173-205, Serials Publications, 2010
Part of Handbook of microcredit in Europe : social inclusion through microenterprise development, p. 239-246, Edward Elgar, 2009
Microfinance and Women empowerment
Part of Microfinance: Impacts and Insights, ICFAI University Press, 2007
Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues in Developing Economies
Part of Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomic Management, p. 45-68, Wisdom House, 2004
A Critical Report on the Econometric Analysis of the Prices of Food Grains in India
Part of Economic Development And Agricultural Productivity, Edward Elgar, 1997
Part of Developing Participation: Challenges for Policy and Practice in Approaches to Poverty Reduction and Democratisation, 2004
Collections (editor)
Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Region
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Manuscripts (preprints)
Monograph licentiate thesis
Reports
Does revolution change risk attitudes?: Evidence from Burkina Faso
2019
Growth. Water Resilience and Sustainability: A DSGE Model Applied to South Africa
2015
Setting Sustainable Development Goals – A Dynamical Systems approach
2014
2014
2014
Growth, Water Resilience, and Sustainability: A DSGE Model Applied to South Africa
2014
Competition, performance and portfolio quality in microfinance markets
2014
Analysing Mechanisms for Meeting Global Emissions Target - A Dynamical Systems Approach
2014
A Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling Human Development
2014
Time Investment by Parents in Cognitive and Non-cognitive Childcare Activities
2013
Delivery Mechanisms and Impact of Training through Microfinance
2011
Impact of Technological Change on the Incidence of Child Labour in the Indian Match Industry
2011
2010
Being Patient with Microfinance: The Impact of Training on Indian Self Help Groups
2010
Reducing Vulnerability through Microfinance: Evidence from Indian Self Help Group Program
2010
Microfinance ‘Plus’: The Impact of Business Training on Indian Self Help Groups
2010
The Impact of Skill Development and Human Capital Training on Self Help Groups
2009
Economic or Non-Economic Factors – What Empowers Women?
2008
Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?
2008
Effect Of Microfinance On Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk In Low Income Households
2007
Does Microfinance Empower Women?: Evidence from Self Help Groups in India
2007
2006
Evidence from Impact Assessment: Is Microfinance a Good Poverty Alleviation Strategy?
2004
Steps Towards Impact Assessment of SED Interventions on Employment, SEED, ILO
2002
Other
Part of Feminist Economics, p. 103-106, 2009