Marijke Verpoorten is a researcher and professor at the

University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stud ...

. She received a PhD in

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

from the University of Leuven. Her research has focused on

development economics Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural ...

, economic causes of armed conflicts, global supply chains, natural resources and religion, particular in Rwanda,

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

and the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. She also teaches economic and institutional development at the Catholic University of

Bukavu Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu pro ...

and development economics at the African school of Economics in Benin. Verpoorten is affiliated with the following groups: LICOS, EUDN, NEPS, Annuaire des Grands Lacs, and Journal of Peace Science. Verpoorten began her work on Rwanda in 2002 by collecting household data in

Gikongoro Gikongoro is a city in Nyamagabe district, Southern Province, Rwanda. It was previously part of Gikongoro Province, which has been disestablished. Gikongoro province was founded by the newly independent Rwandan state shortly after it gained fre ...

and

Gitarama Muhanga (former Gitarama, renamed in 2006) is a city in Rwanda, in the Muhanga District, in Southern Province. The city is above sea level. Though officially part of the Southern Province, Muhanga is geographically in central Rwanda, approxi ...

. Part of this early work was published in a paper concerning the estimation of the death toll in Gikingoro during the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed H ...

. She had published on many topics pertaining to Rwanda, including its coffee sector, the impact of the Rwandan armed conflict on education and post-War recovery. Verpoorten wrote her dissertation, “Conflict and Survival: an Analysis of Shocks, Coping Strategies and Economic Mobility in Rwanda” from 1990-2002. It studied post war Rwanda. It also studied how war affects education. She has also written about fisheries in Benin. She also studied food safety standards in Benin. Benin was banned to export to the EU due to breaking food safety laws. She studied how this impacted the EU market.

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