Markus holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. During his studies, he researched the empirical relation between multilateral aid flows and recipient countries’ public finance quality, as well as the economic theory of a social business capital market. He joined CMF as a Research Associate in July 2010 and is currently working on a randomized evaluation of a microfinance program in rural Tamil Nadu.

E-mail address: markus.gstoettner@ifmr.ac.in