Axel Jonas Halbach

Axel Jonas Halbach (18 March 1934 – 12 December 2022) was a German economist, development cooperation expert, writer, poet, and painter. He worked for the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich for more than three decades, contributing to development policy and publishing widely in the Afrika-Studien series. In addition to his academic career, Halbach wrote Karl May–inspired adventure novels, composed poetry, and exhibited his paintings in Germany.

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