Jeannine Hausmann studied Latin American Area Studies with focus on Political Sciences and Spanish-German translation at the University of Cologne, the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) and the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentinien). In her current profession she focuses on the new donor countries in the field of development cooperation. Jeannine Hausmann now works for the German Development Institute and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Bonn.