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Working Papers
2023
- Accounting for dietary deprivations in rural Africa: Poor households, poor farms or poor food environments?
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2022
- The economics of malnutrition: Dietary transition and food system transformation
Papers, arXiv.org View citations (7)
2018
- Why are nutritious foods so expensive? Economic development and the cost of nutritious diets
2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2017
- Farm production, child dietary intake and household wealth: Results from a nationally-representative survey in Nepal
2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2016
- Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal
Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (28)
Also in 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2016) View citations (28)
See also Journal Article Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
2011
- West African Experience with the World Rice Crisis, 2007-2008- Working Paper 242
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)
2010
- Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results
2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
- The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1961
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
See also Chapter The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1961, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
2009
- Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (15)
2003
- DEMOCRACY’S SPREAD: Elections and Sovereign Debt in Developing Countries
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)
- Democratization’s Risk Premium: Partisan and Opportunistic Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)
- Nutrition Knowledge and Parental Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition in the Long and Short Run
Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy View citations (8)
- Nutrition Knowledge, Household Coping, and the Demand for Micronutrient-Rich Foods
Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy View citations (1)
2002
- Did Indonesia's Cries of 1997/98 Affect Child Nutrition? A Cohort Decomposition Analysis of National Nutrition Surveillance Data
Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy View citations (8)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2002) View citations (3)
- Nutrition Knowledge Versus Schooling in the Demand for Child Micronutrient Status
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (7)
Also in Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (2002) View citations (7)
- Political Conditions and Currency Crises: Empirical Regularities in Emerging Markets
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (8)
2001
- Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2003) View citations (30) (2003)
- The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (3)
See also Journal Article The price of democracy: sovereign risk ratings, bond spreads and political business cycles in developing countries, Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier (2004) View citations (92) (2004)
1999
- Does Africa Grow Differently?
Equity and Growth through Economic Research, EAGER Publication/BHM View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, Bell Communications - Economic Research Group (1999) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Does Africa grow differently?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (26) (2001)
1995
- Agriculture and Economic Growth: Conceptual Issues and the Keynian Experience
Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (3)
Also in Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1994) View citations (16) Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1994) View citations (16)
Journal Articles
2022
- Heat shocks, maize yields, and child height in Tanzania
Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2022, 14, (1), 93-109 View citations (1)
2021
- Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries
Food Policy, 2021, 99, (C) View citations (19)
2018
- Political institutions and economic growth in Africa’s ‘Renaissance’
Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70, (2), 327-352 View citations (1)
2016
- Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal
Economics & Human Biology, 2016, 23, (C), 63-75 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
2014
- The post-independence decline and rise of crop productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: measurement and explanations
Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66, (2), 373-396 View citations (11)
2013
- Book Reviews
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 475 - 477
- The New Institutionalism and Africa
Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (4), 499-522 View citations (41)
2012
- Does Child Undernutrition Persist Despite Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries? Quantile Regression Results
Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (12), 1699-1715 View citations (8)
2010
- Political Institutions and Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 93, (2), 317-323 View citations (9)
2009
- A. Bhargava, Food, Economics and Health, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK (2008) 221 pp., ISBN 978-0-19-926914
Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (1), 128-129
- Up in Smoke: Tobacco Use, Expenditure on Food, and Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 58, (1), 1-23 View citations (8)
2007
- Maternal nutrition knowledge versus schooling as determinants of child micronutrient status
Oxford Economic Papers, 2007, 59, (2), 330-353 View citations (20)
2006
- Elections, Opportunism, Partisanship and Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries
Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10, (1), 154-170 View citations (22)
2005
- Counting the investor vote: political business cycle effects on sovereign bond spreads in developing countries
Journal of International Business Studies, 2005, 36, (1), 62-88 View citations (32)
2004
- Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia's crisis
Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (1), 21-44 View citations (92)
- Maternal Nutrition Knowledge and the Demand for Micronutrient-Rich Foods: Evidence from Indonesia
Journal of Development Studies, 2004, 40, (6), 82-105 View citations (12)
- Nutrition Information and Formal Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (4), 801-20 View citations (32)
- The price of democracy: sovereign risk ratings, bond spreads and political business cycles in developing countries
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2004, 23, (6), 917-946 View citations (92)
See also Working Paper The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries, CID Working Papers (2001) View citations (3) (2001)
2003
- From Crisis to Growth in Africa?: By Mats Lundahl (ed.), London: Routledge Press, 2001, pp. 304. Price: [UK pound]60
Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 72, (1), 417-420
- Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa
Journal of African Economies, 2003, 12, (3), 444-468 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa, CID Working Papers (2001) View citations (3) (2001)
- Political conditions and currency crises in emerging markets
Emerging Markets Review, 2003, 4, (3), 287-309 View citations (11)
2002
- Political business cycles, democratization, and economic reform: the case of Africa
Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 67, (1), 205-228 View citations (140)
2001
- Does Africa grow differently?
Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 65, (2), 443-467 View citations (26)
See also Working Paper Does Africa Grow Differently?, Equity and Growth through Economic Research (1999) View citations (2) (1999)
- The dynamics of livelihood diversification in post-famine Ethiopia
Food Policy, 2001, 26, (4), 333-350 View citations (88)
1999
- Agriculture and economic growth in Ethiopia: growth multipliers from a four-sector simulation model
Agricultural Economics, 1999, 20, (3), 241-252 View citations (20)
Also in Agricultural Economics, 1999, 20, (3), 241-252 (1999) View citations (4)
- Eicher, Carl K., and John M. Staatz, eds. International Agricultural Development. Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 615 pp., $65.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 81, (3), 747-749
1995
- The recovery of agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 385-405 View citations (28)
1994
- A New View of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994, 76, (3), 619-624 View citations (24)
Chapters
2014
- The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1961
A chapter in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth, 2014, pp 13-67 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1961, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (21) (2010)
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