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Working Papers

2023

1. 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

2. The economics of malnutrition: Dietary transition and food system transformation
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (7)

2018

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. West African Experience with the World Rice Crisis, 2007-2008- Working Paper 242
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)

2010

7. 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
8. 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

9. Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
   Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (15)

2003

10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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

14. 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)
15. 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)
16. Political Conditions and Currency Crises: Empirical Regularities in Emerging Markets
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (8)

2001

17. 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)
18. 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

19. Does Africa Grow Differently?
    Working Papers, Bell Communications - Economic Research Group View citations (2)
    Also in Equity and Growth through Economic Research, EAGER Publication/BHM (1999) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Does Africa grow differently?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (26) (2001)

1995

20. 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

1. 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

2. Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries
   Food Policy, 2021, 99, (C) View citations (19)

2018

3. Political institutions and economic growth in Africa’s ‘Renaissance’
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70, (2), 327-352 View citations (1)

2016

4. 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

5. 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

6. Book Reviews
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 475 - 477
7. The New Institutionalism and Africa
   Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (4), 499-522 View citations (41)

2012

8. 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

9. Political Institutions and Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 93, (2), 317-323 View citations (9)

2009

10. 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
11. 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

12. Maternal nutrition knowledge versus schooling as determinants of child micronutrient status
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2007, 59, (2), 330-353 View citations (20)

2006

13. Elections, Opportunism, Partisanship and Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries
    Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10, (1), 154-170 View citations (22)

2005

14. 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

15. Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia's crisis
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (1), 21-44 View citations (93)
16. 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)
17. Nutrition Information and Formal Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (4), 801-20 View citations (32)
18. 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

19. 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
20. 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)
21. Political conditions and currency crises in emerging markets
    Emerging Markets Review, 2003, 4, (3), 287-309 View citations (11)

2002

22. Political business cycles, democratization, and economic reform: the case of Africa
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 67, (1), 205-228 View citations (140)

2001

23. Does Africa grow differently?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 65, (2), 443-467 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Does Africa Grow Differently?, Working Papers (1999) View citations (2) (1999)
24. The dynamics of livelihood diversification in post-famine Ethiopia
    Food Policy, 2001, 26, (4), 333-350 View citations (88)

1999

25. Agriculture and economic growth in Ethiopia: growth multipliers from a four-sector simulation model
    Agricultural Economics, 1999, 20, (3), 241-252 View citations (21)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1999, 20, (3), 241-252 (1999) View citations (5)
26. 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

27. The recovery of agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
    Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 385-405 View citations (28)

1994

28. 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

1. 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)