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Working Papers

2023

  1. Are Vaccination Campaigns Misinformed ? Experimental Evidence from COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  2. The Evolution of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Survey Data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  3. Too Rare to Dare ? Leveraging Household Surveys to Boost Research on Climate Migration
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2022

  1. From Necessity to Opportunity: Lessons for Integrating Phone and In-Person Data Collection for Agricultural Statistics in a Post-Pandemic World
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2022) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Measuring Land Tenure at the Individual Level: Lessons from Methodological Research in Armenia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  4. Turning COVID-19 Vaccines into Vaccinations: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2021

  1. Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Six National Phone Surveys
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
  2. Agricultural Data Collection to Minimize Measurement Error and Maximize Coverage
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Impact of COVID-19 on Learning
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads
  4. The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
    See also Journal Article The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2023) Downloads (2023)

2020

  1. Recall Length and Measurement Error in Agricultural Surveys
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Recall length and measurement error in agricultural surveys, Food Policy, Elsevier (2021) Downloads View citations (16) (2021)

2018

  1. Livestock Ownership and Child Nutrition in Uganda: Evidence from a Panel Survey
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads

2017

  1. Food Counts. Measuring Food Consumption And Expenditures In Household Consumption And Expenditure Surveys (HCES)
    2017 International Congress, August 28-September 1, 2017, Parma, Italy, European Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (39)

2016

  1. Cheaper, faster, and more than good enough: is GPS the new gold standard in land area measurement ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (12)

2015

  1. Welcome to Fantasyland: Comparing Approaches To Land Area Measurement In Household Surveys
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (1)

2014

  1. Does livestock ownership affect animal source foods consumption and child nutritional status ? evidence from rural Uganda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) Downloads View citations (29) (2015)
  2. Income diversification patterns in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: reassessing the evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (21)
  3. Investing in the Livestock Sector: Why Good Numbers Matter, A Sourcebook for Decision Makers on How to Improve Livestock Data
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (9)
  4. Milking the data: measuring income from milk production in extensive livestock systems -- experimental evidence from Niger
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2013

  1. Missing(ness) in action: selectivity bias in GPS-based land area measurements
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Missing(ness) in Action: Selectivity Bias in GPS-Based Land Area Measurements, World Development, Elsevier (2017) Downloads View citations (14) (2017)

2012

  1. Livestock and Livelihoods in Rural Tanzania: A Descriptive Analysis of the 2009 National Panel Survey
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (13)

2011

  1. Fact or artefact: the impact of measurement errors on the farm size - productivity relationship
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Fact or artifact: The impact of measurement errors on the farm size–productivity relationship, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) Downloads View citations (205) (2013)
  2. Livestock Assets, Livestock Income and Rural Households: Cross-Country Evidence from Household Surveys
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2011) Downloads View citations (16)
  3. Measuring the Contribution of Livestock to Household Livelihoods: A Livestock Module for Multi-topic Household Surveys
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (1)

2009

  1. A profile of the rural poor
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. The Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (53)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2008) Downloads View citations (51)
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2008) Downloads View citations (54)

2008

  1. Does Urban Agriculture Enhance Dietary Diversity? Empirical Evidence from a Sample of Developing Countries
    2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium, European Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2008) Downloads View citations (4)

    See also Journal Article Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross‐Country Comparison using Microeconomic Data, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2010) Downloads View citations (25) (2010)
  3. Wage inequality in international perspective. Effects of location, sector, and gender
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) Downloads View citations (15)

2007

  1. Investing back home: return migration and business ownership in Albania
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) Downloads View citations (23)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) Downloads View citations (26)
  2. Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions: A Cross Country Comparison
    106th Seminar, October 25-27, 2007, Montpellier, France, European Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2007) Downloads View citations (16)
  3. Rural Income Generating Activities: A Cross Country Comparison
    106th Seminar, October 25-27, 2007, Montpellier, France, European Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (44)
    Also in Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2007) Downloads View citations (36)
  4. Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2007) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam, World Development, Elsevier (2009) Downloads View citations (5) (2009)
  5. The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming
    103rd Seminar, April 23-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) Downloads View citations (10)

    See also Journal Article The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) Downloads View citations (27) (2010)

2006

  1. Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose: Migration and Labor Choice in Albania
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2006) Downloads View citations (4)
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2006) Downloads View citations (4)

2005

  1. Monitoring Poverty without Consumption Data: An application using the Albania panel survey
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2005) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article Monitoring Poverty Without Consumption Data: An Application Using the Albania Panel Survey, Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) Downloads View citations (9) (2006)
  2. Moving Away from Poverty: A spatial analysis of poverty and migration in Albania
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (13)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2005) Downloads View citations (13)

2004

  1. Being Poor, Feeling Poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2004) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Being poor, feeling poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) Downloads View citations (18) (2006)
  2. Internal Mobility and International Migration in Albania
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (37)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2004) Downloads View citations (23)

2003

  1. A Conceptual Framework for National Agricultural, Rural Development, and Food Security Strategies and Policies
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2003) Downloads View citations (15)

2002

  1. Meso-economic filters along the policy chain: understanding the links between policy reforms and rural poverty in latin America
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) Downloads View citations (17)
    Also in Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2001) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the Links Between Policy Reforms and Rural Poverty in Latin America, World Development, Elsevier (2002) Downloads View citations (18) (2002)
  2. Socioeconomic Policies and Food Security
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) Downloads

Journal Articles

2023

  1. From necessity to opportunity: lessons for integrating phone and in-person data collection
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 50, (4), 1364-1400 Downloads
  2. The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37, (1), 93-111 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) Downloads (2021)

2022

  1. Measure for Measure: Comparing Survey Based Estimates of Income and Consumption for Rural Households
    (Obtaining Useful Data on Household Incomes from Surveys)
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2022, 37, (1), 1-38 Downloads View citations (2)

2021

  1. Recall length and measurement error in agricultural surveys
    Food Policy, 2021, 100, (C) Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Recall Length and Measurement Error in Agricultural Surveys, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) Downloads View citations (2) (2020)
  2. Viewpoint: High-frequency phone surveys on COVID-19: Good practices, open questions
    Food Policy, 2021, 105, (C) Downloads View citations (8)

2017

  1. Are African households (not) leaving agriculture? Patterns of households’ income sources in rural Sub-Saharan Africa
    Food Policy, 2017, 67, (C), 153-174 Downloads View citations (81)
  2. Food counts. Measuring food consumption and expenditures in household consumption and expenditure surveys (HCES). Introduction to the special issue
    Food Policy, 2017, 72, (C), 1-6 Downloads View citations (38)
  3. Missing(ness) in Action: Selectivity Bias in GPS-Based Land Area Measurements
    World Development, 2017, 92, (C), 143-157 Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Missing(ness) in action: selectivity bias in GPS-based land area measurements, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads View citations (7) (2013)

2016

  1. Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger
    Food Policy, 2016, 59, (C), 174-186 Downloads View citations (4)

2015

  1. Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda
    Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (8), 1034-1059 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Does livestock ownership affect animal source foods consumption and child nutritional status ? evidence from rural Uganda, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) Downloads View citations (5) (2014)
  2. Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status: Introduction to the Special Issue
    Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (8), 945-957 Downloads View citations (69)
  3. Livestock in the Household Economy: Cross-Country Evidence from Microeconomic Data
    Development Policy Review, 2015, 33, (1), 61-81 Downloads View citations (6)

2013

  1. Fact or artifact: The impact of measurement errors on the farm size–productivity relationship
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 103, (C), 254-261 Downloads View citations (205)
    See also Working Paper Fact or artefact: the impact of measurement errors on the farm size - productivity relationship, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) Downloads View citations (24) (2011)

2011

  1. Assessing the impact of migration on food and nutrition security
    Food Policy, 2011, 36, (1), 1-6 Downloads View citations (36)
  2. International migration and nutritional outcomes in Tajikistan
    Food Policy, 2011, 36, (1), 54-70 Downloads View citations (30)
  3. Rural Household Access to Assets and Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2011, 23, (4), 569-597 Downloads View citations (7)

2010

  1. A Cross-Country Comparison of Rural Income Generating Activities
    World Development, 2010, 38, (1), 48-63 Downloads View citations (133)
  2. Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross‐Country Comparison using Microeconomic Data
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 61, (3), 628-651 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data, Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (4) (2008)
  3. The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming
    Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46, (1), 140-161 Downloads View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming, 103rd Seminar, April 23-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain (2007) Downloads View citations (5) (2007)
  4. Urban agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of developing countries
    Food Policy, 2010, 35, (4), 265-273 Downloads View citations (113)

2009

  1. Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
    World Development, 2009, 37, (9), 1435-1452 Downloads View citations (91)
  2. Investing back home Return migration and business ownership in Albania1
    The Economics of Transition, 2009, 17, (3), 587-623 Downloads View citations (29)
  3. Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam
    World Development, 2009, 37, (7), 1297-1306 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam, Working Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (2) (2007)

2007

  1. Rural income generating activities in developing countries: re-assessing the evidence
    The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2007, 4, (1), 146-193 Downloads View citations (23)

2006

  1. Being poor, feeling poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania
    Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (5), 739-760 Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Being Poor, Feeling Poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania, Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (4) (2004)
  2. Monitoring Poverty Without Consumption Data: An Application Using the Albania Panel Survey
    Eastern European Economics, 2006, 44, (1), 59-82 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Monitoring Poverty without Consumption Data: An application using the Albania panel survey, Working Papers (2005) Downloads View citations (5) (2005)

2002

  1. Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the Links Between Policy Reforms and Rural Poverty in Latin America
    World Development, 2002, 30, (11), 1865-1884 Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Meso-economic filters along the policy chain: understanding the links between policy reforms and rural poverty in latin America, ESA Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (17) (2002)

Books

2016

  1. National Socioeconomic Surveys in Forestry
    World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (4)

Chapters

2020

  1. Urban agriculture in low-income and middle-income countries
    Chapter 12 in Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South, 2020, pp 233-260 Downloads
 
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