List of Accepted Papers

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 4 Knight, J B China, South Africa and the Lewis model.
 5 Moradi, A Towards an Objective Account of Nutrition and Health in Colonial Kenya: A Study of Stature in African Army Recruits and Civilians, 1880-1980.
 6 Campos, N ; Saleh, A Whither corruption? A meta-regression analysis study .
 9 Kaminski, J ; Thomas, A Cotton Reform and Cotton Boost: an Empirical Analysis in Burkina Faso
 12 Baez, J E Civil Wars beyond their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees.
 13 Fissuh, E ; Harris, M N ; Serieux, J Measuring The Attributes Of Poverty And Its “Residual Persistence” In Eritrea.
 19 Kessy, P J Bank Efficiency and Economic Growth: The Case of East African Community (EAC) Countries.
 20 Mugume, A Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in Ugandan Manufacturing: A Firm-Level Analysis.
 21 Nyangena, W ; Kohlin, G Economic Assessment of Soil and Water Conservation Investments: An application to crop yield in Kenya
 23 Fedderke, J W ; Kularatne, C A Theoretical Diagnostic for the Characterization of Conflict Forms.
 25 Kijima, Y ; Otsuka, K ; Sserunkuuma, D New Technology and Emergence of Markets: Evidence from NERICA rice in Uganda.
 39 Garner, P Regional Leaders and Patterns of Development.
 40 Armah, S E Explaining Ghana’s Good Cocoa Karma: A Smuggling-Incentive Reversal Argument.
 41 Ngianga-Bakwin , K ; Fahrmeir, L ; Klasen, S ; Priebe, J Geo-additive models of Childhood Undernutrition in three Sub-Saharan African Countries.
 42 Kilimani, N The Impact of Uganda’s Trade Liberalisation Policy on Economic Growth.
 44 Demuynck, T ; Schollaert, A Agricultural commodity prices and the persistence of civil conflict: a general equilibrium model.
 46 Bleaney, M ; Francisco, M Real Exchange Rate Volatility: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?.
 47 Aker, J C Does Digital Divide or Provide? The Impact of Cell Phones on Grain Markets in Niger..
 48 Depetris Chauvin, N ; Kraay, A What Has 100 Billion Dollars Worth of Debt Relief Done for Low Income Countries?.
 49 Boly, A ; Armantier, O Can Corruption Be Studied in the Lab? Comparing a Field and a Lab Experiment.
 51 Aron, J ; Muellbauer, J Transparency, Credibility and Predictability of Monetary Policy under Inflation Targeting in South Africa.
 56 Delavande, A ; Kolher, H Subjective Expectations about Mortality in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Malawi.
 58 Sarracino, F Subjective well-being in Low Income Countries: positional, relational and social capital components.
 60 Naudé, W A ; Rossouw, R Export Diversification and Specialization in South Africa: Extent and Impact.
 61 Fukunishi, T Has Low Productivity Constrained Competitiveness of African Firms?: Inter-Regional Comparison of Productive Efficiency and Competitiveness of Garment Firms..
 65 Dehejia, R ; Gatti, R ; Beegle, K Work And Marriage: Child Labor, Marriage Matches, And Bride Prices In Rural Tanzania.
 66 Pan, L Pooling Data in Poverty Mapping.
 67 Van der Windt, P C ; Schaling, E ; Huizinga, H P Capital Controls and Foreign Investor Subsidies Implicit in South Africa's Dual Exchange Rate System.
 68 Dimova, R ; Nodrman, C ; Roubaud, F Allocation of Labour in Urban West Africa. Implication for Development Policies.
 72 Creamer, K ; Rankin, N Price Setting Behaviour in South Africa – Analysis of Consumer and Producer Price Microdata.
 73 Sanda, A U ; Garba, T ; Mikailu, A S Board Independence And Firm Financial Performance: Evidence From Nigeria.
 84 Njikam, O ; Cockburn, J Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Cameroon
 90 Siba, E G Determinants of Institutional Quality in Subsaharan Africa.
 99 Epaphra, M Revenue Implications Of Trade Liberalization, Tax Rates And Tax Evasion: Tanzania’s Experience
 101 Kahyarara, G W ; Teal, F J The returns to vocational and academic education and on-the-job training:
 107 Fiandeiro, M F ; Rankin, N A Trade liberalisation and wages in South African manufacturing..
 109 Mussa, R Impact of fertility on poverty in Malawi: Evidence from a natural experiment
 111 Johnson, S ; Nino-Zarazua, M Financial sector development in East Africa: the determinants of access and exclusion in Kenya and Uganda.
 112 Agu, C What Does the Central Bank of Nigeria Target? An Analysis of Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Nigeria.
 115 LeMay, P Inside Beninese Households: How Spouses Manage their Personal Income..
 116 Herrera, J ; Merceron, S Overeducation and Undereducation in Sub-Saharan Africa
 117 Auty, R M Rent, Ethnicity, Ideology and Political Incentives: Algeria, Nigeria and Indonesia.
 118 Steinbuks, J Financial Constraints and Firms' Investment in Public Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
 122 Akpalu, W ; Martinsson, P Ostracism and common pool resource management: .
 129 Chiripanhura, B M The rural labour market and livelihood diversification under crisis conditions in Zimbabwe: Evidence from three districts.
 133 Chavas, J ; Di Falco, S Complementarity, Convexity and the Productive Value of Crop Biodiversity in the Highlands of Ethiopia.
 135 Agaje, T - Growth linkages and policy reforms in a village economy in Ethiopia: An analysis of interactions using a social accounting matrix (SAM) framework.
 137 Njong, A M Multidimensional Spatial Poverty Comparisons In Cameroon: A Robust Analysis Using Stochastic Dominance Tests
 141 Calderon, C A ; Serven, L Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 144 Muto, M Impacts of mobile phone coverage expansion on market participation: panel data evidence from Uganda.
 148 Ighodaro, C A Infrastructure and Agricultural Development in Nigeria
 150 Shiferaw, A ; Abtew, A The Creation and Destruction of Jobs in Ethiopian Manufacturing.
 151 Burger, R ; Owens, T Dishonesty in the charitable sector..
 152 Barr, A ; Serneels, P Reciprocity, productivity and wages.
 154 Hisali, E The Efficacy of Central Bank Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market: Uganda's Experience.
 155 Fox, S On the Origins and Consequences of Slums.
 156 Morrissey, O ; Jones, C African Trade Policy in the 1990s: Political Economy or Technocratic Reforms?.
 164 Were, M Earnings and Export-Orientation of Firms: The Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya
 167 Oseni, G ; Winters, P Rural Nonfarm Activities And Schooling Outcomes In Nigeria.
 169 Kaminski, J Wealth, Living Standards and Perceptions in a Cotton Economy: Evidence from the Cotton Reform in Burkina Faso
 171 Bhalotra, S ; Rawlings, S B The Intergenerational Transmission of Health: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
 174 He, Y ; Djiofack-Zebaze , C Impact of China’s exports on African Trade Performance.
 175 Bowden, S ; Mosley, P Poverty dynamics in six African countries: a long-period interpretation.
 176 Nordman, C J ; Robilliard, A ; Roubaud, F Decomposing Gender and Ethnic Earning Gaps in Seven West African Cities.
 177 Muthoora, P The Macroeconomic and welfare implications of public spending choices: A CGE analysis for Madagascar.
 179 Cogneau, D ; Jedwab, R Parental Income and Children Outcomes: The Impact of Cocoa Price Shocks in Côte d'Ivoire.
 183 Blunch, N Religion and Human Capital in Ghana.
 184 Blunch, N Human Capital, Religion and Contraceptive Use in Ghana.
 194 Volkerink, B Tax Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A survey of issues for a number of countries.
 195 Makaudze, E M Using Remotely Sensed VCI to investigate the feasibility of Drought Insurance Scheme for Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe.
 196 Rattsø, J ; Stokke, H Trade barriers to growth in South Africa: Endogenous investment-productivity-trade interaction.
 202 Di Falco, S ; Köhlin, G ; Yesuf, M Adaptation to Climatic Variability and the Implications for Productivity and Risk Management in the Nile Basin, Ethiopia.
 203 Suzuki, A ; Sexton, R J ; Jarvis, L S Rejection of Purchase: An Empirical Study on Contract Farming in the Pineapple Industry in Ghana.
 204 Delpierre, M Mutual insurance and non cooperative migration choices.
 205 Adewole, M A A Model Of Political Selection For Economic Development In Africa.
 207 Uneze, E F The IDA Aid, Policies and Economic Growth in West Africa
 209 Byiers, B I Firm Growth Threshold Effects: A Case Study of Mozambican Manufacturers.
 214 Weynants, S Informal Insurance with Endogenous Group Size.
 216 Briand, A ; Nauges, C ; Travers, M The impact of tap connection on water use: The case of household water consumption in Dakar, Senegal
 217 Buyinza, F The Impact Of HIV/AIDS On Households Investments And Welfare.
 224 Barr, A ; Dekker, M ; Fafchamps, M The Formation of Risk Sharing Relationships: An Experimental Analysis
 229 Bellemare, M F ; Hou, J Y Inverse Productivity Relationship and Omitted Variables: Evidence from Madagascar
 233 Porter, C ; Quinn, N N New estimates of chronic poverty in rural Ethiopia
 234 Pycroft, J L The Adoption and Productivity of Modern Agricultural Technologies in the Ethiopian Highlands.
 235 Chauvet, L ; Collier, P Elections and reform in failing states.
 236 Lavallée, E ; Roubaud, F ; Razafindrakoto, M The causes of corruption: a micro analysis in sub saharan Africa.
 237 Lavallée, E ; Roubaud, F ; Razafindrakoto, M Corruption and trust in political institutions in sub saharan africa .
 239 Marinho Filho, E C d ; Gérard, B Tracking Vulnerability.
 240 Collier, P ; Duponchel, M Firms and human capital in post-conflict Sierra Leone
 242 Ahene-Codjoe, A A The Effects of Education on Fertility Change in Ghana: A Decomposition Analysis.
 247 Baye, F M Exact Configuration of Poverty, Inequality and Polarization Trends in the Distribution of Well-Being in Cameroon.
 249 Kablan, A S Measuring banks efficiency for a anchor country and its satellites, are there any similarities? The case of France and WAEMU.
 250 Outes-Leon, I W Nutrition and Growth in Rural Ethiopia.
 251 Baltenweck, I S ; Yamano, T ; Staal, S J Dynamic Changes in Dairy Technologies Uptake in the Kenya Highlands.
 252 Brown, R E West African Cotton Producers in the Global Market: New Policies for Change.
 253 Green, E D District Creation and Decentralization in Uganda.
 254 Mwabu, G M Health status and health care in Africa: Intra-household effects of demographics, wealth and user-fees
 255 Yamano, T Increasing Scarcity of Land and Intensification of Farming Systems: the Evidence of Dairy-Banana Integration in Uganda.
 256 Matsumoto, T ; Yamano, T ; Nyoro, J Intensification of Maize Production in Kenya and Uganda.
 259 Collier, P ; Vicente, P Political Violence in Nigeria: Evidence from a Field Experiment.
 260 Ulimwengu, J M Farmer’s Health and Agricultural Efficiency in Rural Ethiopia: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach.
 262 Dillon, A Child Labor and Schooling Responses to Production and Health Shocks in Northern Mali.
 265 Riechi, A R Demand For Academic Programmes Offered In Public Universities And Their Relevance To The Labour Market.
 277 auriol, e ; brilon, s The good, the bad and the lazy: labor management in non for profit organization.
 278 Bernard, T ; Taffesse, A S Returns to Scope? Smallholders commercialization through multipurpose cooperatives in Ethiopia
 279 Fosu, A K The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public Expenditure Composition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 285 Quinn, J J ; Conway, R T The Mineral Resource Curse in Africa: Does Majority State Ownership Play a Role? .
 290 Ataguba, J E Community Health Insurance Scheme as a viable option for rural population in Nigeria.
 292 Dekker, M social networks and intra-household resource allocation in rural Ethiopia.
 293 Zikhali, P Fast Track Land Reform, Tenure Security and Investments in Zimbabwe.
 294 Ndirangu, L K ; Burger, K ; Moll, H ; Kuyvenhoven, A Precautionary Savings, Health And Weather Uncertainty: Evidence From Central Kenya.
 296 Musonda, A Deregulation, Market Power and Competition: An Empirical Investigation of the Zambian Banking Industry.
 297 Evans, D K ; Kremer, M ; Ngatia, M The Impact of Distributing School Uniforms on Children's Education in Kenya: Responsiveness to a Reduction in Schooling Costs.
 302 Bezabih, M ; Yesuf, M Shifts in Crop Portfolio Choice as a Response to Weather Change: The Case of Multicropping Farms in Ethiopia
 305 Bossuroy, T Voting in an African democracy: does ethnicity only rule? An empirical assessment on contemporary Ghana.
 311 Devarajan, S ; Go, D S ; Page, J ; Robinson, S ; Thierfelder, K Aid, Growth and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics.
 313 de la Croix, D ; Delavallade, C Why Corrupt Governments Can Receive More Foreign Aid
 315 Mesple-Somps, S Optimal Fiscal Policies according to Equality of Opportunity. A case study applied to Ivory Coast.
 316 Duponchel, M Can aid break the conflict trap?.
 317 Baptist, S Skills and Technology in African Manufacturing.
 318 Hallward-Driemeier, M ; Aterido, R Impact of Access to Finance, Infrastructure and Corruption on Employment Growth: Putting Africa in a Global Context.
 321 Zeitlin, A Producer associations and technology adoption in Ghana
 322 Kiptui, M C Does Exchange Volatility Harm Exports? Empirical Evidence from Kenya’s Tea and Horticulture Exports.
 323 Serra, D Monitoring corruption: From the “Top” or the “Bottom”? Evidence from a Bribery Experiment.
 325 Valente, C “The Land Transfer Programme in South Africa: A Q2 analysis of its impact on beneficiary welfare”.
 331 Dagnelie, O ; Lemay-Boucher, P Rosca Participation in Benin: a Commitment Issue.
 335 Lokina, R B ; Robinson, E J Improving the effectiveness of Joint Forest Management in Tanzania.
 337 Bozzoli, C Orphanhood and Labor market Outcomes: Evidence from South Africa.
 341 Seebens, H One size fits all? Female headed households, income risk and access to resources.
 343 Robinson, E J ; Lokina, R B Spatial temporal aspects of forest management and NTFP extraction in Tanzania.
 344 Brück, T ; Bozzoli, C Internally displaced camp decongestion and its effect on children health: evidence from Northern Uganda.
 345 Fontaine, D Modelling the impact of private quality standards on the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in developing countries..
 348 Bulte, E ; Nillesen, L ; Voors, M Benevolent intentions, detrimental effects? The short run effect of aid on institutions.
 349 Gemmell, N ; Kneller, R ; Misch, F Growth and welfare maximization in endogenous growth models with public spending.
 350 Irving, M ; Kingdon, G G Gender patterns by age in Household Health Expenditure Allocation: A Study of South Africa.
 351 Bold, T Implications of Endogenous Group Formation for Efficient Risk-Sharing.
 352 Huillery, E The long term impact of European Settlement within former French West Africa
 354 Soderbom, M ; Rijkers, B ; Loening, J The performance of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia.
 355 Harris, L ; Fattouh, B ; Mouratidis , K Determinants of South Africa's Exchange Rate: a Markov switching approach.
 356 Paulos, Z ; Alemu, D Juggling the goals: technology adoption and commercialization in Ethiopia
 359 Adelman, S ; Alderman, H ; Gilligan, D O ; Lehrer, K The Impact of Alternative Food for Education Programs on Learning Achievement and Cognitive Development in Northern Uganda.
 363 De Vreyer, P ; Gubert, F ; Robilliard, A Return Migrants in Western Africa: Characteristics and Labour Market Performance.
 364 Behar, A ; Manners, P Distance to market, logistics quality and Sub-Saharan African Exports.
 365 Raddatz, C Have External Shocks Become More Important for Output Fluctuations in African Countries? .
 367 Behar, A The race between education and skill-biased technological change in developing countries: is education running backwards?.
 371 Sikod, F ; Abba, I Sustainable Alternatives To Financing Rural Health Care Delivery In Cameroon: The Local Health Care Associations
 373 Yoshino, Y Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa.
 375 Mathenge, M K Income Growth and Mobility of Rural Households in Kenya: Role of Education and Historical Patterns in Poverty Reduction.
 376 Linnemayr, S ; Alderman, H Reducing Child Malnutrition through Community Intervention Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Three Regions in Senegal.
 384 Ajetomobi, J O Total Factor Productivity Of Agricultural Commodities In Economic Community Of West African States (Ecowas): 1961 - 2005.
 386 Sandefur, J The Impact of Microfinance and the Nature of Poverty Traps
 387 Urasa, J A Commercial Banks Efficiency in Tanzania.
 388 Asmah, E E Assessing the Links Between Energy Services and the MDGs: A MAMS Application for Ghana.
 389 Ezema, C C Private Sector Incentives and Bank Risk Taking: A Test of Market Discipline Hypothesis in Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria.
 390 Musoni, J R Liberalization, monetary policy and demand for money in Rwanda (1980-2005).
 391 Gilligan, D O ; Hoddinott, J ; Taffesse, A S An Analysis of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program and its Linkages.
 392 Pal, S Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Quality of Schooling in an Emerging Economy.