List of Accepted Papers

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7 Arbache, J S*; Page, J More Growth or Fewer Collapses? A New Look at Long Run Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
9 Bates, R H; Block, S A* The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa.
10 Cuberes, D*; Jerzmanowski, M Democracy, Diversification, and Growth Reversals.
13 Kareem, O I* The Effects of Trade Restrictions on Africa's Exports.
18 Himaz, R* The impact of parental death on schooling and subjective wellbeing: evidence from Ethiopia using longitudinal data.
20 Omilola, B O* The Impact of Agricultural Technology on Poverty in Africa, with a focus on Nigeria.
27 Durevall, D; Lindskog, A* Uncovering the Effect of the HIV Epidemic on Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Malawi.
28 Marazyan, K* Explaining Differences in Education between Foster and Biological Children: A Sibling Rivalry Approach. Some Evidence from Indonesia .
29 Thuilliez, J*; Sissoko, M S; Toure, O B; Kamate, P; Niambele, M B; Kamate, B; Guindo, O; Balam, A; Berthelemy, J; Doumbo, O K Malaria and Primary education in Mali: a longitudinal study in the village of Donéguébougou..
30 Alemu, B A*; Nuppenau, E A; Boland, H Technical Efficiency of Farming Systems across Agro-ecological Zones in Ethiopia: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis .
35 Colen, L*; Maertens, M; Swinnen, J F Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?.
51 Babatunde, R O*; Qaim, M The role of off-farm income diversification in rural Nigeria: Driving forces and household access.
53 Elbers, C*; Pouw, N* Modelling Sequencing Patterns in Asset Acquisition. The case of smallholder farmers in three rural districts in Uganda.
60 Kiptoo, C K* Empirical Analysis of the Real Exchange Rate (RER) Misalignments:The Case of Selected COMESA Countries.
64 Ndiaye, A* What Explains Massive Capital Flight from the African Franc Zone?.
71 Hearn, B A*; Piesse, J Development Policy For Small Stock Markets: A Case Study Of Mozambique And Swaziland.
89 Ocran, M K* Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in South Africa.
94 Oluitan, R O* Bank Credit And Economic Growth: The Nigerian Experience.
95 Bezemer, D; Bolt, J; Lensink, R* Indigenous Slavery in Africa's History:Conditions and Consequences .
98 Suleiman, A* Gender-differentials in agricultural supply response in Ethiopia: A farm-level profit function approach.
100 Mogues, T*; Benin, S; Cudjoe, G Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana.
103 Quinn, S* Moroccan company law reform and manufacturing firms' access to bank credit: A before/after panel evaluation.
106 Aron, J*; Muellbauer, J Multi-sector inflation forecasting: quarterly models for South Africa..
108 Akinkugbe, O A* Technical Cooperation for Enhanced Capacity in Africa's Development Dilemma: An Exploratory Panel Data Analysis.
112 Marinho Filho, E C d* Fertilization Strategies and Spatial Risk Reduction.
122 Alemu, A M* The Roles of Human Capital and Infrastructure on FDI Inflow: Empirical Evidences from East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.
123 Kingdon, G*; Irving, M Gender patterns in household health expenditure allocation in South Africa.
128 Davies, V A* Alluvial diamonds: a new resource curse theory.
132 Chauvet, L*; Gubert, F; Mesplé-Somps, S Are Remittances More Effective Than Aid To Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment using Inter and Intra-Country Data.
136 di Falco, S; Bulte, E* The Dark Side of Social Capital: Kinship, Consumption, and Investment .
137 D'Exelle, B*; Lecoutere, E; Van Campenhout, B Water Distribution in Africa: The Behavioral Relevance of Scarcity and Social Status.
139 Voors, M J; Bulte, E H* Unbundling Institutions at the Local Level: Conflict, Institutions and Income in Burundi .
144 Bocquier, P; Nordman, C J*; Vescovo, A Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Urban West Africa.
146 Sonobe, T; Otsuka, K* Growth Process of Informal Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of a Metalworking Cluster in Nairobi.
147 Sonobe, T*; Otsuka, K Entrepreneurial skills and industrial development: The case of a car repair and metalworking cluster in Ghana.
150 Rankin, N A; Roberts, G; Schoer, V* Firm characteristics and Job Matching in South Africa.
151 Rankin, N A*; Schoer, V Exporting, Labour Demand and Wages in South Africa.
156 Tenikue, M* Pro-male gender gap/bias in school enrolment: systematic or selection among the weak?.
158 Jerven, M* The African Growth Evidence: Validity, Reliability and Measurement Bias.
159 De Weerdt, J* Defying Destiny and Moving out of Poverty: Evidence from a 10-year Panel with Linked Qualitative Data from Kagera, Tanzania .
160 Qureshi, M S; Tsangarides, C* Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade: Is Africa Different?.
161 Ali, M A*; Peerlings, J J Value added of Cluster Membership in Micro Enterprises:Applying Propensity Score Matching to the Handloom Sector in Ethiopia.
164 Arbache, J S*; Page, J Hunting for Leopards: Long Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa.
168 Kilimani, N* The Link Between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Uganda: A Causality Test.
176 Atherton, P* Identifying the determinants of mathematical achievement across Southern and Eastern Africa.
178 Attila, G*; Chambas, G; Combes, J Foreign aid and tax transition in developing countries.
182 Dillon, A S* Agricultural Production and Social Networks in Northern Nigeria.
184 Leinyuy, J* The Impact of Business Opportunities on Child Labour and Schooling in an Economy with an Incomplete Labour Market.
186 Misch, F*; Gemmell, N; Kneller, R Business Perceptions, Fiscal Policy and Growth.
192 Fole, A G; Hirfrfot, K T* The Galloping Inflation in Ethiopia-A Cautionary Tale for Aspiring Developmental States in Africa
194 Maystadt, J*; Verwimp, P Winners and Losers Among a Refugee-Hosting .
195 Juma, O M* Adoption Of Sustainable Land Management Innovations Under Production Risks Among Small Holders In Rural Kenya
196 Ogunleye, E K* Exchange Rate Volatility And Foreign Direct Investment In Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From Nigeria And South Africa.
203 Chauvet, L; Collier, P; Duponchel, M* What explains aid projects success in post-conflict situations?.
205 Kesseven, P D*; Boopen, S*; Sawkut, R The Impact of Inflation on Banking Sector Development in Mauritius: An ARDL Approach
207 Morrissey, O*; Jones, C Import Response to Tariff Reductions in an African Sample.
210 Banful, A B* Can Institutions Limit Clientelism? A study of the District Assemblies Common Fund in Ghana.
211 Nillesen, E E*; Verwimp, P Rebel Recruitment, Taxation and Violence in Civil War.
220 Swinnen, J F*; Vandeplas, A; Maertens, M Liberalization with Endogenous Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Reform in Africa, Asia, and Europe .
222 Chiripanhura, B M*; Mosley, P* Liberalisation and poverty - why is the impact uneven?.
238 Barua, P; Demilew, A Z* Food distribution, skill development, and financial services: An evaluation of BRAC South Sudan's FFTIG program.
245 Mesple-Somps, S*; Andre, P The Allocation of Public Goods and National Elections in Ghana
247 Boel, T* Risk management strategies and labour productivity in rural Africa.
249 Eberhardt, M B* Analysing Agricultural Productivity Across Countries: A Common Factor Approach.
252 Akpan, E O* Oil Price Shocks And Nigeria's Macro Economy.
255 Guloba, A*; Hisali, E*; Bbaale, E Fiscal policy consistency and interactions among selected macroeconomic aggregates: the Experience of Uganda .
257 Stephens, E C*; Barrett, C B; Brown, D R; Lehmann, J; Mbugua, D M; Ngoze, S; Nicholson, C F; Parsons, D; Pell, A N; Riha, S J Modeling Feedback between Economic and Biophysical Systems in Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) model..
258 Pimhidzai, O* Electoral Accountability and Incentives for Excessive Market Distortions.
259 Lehrer, K* Gender Differences in Labour Market Participation During Conflict: Evidence from Displaced People's Camps in Northern Uganda.
260 Isopi, A*; Mattesini, F Aid and Corruption: Do Donors Use Development Assistance to Provide the 'Right' Incentives?.
262 Simler, K* The Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty in Uganda.
265 Goldberg, J* Savings Behavior and Social Norms in Malawi: Evidence from a Field Experiment.
267 Burger, K* Optimal export taxes - the case of cocoa in Côte-d'Ivoire.
268 Gaspart, F*; Verheyden, B* Choosing the subscribers: endogenous fertility and education in the presence of ascending altruism.
270 Baird, S*; McIntosh, C; Özler, B The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program for Schooling on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women in Malawi.
274 Ayele, G; Chamberlin, J; Moorman, L*; Wamisho, K; Zhang, X Infrastructure and Cluster Development: A Case Study of Handloom Weavers in Ethiopia.
275 Kazianga, H; de Walque, D*; Alderman, H Educational and Health Impact of Two School Feeding Schemes: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso.
277 Baird, S; McIntosh, C; Ozler, B* Under what Conditions is Decentralized Targeting Pro-poor?
280 Kabubo-Mariara, J*; Mwabu, D; Ndeng'e, G The Consequences of Fertility for Child Mortality in Kenya: Accounting for Endogeneity and Heterogeneity in Reproductive Health Outcomes..
282 Goyette, J*; Gallipoli, G Corruption and the Size-Distribution of Firms.
284 Agbor, J A* A Model of Human Capital, Conflict & Growth for Ghana during 1900-2005.
286 Randrianarisoa, P J; Stifel, D*; Barrett, C The Demand for Hired Labor in Rural Madagascar..
287 Akresh, R; de Walque, D* Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
288 Gustafsson-Wright, E*; Janssens, W; van der Gaag, J The Inequitable Impacts of Health Shocks on the Uninsured in Namibia: The Potential for Low-Cost Health Insurance Schemes To Protect the Poor.
291 Gilligan, D O; Hoddinott, J*; Kumar, N R*; Taffesse, A S* Impact of Social Protection on Food Security and Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Nets Program.
292 Gilligan, D O; Hoddinott, J*; Kumar, N R*; Taffesse, A S* Do Public Works Crowd Out Private Transactions: Evidence on Labor Market Participation, Credit and Transfers in Ethiopia.
293 Bbaale, E* Firm Level Productivity and Exporting in the Uganda's Manufacturing Sector.
300 Buigut, S* Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms and Implication for the Proposed East African Community (EAC) Monetary Union..
303 Dekker, M* Livelihoods and economic crisis: the case of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe (1999-2008).
305 Atieno, R* Institutional Arrangements and the Performance of Micro and Small-Scale Clothing Enterprises in Kenya.
306 Ndoye Niane, A F* Gender, economic performance and intra-household resources allocation: Evidence from Senegal, West Africa.
308 Nilsson, L*; Matsson, N Truths and myths about the openness of EU trade policy and the use of EU trade preferences.
309 Janssens, W*; Van der Gaag, J; Rinke de Wit, T Non-response bias in the estimation of HIV/AIDS prevalence.
312 Ehui, S*; Tsigas, M The Role of Agriculture in Nigeria's Economic Growth: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis.
313 Roberts, G A* Job sorting and search frictions in the labour market for young black South Africans.
323 Beegle, K; Bardasi, E; Dillon, A*; Serneels, P* Assessing Labor Statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa A Survey Experiment.
324 Berkhout, E*; Schipper, R; Kuyvenhoven, A; Coulibaly, O Does heterogeneity in goals and preferences affects allocative and technical efficiency? A case study in Northern Nigeria.
325 Kasirye, I* Determinants of learning achievement in Uganda..
327 Malunda, D* Commodity Markets,Risk and Poverty:Analysing households' responses to price risk and the food crisis in Uganda.
329 Tregenna, F* How 'real' is the apparent dynamism of services employment in South Africa? The impact of outsourcing on sectoral employment trends.
330 Robinson, E J*; Lokina, R B To bribe or not to bribe: Incentives to protect Tanzania’s forests.
336 Versailles, B* Market Integration, Distance and Ethnicity in Kenya - The Maize market in Kenya.
345 Leyaro, V* Commodity Price Changes and Consumer Welfare in Tanzania in the 1990s and 2000s.
346 Bosker, M; de Ree, J* Localizing conflict spillovers: introducing regional heterogeneity in conflict studies.
348 Masaki, T* Monetary Integration and Real Effective Exchange Rates in Western Africa.
349 Kerr, A*; Teal, F The Role of Institutions in Determining Formal-Informal Earnings Differentials: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa.
353 Campos, N; Saleh, A*; Kuzeyev, V Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth.
354 Cuffaro, N* Consumers' trust and high quality food exports: implications of non traditional FDI in Africa.
357 Kiyota, H* Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Banks.
359 Barr, A; Stein, M* Status and egalitarianism in traditional communities: An analysis of funeral attendance in six Zimbabwean villages.
360 Hurrell, A*; MacAuslan, I* Effective targeting of cash transfers programmes in an African context: lessons learned from the on-going evaluation of two cash transfer programmes in Kenya
361 Verheyden, B*; Faye, O; Kuepie, M Fertility, education, child labor and domestic chores: theory and evidence from Senegal
367 Boopen, S*; Ahmad, K Transportation Capital and Private Capital Formation in Mauritius: .
373 Quinn, N N* Chronic and Transient Poverty in Rural Ethiopia, 1994-2004: A New Decomposition
375 Arcand, J; Wouabé, E D* Households in a time of war: Instrumental variables evidence for Angola.
377 Chipili, J M* Modelling Exchange Rate Volatility In Zambia.
378 Batte, L; Bénassy-Quéré, A; Carton, B*; Dufrenot, G* Dutch Disease in a Monetary Union: An Application to West Africa.
381 Weynants, S*; Delpierre, M*; Verheyden, B The Interaction between Informal Insurance and Farm Households' Risk-taking Behaviours.
383 Ahlerup, P* The Causal Effects of Ethnic Diversity: An Instrumental Variables Approach.
384 Falco, P* Risk-Aversion and Occupational Choices: Evidence from Matched Field Experiments and Survey Data in urban Ghana.
387 Fafchamps, M*; Moradi, A* Social Networks and Job Referrals: Evidence from Colonial West Africa
392 Fosu, A K* Policy Syndromes, Governance, Productivity and Growth of African Economies.
397 Kahyarara, G W* Trade Facilitation, ICT and Manufactured Export Performance. Whar are the Missing Links?
398 Gebreeyesus, M G* Governance of Global Value Chain and Firms Capability in African.
400 Mukisa, W N* Primary Education Service Delivery: Pupil performance and perceived challenges in Uganda.
402 Guenther, I*; Fink, G The Silent Crises? Impact of Sanitation on Children's Health and Mortality in Africa
403 Padachi, K*; Seetanah, B; Rojid, S Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel VAR framework.
404 Burger, R*; Owens, T* Aid or perish? Investigating the growth and survival prospects of African NGOs without grants.
410 McIndoe, T A* Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe: Money Demand, Seigniorage and Aid shocks.
415 Vandenbossche, J D*; Demuynck, T Network formation with absolute friction and heterogeneous agents..
420 Macchiavello, R; Morjaria, A*; Ksoll, C Ethnic Violence and Marketing Channels in Export Markets: a Case Study of Kenyan Flowers.
426 Phillips, S* Schooling and Widow Remarriage in sub-Saharan Africa: Using HIV Rates to Explain the Rejection of Wife Inheritance.
428 Bruckner, M* Population Size and Civil Conflict Risk: Is There A Causal Link?.
429 Akramov, K T*; Asante, F Decentralization and Local Public Services in Ghana: Do Geography and Ethnic Diversity Matter?.
431 Leite, P G; Sanchez, A*; Laderchi, C R* Determinants of inequality in Ethiopia: A decomposition analysis for 1995-2005.
432 Fafchamps, M*; Vicente, P C* Social Networks in Nigeria: Evidence from a Randomized Campaign against Electoral Violence
433 Bhalotra, S*; Umana-Aponte, M Distress Work amongst Women? Micro-data evidence from 66 developing countries on women’s work participation as an insurance device .
435 Burger, J W* Role of School Quality in Labour Market Discrimination in South Africa.
439 Ulimwengu, J*; Headey, D; Funes, J; Yiang, L Paving the way for development: Estimating the impact of large scale road investments on agricultural income and rural welfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
443 Rapsomanikis, G; Karfakis, P* Margins Across Time and Space: Threshold Cointegration and Spatial Pricing Applications to Commodity markets in Tanzania.
447 Echevin, D* Explaining the productivity gap between formal and informal sectors in three West African countries.
449 Soderbom, M*; Bigsten, A; Gebreeyesus, M The impact of trade liberalization on productivity in Ethiopia: Evidence from a firm-level panel data set
450 Fox, L*; Oviedo, A Are Skills Rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? .
452 Fox, L*; Oviedo, A* Institutions and Labor Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
454 Olaniyan, O A* Parental Efforts and Education production in Public and Private Schools: Evidence from Primary School Children in Low Income Areas of Lagos, Nigeria.
455 Rijkers, B*; Soderbom, M; Teal, F Mind the Gap? A Comparison of Rural and Urban Manufacturing Enterprises
456 Akoena, S K; Aboagye, A Q*; Antwi-Asare, T O; Gockel, F A A study of Efficiencies of Ghanaian Banks.
457 O'Gorman, M* Why the CCM Won't Lose: The Roots of Single Party Dominance in Tanzania.
459 Gbetnkom, D* Determinants of bribe extraction at the firm level in Cameroon.
461 Dimico, A*; Bleaney, M Extensity of Conflict and Ethnic Fractionalization: Explaining the Insignificance of Ethnic Fractionalization in Empirical Analysis of Causes of Civil Wars .
466 Camfield, L E* Children's understandings of illbeing and poverty in five Ethiopian communities .
467 Motamed, M J; Florax, R J; Masters, W A* Geography and Economic Transition: Spatial Analysis at the Grid Cell Level.
469 Mugisha, F*; Nabyonga, J Can we increase institutional deliveries without addressing factors outside the health sector?.
471 Harding, T*; Rattsø, J Looking Abroad to Understand Productivity Growth: The World Technology Frontier and Industrial Sector Productivity in South Africa.
472 Harding, T; Rattsø, J* Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa: Identification based on multilateral liberalization reform.
473 Opoko, E; Dzene, R; Caria, S; Teal, F; Zeitlin, A* Impacts of group-based microfinance in agriculture: Evidence from Ghana's Cocoa Abrabopa Association.
484 Mendola, M*; Gallego, J M Does Migration Reshape 'Non-Market Institutions' at Origin? Labour Mobility and Social Networks in Mozambique
485 Elbers, C*; Gunning, J*; Pan, L Growing out of Poverty under Risk: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.
495 Bold, T; Kimenyi, M; Mwabu, G; Sandefur, J* Free Primary Education in Kenya: Impacts on School Enrolment and Test Performance
496 Sandefur, J*; Siddiqi, B; Zeitlin, A The Rule of Law and the Rule of Men: Forum Shopping in Liberia's Dualistic Legal System
497 Krakah, A*; Awoonor-Williams, M; Nsowah-Nuamah, N; Teal, F* Manufacturing Firms in Ghana: Comparing the 1987 and 2003 Censuses .
498 Awoonor-Williams, M; Nsowah-Nuamah, N*; Teal, F* Jobs and Skills in Ghana: What types of jobs have been created and where? .
499 Collier, P; Hoeffler, A* Democracy's Achilles Heel, or How to Win an Election without Really Trying.
500 Orubu, C*; Omotor, D; Awopegba, P Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Searching for Environmental KUZNETS Curves in Africa .
502 Nwachukwu, T E*; Odigie, P What drives private saving in Nigeria .
503 Okurut, F N* Determinants of birth weight in Botswana.
504 Baye, F M* Linking parental education, child health and economic well-being in Cameroon.
505 Bhasin, V K* Fertility, Income and Poverty of Households in Ghana.
506 Adeoti, A I* Demand for reproductive health, poverty and economic growth in Nigeria.
507 Bategeka, L* The determinants of birthweight in Uganda..
509 Ndung'u, N; Owino, R*; Thugge, K Unlocking the future potential for Kenya: Vision 2030.
510 Milner, C; Sichei, M*; Were, M* Trade policy in Kenya.
511 Maturu, B*; Mwega, F*; Ngugi, R*; O'Connell, S Exchange rate management and capital flows
512 Beck, T; Cull, R; Fuchs, M; Getenga, J*; Gatere, P*; Randa, J Banking Sector Stability.
513 Amanja, D*; Maana, I*; Ngugi, R* Capital markets, financial deepening and growth in Kenya.
514 Atieno, R*; Barako, D*; Bokea, C* Financial access and microfinance development in Kenya
517 Monk, C*; Kingdon, G Health, Nutrition and Academic Achievement: New Evidence from India.

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