Publications in refereed academic journals
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries
with Solís Arce, J.S., Warren, S.S., Meriggi, N.F. et al.
Nature Medicine 27: 1385-1394 (2021)
Media: Nature Medicine Editorial, EurekaAlert, IGC Policy Brief, TCD News, Emergency Services, India Education Diary, Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda
with M Björkman Nyqvist, J Svensson, and D Yanagizawa-Drott
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(3): 155-92 (2019)
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0000530
Data: Online Appendix and replication files here.
Award: Novartis prize for the best health economics paper at the Irish Economic Association conference 2017 [link]
Media: The Washington Post, QUARTZ, NYT, Impakter, JPAL 1, JPAL 2, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Children Investment Fund Fundation (CIFF), VoxDev, TCD News, AEA Research Highlights
Armed conflict and schooling in Rwanda: Digging deeper
with M Verpoorten
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 25(1): 1-41 (2019)
Award: Walter Isard Annual Award for the Best Article in Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy [link].
When Ethnicity Beats Gender: Quotas and Political Representation in Rwanda and Burundi
with B Ingelaere and M Verpoorten
Development and Change, 49(6): 1361–1391 (2018).
Media: The Conversation, Forskning & Framsteg (in Swedish)
Aid, Trade, and Post-War Recovery of the Rwandan Coffee Sector
with M Verpoorten
Journal of Eastern African Studies, 12(3): 552-574 (2018)
Data: Online Appendix here and replication files here.
Policy Brief: IOB Policy Brief N.30.
Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI: Does the Sector Matter?
with L Colen and D Persyn
World Development, 83: 193-206 (2016)
Food Price Shocks and the Political Economy of Global Agricultural and Development Policy
with MP Squicciarini and J Swinnen
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 36 (3): 387-415 (2014)
Award: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s AEPP Outstanding Journal Article 2014 [link].
Global hunger: Food crisis spurs aid for poverty
with MP Squicciarini and J Swinnen
Nature (correspondence), 501:492 (2013)
Publications in peer-reviewed volumes
What Type of FDI Is Attracted by BITs?
with L Colen
Chapt. 5 in: De Schutter O., Swinnen J. et Wouters J. (eds) Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development, Routledge (2013)
The Rwandan Coffee Sector: out of the Ordinary
with JN Chrysostome and M Verpoorten
in: Reyntjens F., Vandeginste S., et Verpoorten M. (eds.) L’Afrique des grands lacs. Annuaire 2011-2012, Paris, L’Harmattan: 397-426 (2012)
Working Papers
Rainfall Inequality, Political Power, and Ethnic Conflict in Africa (with T Rogall), LICOS Discussion Paper 391/2017. NEW 2021 DRAFT! R&R American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Award: UniCredit Best Presentation Prize at the 2015 Applied Economics Workshop in Petralia [link]
Media: World Bank Development Impact blog, VOXEu
Historical malaria burden and present-day witchcraft beliefs (with E. Briones Alonso, H. Mahr, and M. Verpoorten), Rej&R at Journal of Development Economics
Supporting Learning In and Out of School: Evidence from India (with M Björkman Nyqvist)
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0002817
Media: VoxDev
Conceptual framework for the analysis of the determinants of food and nutrition security (with H Pieters and A Vandeplas), Foodsecure Working Paper 2013-13
Selected Work in Progress
Effect of the Living Goods/BRAC Community Health Delivery Program on Child Mortality in Uganda – RCT Phase II (with P Awor, M Björkman Nyqvist, and J Svensson)
Accepted via pre-results review process at Journal of Development Economics
RCT Status: endline data collection ongoing
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0002392
Community Health Care and COVID-19 Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Uganda (with M Björkman Nyqvist, C Clerici, and J Svensson)
RCT Status: data collection completed
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0005874
COVID-19, primary school learning, and community mobilization in India (with M Björkman Nyqvist)
RCT Status: endline data collection ongoing
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0002817
Women Political Representation and its Impact in Uganda (with S Anderson and M Björkman Nyqvist)
Status: data collection completed
Entrepreneurship Support for Refugees and Host Populations in a Fragile Context (with S Adjognon, C Fernandez, M Holmlund, T Mitchell, and C Newman)
RCT Status: in preparation (Baseline postponed due to COVID-19)
Trial registration: AEARCTR-0006551
Ethnicity and Market Integration across Africa (with M Suesse)
Demographic Changes and Enriched Society: Promoting Cultural Diversity and Social Inclusion in Higher Education in Italy (ProCEDI) (with M Mendola and S Giunti)