Favorite Readings: books, papers, slides, and blogs 

[1] Handbook on Impact Evaluation Quantitative Methods and Practices, World Bank Open Knowledge Repository 

[2] Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition, World Bank Open Knowledge Repository 

[3] Impact Evaluation - An Overview, presentation slides beautifully presented by Lori Beaman, Development Economist at Northwestern University 

[4] Online Courses on Gender, Food Security, climate smart agriculture, market and livelihood assessments, resilience in food security systems, migration, rural development, digital agriculture, introduction to Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs), and more by the UNFAO 

[5] One-Stop Shop for Methodology - World Bank's Technical Posting on Econometrics and Survey Concepts 

[6] Econometric Academy: free education on Econometrics 

[7] Our World in Data

[8] Sustainable Development: The 17 Goals

[9] Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist - Kate Raworth 

[10] Business Models in the Circular Economy: Concepts, Examples and Theory - Roberta De Angelis

[11] DIME Wiki, The World Bank

[12] Data for Development, online links to a variety of micro datasets for empirical development economists, by Markus Eberhardt (UoN)

[13] Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects by the Impact Evaluation Team in the World Bank Group

Presentations 

Presentation (virtual) - 2021: Assessing the Impact of Sand and Dust storms on Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 

Presentation (2020): Salinization in Marginal Agricultural Areas: Implications for Global Food Security and Poverty. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE 

PhD Conference, UON  (April 2018), Tests for Separability and Factor Market Participation Under Transaction costs

PhD Conference, UON  (April 2017), Status, Patterns and Microeconomics Drivers of Diversity in Crop Production: Evidence from Afghanistan

PhD Conference, UON, (September 2016), Crop Diversification and Technical Efficiency in Afghanistan: Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Lecture Notes Prepared 

Agricultural Production Economics (Lecture Notes)  Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Kabul University

Agricultural Finance  (Lecture Notes) Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Kabul University