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Journal Articles

Are trade preferences a Panacea? The export impact of the African growth and Opportunity Act. (with Ana M. Fernandes, Alejandro Forero and Aaditya Mattoo). World Development, 2022.
COVID-19 and Sub-Saharan Africa Firms: Impact and Coping Strategies. (with Gemechu Aga). Journal of Development Studies, 2022.
Joint effects of exporting and outward FDI on firm-level capital investment in India, (with Sourafel Girma). Review of Development Economics, 2021.
Contractual Frictions and Margins of Trade, (with Theophile Azomahou and Hassen Wako). Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021.
Taxing the good? Distortions, Misallocation, and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa , (with Xavier Cirera and Roberto N Fattal Jaef). The World Bank Economic Review, 2019.

Working Papers

Deconstructing the Missing Middle : Informality and Growth of Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (With Kaleb Abreha, Xavier Cirera, Elwyn Davies, and Roberto N Fattal Jaef) ). November 2022. Policy Research Working Paper; No. 10233 World Bank, Washington, DC.
Measuring Total Factor Productivity Using the Enterprise Surveys: A Methodological Note (With David Francis, Nona Karalashvili , and Jorge Rodriguez Meza ). December 2020. Policy Research Working Paper; No. 9491 World Bank, Washington, DC.
Multinational production versus trade in an endogenous growth model with heterogeneous firms (with Thomas Ziesemer)
Political Conflicts, Misallocation, and Productivity: Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire (with Xaier Cirera and Roberto Fattal Jaef)

Book Chapters

Regulatory reforms after COVID-19 (with Simeon Djankov, and Dorina Georgieva), in COVID-19 in Developing Economies , edited by S. Djankov & U. Panizza, VoxEU eBook, CEPR Press, London, UK, 2020

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