Research

Working Papers

"Agricultural Trade and Adaptation to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa" [online appendix]

"Adapting to the Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture: Evidence from Cameroon" (with H. Kpoumie Mounmemi, A. Roche '24, M. Le Bourgeois '23, and C.L. Mayumgo Kamga)


Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

"Reverse Dutch Disease with Trade Costs: Prospects for Agriculture in Africa's Oil-Rich Economies" Journal of International Economics 138: 103651, 2022. [data] [submitted version

"Research Deserts and Oases: Evidence from 27 Thousand Economics Journal Articles on Africa." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2022. [online appendix] [data] [submitted version] [media coverage: Development Impact blog, Africa in Focus blog, Africa at LSE blog, The Economist (1), The Economist (2)

"Trade and Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Africa." Journal of Development Economics 144: 102440, 2020. [accepted version] [data]

"High Trade Costs and Their Consequences: An Estimated Dynamic Model of African Agricultural Storage and Trade." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11(4): 327-366, 2019. [online appendix] [data]

"Empirical Effects of Short-Term Export Bans: The Case of African Maize." Food Policy 71: 17-26, 2017. [accepted version]

"Radiation in the Cape Flora and the Phylogeny of Peacock Irises Moraea (Iridaceae) Based on Four Plastid DNA Regions." (with P. Goldblatt et al).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 25(2): 341-360, 2002.


Publications (Non-Peer-Reviewed)

In Search of Humanity: Blogs of an International Aid Worker. VBW Publishing, College Station, 2009.

"Washed Away: A Food Security Assessment of Flood-Affected Populations in Kamber-Shahdadkot and Dadu Districts, Sindh Province, Pakistan." Action Against Hunger (ACF), 2007.

"Where Cotton is No Longer King." FORTUNE International 151(5): 22-23, 2005.

"Land Reform in Tajikistan." Field Exchange 24: 3-5, 2005.