My research is on the economics of development in the world’s poor countries. Click here for my Google Scholar profile, which is updated more often than this page, and click here for my RepEc profile.

Peer reviewed

1. Zuza, E.J., Araya, Y.N., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S., Brandenburg, R.L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Phiri, P., Mkengala, K. and Kenamu, E., (2024). Farmer preference for macadamia varieties and constraints to production in Malawi. Plos one, 19(2), p.e0293488. 

2. Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., & Thunde, J. (2023). Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi. World Development, 165, 106179. 

3. Mkandawire, D., Gbegbelegbe, S. D., Yami, M., Nsenga, J., Kenamu, E. (2023). Analysing Urban and Peri-Urban Youth Employment in Agribusiness in Malawi.  Plos One 18(9): e0290877. 

   • Media coverage: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Youth unemployment and agribusiness: Study highlights Malawi’s challenges and opportunities

4. Bell, A. R., Ward, P. S., Mapemba, L., Nyirenda, Z., Msukwa, W., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi. Scientific data, 5(1), 1-8.

5. Maguza-Tembo, F., Mangison, J., Edris, A. K., & Kenamu, E. (2017). Determinants of adoption of multiple climate change adaptation strategies in Southern Malawi: An ordered probit analysis. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 9(1), 1-7.

Working papers

1. Kenamu, E., & Colen, L. (2023). Estimating Child Nutrition Effects of Malawi's 2015/16 drought. University of Goettingen.

2. Kenamu, E., Mapemba, L. D., Phiri, H., Amanor-Boadu, V., & Ross, K. (2019). Heterogeneity in frequency of common beans consumption in Malawi: the case of red kidney variety in Lilongwe city. 

3. Mapemba, L., Ward, P., Bell, A., Kenamu, E., Nyirenda, Z., & Msukwa, W. (2019). Farmer Risk Perceptions about Conservation Agriculture: Insights from Malawi.

4. Duchoslav, J., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi? (Vol. 26). Intl Food Policy Res Inst.

• Media coverage: The Nation. Poor households miss out in social safety nets 

5. Kenamu, E. (2016). Drivers of Adoption and Adoption Intensity of Smallholder Goat Farming in Southern Malawi.

Other technical work

1. Dzanja, J., Kamalongo, D. , Mwanza, P, Kenamu, E., Mgwira, S., and Phiri, A. - (for Nobel Reserch Consulting (Mw) Company)(2023). Value Chain Scoping Study for Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L & Cannabis Indica L.) in Malawi . Study comminssioned by Embassy of Ireland in Malawi.

2. Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., Gilbert, R., Baulch, B., Palloni, G., & Gilligan, D. O. (2020). Building resilience and adaptation to climate change in Malawi: Quantitative baseline report. Intl Food Policy Res Inst.

3. Duchoslav, J., & Kenamu, E. (2019). Quantitative evaluation of 2016 Food Insecurity Response Program (FIRP) in Malawi. Commissioned by UK-Department for International Development (DFID), now Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

4. Mapemba, L. D, Kenamu, E., & Mumba, M. (2017). Legume value chain analysis for Malawi Legume Development Trust. Commissioned by African Institute for Corporate Citizenship (AICC).