Research

Peer-reviewed publications

The Maziko Trial Team (Aulo Gelli, Jan Duchoslav, Melissa Gladstone, Daniel Gilligan, Mangani Katundu, Ken Maleta, Agnes Quisumbing, Lilia Blizhnashka, and Marilyn Ahun) (2024). Impact evaluation of a maternal and child cash transfer intervention, integrated with nutrition, early childhood development, and agriculture messaging (MAZIKO-IE): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial Trials 25: 46.

Duchoslav, Jan, Edwin Kenamu, and Jack Thunde (2023). Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi World Development 165: 106179.

Duchoslav, Jan, and Kalle Hirvonen (2021). Delivery of social protection programs to combat COVID-19 in Africa in Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19 (edited by John Ulimwengu, Mark Constas, and Éliane Ubalijoro). ReSAKSS 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report. Kigali and Washington, DC: AKADEMIYA2063 and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Duchoslav, Jan, and Francesco Cecchi (2019). Do incentives matter when working for God? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda World Development 113: 309-319.

Cecchi, Francesco, and Jan Duchoslav (2018). The effect of prenatal stress on cooperation: Evidence from a public goods game in post-conflict Uganda. European Economic Review 101: 35-56.

Duchoslav, Jan (2017). Prenatal temperature shocks reduce cooperation: Evidence from public goods games in Uganda. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11 (249): 1-12.

Cecchi, Francesco, Jan Duchoslav, and Erwin Bulte (2016). Formal insurance and the dynamics of social capital: Experimental evidence from Uganda. Journal of African Economies 25 (3): 418-438.

Other publications

Chiwaula, Levison, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav, Joseph Goeb, Anderson Gondwe, and Aubrey Jolex (2024). Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper no. 45. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Benson, Todd, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav, and Winford Masanjala (2024). Fertilizer subsidies in Malawi: From past to present. MaSSP Working Paper no. 44. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

De Weerdt, Joachim, Channing Arndt, James Thurlow, Jan Duchoslav, Joseph Glauber, Liangzhi You, and Weston Anderson (2024). El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year. Braamfontein: The Conversation Africa. 

Dulani, Boniface, Funny Muthema, Flossy Kambuku, Katrina Kosec, and Jan Duchoslav (2023). Women's involvement in local forest governance groups in Malawi: scope for a randomized study on gender quota encouragement. Gender Equality Scoping Report. CGIAR System Organization.

Campbell, Bruce, Jacob Nyirongo, Blessings Botha, Jan Duchoslav, Moses Munthali, Christone Nyondo, Ishmael Sunga, and Eva Wollenberg (2023). From input subsidies to compensating farmers for soil health services. CompensAction Policy Brief. Wageningen: Clim-Eat.

Anderson, Weston, Mazvita Chiduwa, Joachim De Weerdt, Xinshen Diao, Jan Duchoslav, Zhe Guo, Henry Kankwamba, Andrew Jamali, Joseph Nagoli, James Thurlow, and Liangzhi You (2023). Mitigating the impact of El Niño on hunger in Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note no. 51. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

De Weerdt, Joachim, and Jan Duchoslav (2023). Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens food security in Malawi: How can the country respond? in The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, pp. 158-163.

Campbell, Bruce, Jacob Nyirongo, Jan Duchoslav, Paavo Eliste, Moses Munthali, Christone Nyondo, and Eva Wollenberg (2023). Rethinking inorganic fertiliser subsidies: Could 'payments for soil health services' be an option in Malawi? Discussion Starter no. 4. Wageningen: Clim-Eat.

De Weerdt, Joachim, Xinshen Diao, Jan Duchoslav, Mia Ellis, Karl Pauw, and James Thurlow (2023). Malawi’s agrifood system: Structure and drivers of transformation. Agrifood Systems Diagnostics Country Brief no. 8. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. 

Davis, Kristin, Cynthia Kazembe, Todd Benson, Joachim De Weerdt, and Jan Duchoslav (2023). Can cooperatives commercialize farming in Malawi? MaSSP Policy Note no. 49. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Davis, Kristin, Cynthia Kazembe, Todd Benson, Joachim De Weerdt, and Jan Duchoslav (2023). Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance. MaSSP Working Paper no. 41. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Banda, Chimwemwe, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav, and Aubrey Jolex (2022). Self-targeted fertilizer subsidies. MaSSP Policy Note no. 48. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Banda, Chimwemwe, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav, and Aubrey Jolex (2022). Pricing farmer contributions under AIP. MaSSP Policy Note no. 47. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Diao, Xinshen, Paul Dorosh, Jan Duchoslav, Karl Pauw, Jenny Smart, and James Thurlow (2022). Malawi: Impacts of the Ukraine and global crises on poverty and food security Global Crisis Country Brief no. 10. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Malan, Mandy, Ezra Berkhout, Jan Duchoslav, Maarten Voors, and Stefan van der Esch (2022). Socioeconomic impacts of land restoration in agriculture: A systematic review. Ruhr Economic Paper no. 951. Essen: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.

De Weerdt, Joachim, and Jan Duchoslav (2022). Are fertilizer subsidies in Malawi value for money?  MaSSP Policy Note no. 46. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Duchoslav, Jan, Christone Nyondo, Andrew Comstock, and Todd Benson (2022). Regulation of agricultural markets in Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note no. 45. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

De Weerdt, Joachim, and Jan Duchoslav (2022). Impacts of the war in Ukraine on Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note no. 44. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute. A related blog is available here.

Chadza, William, and Jan Duchoslav (2022). Policy options for smart subsidies in Malawi. MwAPATA Policy Brief no. 13. Lilongwe: MwAPATA Institute.

De Weerdt, Joachim, and Jan Duchoslav (2022). Guiding principles of AIP reform. MaSSP Policy Note no. 43. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Duchoslav, Jan, and Joseph Rusike (2021). Why are fertilizer prices in Malawi high? And what can be done? MaSSP Policy Note no. 42. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Duchoslav, Jan, and Edwin Kenamu (2018). Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi? MaSSP Working Paper no. 26. Lilongwe: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Work in progress

Farming out of poverty in Malawi (with Todd Benson and Joachim De Weerdt)

Optimal storage, strategic grain reserves, and price stabilization policies: Fiscal and welfare implications for Malawi (with Henry Kankwamba and Nick Minot)

Localized economic growth and deforestation (with Joey Goeb and Guo Zhe)

Fertilizer response under Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program