Publications – PDI

2023

Croke, K., Elena García Mora, M., Goldstein, M., Mensah, E., & O’Sullivan, M. (2023). Up Before Dawn: Experimental Evidence from a Cross-border Trader Training at the DRC-Rwanda Border. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 71(3), 863-901. 

Croke, Kevin and Garcia Mora, Maria Elena and Goldstein, Markus P. and Mensah, Edouard Romeo and O’Sullivan, Michael, Up Before Dawn: Experimental Evidence from a Cross-Border Trader Training at the Democratic Republic of Congo? Rwanda Border (January 27, 2020). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9123, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3526525

Kamoto, J.F.M., Missanjo, E., & Djenontin, I.N.S. (2023). An assessment of Participatory Forest Management inspired by adaptive collaborative management in Malawi. In Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management (1st ed., pp. 21). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003325932 

Kelvin Mulungu, Mumbi E. Kimani & Mare Sarr (2023) Do farmers’ risk preferences remain stable in the face of climatic shocks? Evidence from smallholder farmers in Zambia, Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2177599

2022

Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C., & Richardson, R. B. (2022). Smallholder farmers and forest landscape restoration in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Central Malawi. Land Use Policy, 122, 106345.  

Djenontin, I. N., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., & Zulu, L. C. (2022). Landscape-scale effects of farmers’ restoration decision making and investments in central Malawi: an agent-based modeling approach. Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1), 281-306. 

Kimengsi, J. N., Owusu, R., Djenontin, I. N., Pretzsch, J., Giessen, L., Buchenrieder, G., … & Acosta, A. N. (2022). What do we (not) know on forest management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa? A regional comparative review. Land Use Policy, 114, 105931.  

Mensah, E. R., Landry, C. E., & Smith, T. A. (2022, August). Imminent Natural Disaster and Price Gouging? Evidence from Hurricane Harvey in the US. In 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California (No. 322279). Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 

Sarr, M., Kimani, M. E., & Jobo, S. (2022). The Political Economy of Fisheries Reform in Senegal. In The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors (pp. 65-85). Cham: Springer International Publishing. 

Schultz, B., Brockington, D., Coleman, E. A., Djenontin, I., Fischer, H. W., Fleischman, F., … & Ramprasad, V. (2022). Recognizing the equity implications of restoration priority maps. Environmental research letters, 17(11), 114019.  

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., Kamoto, J. F., Kampanje-Phiri, J. M., & Fischer, G. (2022). Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-27.  

Zulu, L.C., Djenontin, I.N.S., Kamoto, J.F. et al. (2022) Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi. Environ Dev Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02632-9

2021

Dillon, A., & Mensah, E. R. (2021). Respondent Biases in Household Surveys. Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper, (21-103).

Djenontin, I. N., & Zulu, L. C. (2021). The quest for context-relevant governance of agro-forest landscape restoration in Central Malawi: Insights from local processes. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102555.

Djenontin, I. N., Zulu, L. C., & Etongo, D. (2021). Ultimately, what is forest landscape restoration in practice? Embodiments in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for future design. Environmental Management, 68, 619-641.

Fischer, G., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Grabowski, P., & Djenontin, I. (2021). Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: An exploration and conceptualization of interactions. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 403-422.

Grabowski, P. P., Djenontin, I., Zulu, L., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Darkwah, A., … & Fischer, G. (2021). Gender-and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 359-375.

Naso, P., Silva, M. T., Tyack, N., Dambala, G., Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. (2021). Using Information to Improve Global Cooperation: A Climate Change Experiment. Available at SSRN 4443731.

Osseo‐Asare, D. K., & Abbas, Y. (2021). Occupying Africa: Prototyping a Transformal Makerspace Network. Architectural Design, 91(5), 62-69.

Sarr, M., Ayele, M. B., Kimani, M. E., & Ruhinduka, R. (2021). Who benefits from climate-friendly agriculture? The marginal returns to a rainfed system of rice intensification in Tanzania. World Development, 138, 105160.

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., & Grabowski, P. (2021). From diagnosis to action: Understanding youth strengths and hurdles and using decision-making tools to foster youth-inclusive sustainable agriculture intensification. Journal of Rural Studies, 82, 196-209.

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Fischer, G., … & Egyir, I. (2021). Realizing Inclusive SAI: contextualizing indicators to better evaluate gender and intergenerational inequity in SAI processes and outcomes–cases from Southern and Western Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 376-402.

2020

Croke, K., Garcia Mora, M. E., Goldstein, M., Mensah, E., & O’Sullivan, M. (2020). Up before Dawn.

Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C., & Ligmann-Zielinska, A. (2020). Improving representation of decision rules in LUCC-ABM: An example with an elicitation of farmers’ decision making for landscape restoration in central Malawi. Sustainability, 12(13), 5380.

Mensah, E. R., & Kostandini, G. (2020). The inverse farm size-productivity relationship under land size mismeasurement and in the presence of weather and price risks: Panel data evidence from Uganda.

Osseo-Asare, D. K., & Abbas, Y. (2020). 3.7 Crafting Space. All-Inclusive Engagement in Architecture: Towards the Future of Social Change, 18.

2019

Cohen, D., Osseo-Asare, D. K., & Hailey, C. (2019). Making with Repurpose: Finding Architectural Value between Waste and Landfill. European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, 2(2), 105-120.

Ndikumana, L., & Sarr, M. (2019). Capital flight, foreign direct investment and natural resources in Africa. Resources Policy, 63, 101427.

Osseo-Asare, D. K., & Abbas, Y. (2015, June). Investigating 3E-materials at Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana. In 2015 Conference on Raising Awareness for the Societal and Environmental Role of Engineering and (Re) Training Engineers for Participatory Design (Engineering4Society) (pp. 41-50). IEEE.

Osseo-Asare, D. K., & Abbas, Y. (2019). Waste. AA Files, (76), 179-183.

Potter, C., Osseo-Asare, D. K., & M’Rithaa, M. (2019). Crafting spaces between Design and Futures: An analysis of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform. Journal of Futures Studies, 23(3), 39-56.

Ravetti, C., Sarr, M., Munene, D., & Swanson, T. (2019). Discrimination and favouritism among South African workers: Ethnic identity and union membership. World Development, 123, 104604.

2018

Djenontin, I. N. S., & Meadow, A. M. (2018). The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice. Environmental management, 61(6), 885-903.

Djenontin, I. N. S., Foli, S., & Zulu, L. C. (2018). Revisiting the factors shaping outcomes for forest and landscape restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A way forward for policy, practice and research. Sustainability, 10(4), 906.

Etongo, D., Epule, T. E., Djenontin, I. N. S., & Kanninen, M. (2018, August). Land management in rural Burkina Faso: the role of socio‐cultural and institutional factors. In Natural resources forum (Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 201-213). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Larcom, S., Sarr, M., & Willems, T. (2014). What shall we do with the bad dictator?. University of Oxford Department of Economics Discussion Paper, (682).

Larcom, S., Sarr, M., & Willems, T. (2018). Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men. The World Bank Economic Review, 32(3), 584-609.

Ravetti, C., Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. (2018). Foreign aid and political instability in resource-rich countries. Resources Policy, 58, 277-294.

Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. (2018). Erratum to: Will Technological Change Save the World? The Rebound Effect in International Transfers of Technology. Environmental and Resource Economics, 69, 445-445.

2017

Akpalu, W., Agenyo, G., Letete, E. M., & Sarr, M. (2017). Evolution of Institutions in Ghana and Implications for Economic Growth. Economic Research Southern Africa. Retrieved from https://econrsa. org/system/files/publications/working…/working_paper_710. pdf.

David O. Fadiran, Mare Sarr; Measurement and Evolution of Institutions in Nigeria. Journal of Development Perspectives 1 June 2017; 1 (1-2): 1–27. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/jdevepers.1.1-2.0001

Emmanuel Letete, Mare Sarr; Evolution and Measurement of Institutions in Kenya. Journal of Development Perspectives 1 June 2017; 1 (1-2): 171–192. Doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/jdevepers.1.1-2.0171

Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., & Glover, E. K. (2017). Assessing use-values and relative importance of trees for livelihood values and their potentials for environmental protection in Southern Burkina Faso. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 19, 1141-1166.

Fadiran, D. O., Sarr, M., & Fedderke, J. W. (2017). Measurement and Analysis of the Evolution of Institutions in Nigeria. Lagos, Nigeria: Islamic Publications Bureau.

Letete, E., & Sarr, M. (2017). Illicit Financial Flows and Political Institutions in Kenya. African Development Bank.

Munene, D., Ravetti, C., Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. M. (2017). Discrimination and favouritism among workers: Union membership and ethnic identity.

Sarr, M., & Noailly, J. (2017). Innovation, diffusion, growth and the environment: Taking stock and charting new directions. Environmental and Resource Economics, 66, 393-407.

Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. (2017). Will technological change save the world? The rebound effect in international transfers of technology. Environmental and Resource Economics, 66, 577-604.

Wisdom Akpalu, George Agbenyo, Mare Sarr, Emmanuel Letete; Measuring the Evolution of Economic and Political Institutions in Ghana (1820–2010). Journal of Development Perspectives 1 June 2017; 1 (1-2): 28–53. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/jdevepers.1.1-2.0028

2016

Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., & Kanninen, M. (2016). Poverty and environmental degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An assessment based on participatory methods. Land, 5(3), 20.

Fadiran, D., & Sarr, M. (2016). Path dependence and interdependence between institutions and development. Economic Research Southern Africa Working Papers, 637.

Kambire, H., Djenontin, I. N., Kaboré, A., Djoudi, H., Balinga, M., Zida, M., … & Brockhaus, M. (2016). The Context of REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Drivers, agents and institutions. Center for International Forestry Research.

Kasekende, E., Abuka, C., & Sarr, M. (2016). Extractive industries and corruption: Investigating the effectiveness of EITI as a scrutiny mechanism. Resources Policy, 48, 117-128.

Larcom, S., Sarr, M., & Willems, T. (2016). Time-consistency and Dictator Punishment: Discretion Rather than Rules? In Contemporary Issues in Development Economics (pp. 194-202). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

Larcom, S., Sarr, M., Willems, T. (2016). Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men.  A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 168. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town.

2015

Djenontin, I. N. S., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Chia, E. L., Brockhaus, M., & Wong, G. (2015). REDD+: The implementation challenge in the Congo Basin. CIFOR Forests News.

Djenontin, I., & Djoudi, H. (2015). From degraded to functional restored forest land: Smallholder farmers curbing food insecurity in central Burkina Faso. Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration: lessons from Burkina Faso, Brazil, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Ghana, Ethiopia and Philippines, 18-41.

Djenontin, N., Djoudi, H., & Zida, M. (2015). Forest land restoration enhances food security in Sahelian landscapes.

Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., & Fobissie, K. (2015). Smallholders’ tree planting activity in the ziro province, southern burkina faso: impacts on livelihood and policy implications. Forests, 6(8), 2655-2677.

Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., Fobissie, K., Korhonen-Kurki, K., & Djoudi, H. (2015). Land tenure, asset heterogeneity and deforestation in Southern Burkina Faso. Forest Policy and Economics, 61, 51-58.

Fadiran, D., & Sarr, M. (2015). Path dependence and interdependence in institutions: The Nigerian case. In Peripheral Visions of Economic Development (pp. 306-336). Routledge.

Kambire, HW, Djenontin, INS, Kabore, A., Djoudi, H., Balinga, MP, Zida, M., & Assembe-Mvondo, S. (2015). REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Causes, agents and institutions (Vol. 123). CIFOR.

Liu, X., Sarr, M., & Swanson, T. (2015). Resistance to the regulation of common water resources in rural Tunisia. Land Economics, 91(3), 435-459.