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Urban Informality and the Boundaries of Belonging: Notes on Ethnicity, Nationality and Class in Nouakchott, Mauritania (2019)
Journal Article
Ould Moctar, H. (2019). Urban Informality and the Boundaries of Belonging: Notes on Ethnicity, Nationality and Class in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Movements (Göttingen), 4(2), 201-224

This article presents ethnographic commentary on the dynamics between different ethnic and national communities in Nouakchott’s informal sector. It first gives some background for this analysis by briefly reviewing the history of ethnic and national... Read More about Urban Informality and the Boundaries of Belonging: Notes on Ethnicity, Nationality and Class in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Migrants Remittances and Financial Inclusion among Households in Nigeria (2019)
Journal Article
Ajefu, J., & Ogebe, J. O. (2019). Migrants Remittances and Financial Inclusion among Households in Nigeria. Oxford Development Studies, 47(3), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2019.1575349

This article investigates the impact of remittances on financial inclusion, using the 2009 World Bank’s Migration and Remittances Household Survey data for Nigeria. An instrumental variable estimation technique was used to estimate the impact of remi... Read More about Migrants Remittances and Financial Inclusion among Households in Nigeria.

Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia (2019)
Book Chapter
Oya, C. (2019). Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia. In F. Cheru, C. Cramer, & A. Oqubay (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (668-686). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198814986.013.33

This chapter provides an overview of the factors and dynamics involved in the creation and formation of an industrial workforce in an agrarian-based economy. The main argument is that the process of building an industrial working class is uneven, pro... Read More about Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia.

International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
Journal Article
Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand. SSM - Population Health, 9, Article 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100435

United Nations (UN) member states have, since 2011, worked to address the emerging global NCD crisis, but progress has, so far, been insufficient. Food trade policy is recognised to have the potential to impact certain major diet-related health and e... Read More about International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand.

The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa (2019)
Book
Amoah, M. (2019). The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781838600501

Nationalism and the nation state, globalization and Pan-Africanism are leading international relations concepts which have a particular relevance for Africa as an emerging economic power. This book examines the concept of nationalism, the nationalist... Read More about The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa.

The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (2019)
Book
Cheru, F., Cramer, C., & Oqubay, A. (Eds.). (2019). The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198814986.001.0001

This volume is the first ever economics handbook on a single African country focused on the theme of structural transformation. It is intended to serve as a major reference book on the Ethiopian economy for university students, researchers, and polic... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy.

China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy (2019)
Journal Article
Ho, S., & Marois, T. (2019). China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy. The China Quarterly, 239, 728-751. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741019000018

Chinese authorities created four new asset management companies (AMCs) in 1999, which have since undergone profound transformations that have been influential in China’s contemporary integration into the world market. Conventional interpretations see... Read More about China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy.

Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
Journal Article
Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand. Food Policy, 83, 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.12.003

Palm oil is a cooking oil and food ingredient in widespread use in the global food system. However, as a highly saturated fat, palm oil consumption has been associated with negative effects on cardiovascular health, while large scale oil palm product... Read More about Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand.