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Why Mauritius? The Political Economy of Structural Transformation in a Small Island (2025)
Book Chapter
Campling, L., & Oya, C. (2025). Why Mauritius? The Political Economy of Structural Transformation in a Small Island. In C. Oya, R. Ramtohul, & V. Tandrayen-Ragoobur (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy (20-45). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192856494.013.2

This chapter explores the significance of the Mauritian economic development trajectory by connecting the experience of Mauritius to debates on structural economic transformation and on the perceived vulnerabilities and prospects of Small Island Deve... Read More about Why Mauritius? The Political Economy of Structural Transformation in a Small Island.

Introduction (2025)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., Ramtohul, R., & Tandrayen-Ragoobur, V. (2025). Introduction. In C. Oya, R. Ramtohul, & V. Tandrayen-Ragoobur (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy (3-19). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192856494.013.1

Mauritius’s development pathway as a small island economy and part of the sub-Saharan African region is considered as an example for other countries. Its economic, social, and political landscape has been very dynamic over the past decades since inde... Read More about Introduction.

Contract Farming (2021)
Book Chapter
Pérez Niño, H., & Oya, C. (2021). Contract Farming. In A. Akram-Lodhi, K. Dietz, B. Engels, & B. McKay (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies (417-426). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972468.00057

Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods under contract, as opposed to procuring these in spot markets. This chapter provides an introduction to contract farming and explains its significance an... Read More about Contract Farming.

Industrial Hubs and the Industrial Labour Force in Africa and Asia (2020)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., & Schaefer, F. (2020). Industrial Hubs and the Industrial Labour Force in Africa and Asia. In A. Oqubay, & J. Y. Lin (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development (381-400). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198850434.013.20

Industrial hubs can take a number of institutional forms and vary greatly in size, sectoral composition, and degree of internal coordination. What all such hubs have in common, though, is that they concentrate industrial workers in great numbers and... Read More about Industrial Hubs and the Industrial Labour Force in Africa and Asia.

Labour Regimes and Workplace Encounters between China and Africa (2019)
Book Chapter
Oya, C. Labour Regimes and Workplace Encounters between China and Africa. In A. Oqubay, & J. Y. Lin (Eds.), China-Africa and an Economic Transformation (239-262). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198830504.003.0012

This chapter explores labour outcomes and dynamics for Chinese FDI and infrastructure contractors through their encounters with workers, states, and labour institutions in Africa. The chapter critically assesses the most popular claims about job crea... Read More about Labour Regimes and Workplace Encounters between China and Africa.

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.

Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries (2015)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., & Pontara, N. (2015). Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries. In C. Oya, & N. Pontara (Eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy (1-36). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315735085-9

This chapter explains historical evolution of wage employment in China's rural economy in the past two centuries. It documents the growth of various forms of wage work in rural China during the Reform era and analyse the political-economic conditions... Read More about Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries.

Crise Global, Crescimento e Desafios para Moçambique e a sua Estratégia de Desenvolvimento [Global Crisis, Growth and Challenges for Mozambique and its Development Strategy] (2012)
Book Chapter
Oya, C. (2012). Crise Global, Crescimento e Desafios para Moçambique e a sua Estratégia de Desenvolvimento [Global Crisis, Growth and Challenges for Mozambique and its Development Strategy]. In L. de Brito, C. N. Castel-Branco, S. Chichava, & A. Francisco (Eds.), Desafios para Moçambique 2012 (387-409). IESE

Agriculture in the World Bank: Blighted Harvest Persists (2011)
Book Chapter
Oya, C. (2011). Agriculture in the World Bank: Blighted Harvest Persists. In K. Bayliss, B. Fine, & E. Van Waeyenberge (Eds.), The Political Economy of Development. The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research (146-187). Pluto Press

Aid, Development and the State in Africa (2010)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., & Pons-Vignon, N. (2010). Aid, Development and the State in Africa. In V. Padayachee (Ed.), The Political Economy of Africa (172-198). Routledge