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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.

A Political Economy Perspective on Mauritian Water Services (2025)
Book Chapter
Peeroo, A., & Bayliss, K. (2025). A Political Economy Perspective on Mauritian Water Services. In C. Oya, R. Ramtohul, & V. Tandrayen-Ragoobur (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy (384-411). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192856494.013.18

Mauritian drinking water services are in urgent need of investment. Yet, tariffs are among the lowest in the region, despite relatively high-income levels. This chapter offers a political economy analysis, drawing on the systems of provision (SoP) ap... Read More about A Political Economy Perspective on Mauritian Water Services.

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.

The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy (2025)
Book
Oya, C., Ramtohul, R., & Tandrayen-Ragoobur, V. (Eds.). (2025). The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192856494.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, and political landscape of the island, offering a nuanced exploration of its historical evolution, current challenges, and future prospects. Adopt... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy.

Labour Retention end Workforce Development in Ethiopia's Apparel and Textile Industry: The Case of Hawassa Industrial Park (2023)
Thesis
Gebrechristos Gebreegziabher, N. Labour Retention end Workforce Development in Ethiopia's Apparel and Textile Industry: The Case of Hawassa Industrial Park. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research examines the dynamics and challenges of labour retention and, more broadly, building an industrial workforce in the Ethiopian apparel and textile industry in the 2010s/early 2020s through the case of Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP), Afric... Read More about Labour Retention end Workforce Development in Ethiopia's Apparel and Textile Industry: The Case of Hawassa Industrial Park.

Governance capabilities, Industrialisation and the State: the case of the cotton and textile sectors in Ethiopia (2021)
Thesis
Damestoy, J.-B. Governance capabilities, Industrialisation and the State: the case of the cotton and textile sectors in Ethiopia. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

With an average GDP growth rate of 10%, Ethiopia is one of the notable exceptions in Sub-Saharan Africa since the 2000s (4.6% for SSA), especially given that this growth is based on rich natural resources or oil. This rapid economic growth has been p... Read More about Governance capabilities, Industrialisation and the State: the case of the cotton and textile sectors in Ethiopia.

The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of the Light Manufacturing Industry and the Construction Materials Industry (2021)
Thesis
Chen, W. The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of the Light Manufacturing Industry and the Construction Materials Industry. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in Africa has increased significantly following the turn of the century. With the increasingly supportive ‘Going Out’ (zou chu qu) policy promoted by the Chinese government, ferocious competition in th... Read More about The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of the Light Manufacturing Industry and the Construction Materials Industry.

Contemporary land rush, and dynamics of agrarian change in Senegal (2006-2017) (2019)
Thesis
Dieng, R. S. Contemporary land rush, and dynamics of agrarian change in Senegal (2006-2017). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis critically examines the political economy of the post-2006 land rush in the regions of Saint-Louis and Louga, in the Delta and the Valley of River Senegal. Through a comparative case-study approach, and a feminist lens, it investigates th... Read More about Contemporary land rush, and dynamics of agrarian change in Senegal (2006-2017).

Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy (2015)
Book
Oya, C., & Pontara, N. (Eds.). (2015). Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315735085

There is a striking scarcity of work conducted on rural labour markets in the developing world, particularly in Africa. This book aims to fill this gap by bringing together a group of contributors who boast substantial field experience researching ru... Read More about Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy.

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.