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African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, Policy (2020)
Book
Cramer, C., Sender, J., & Oqubay, A. (2020). African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, Policy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832331.001.0001

Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries, using the striking variation in... Read More about African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, Policy.

Violence, Conflict, Development: What's new? Shifting ideas and practice, 1989-2023 (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cramer, C. Violence, Conflict, Development: What's new? Shifting ideas and practice, 1989-2023. London

Thinking and practice related to the connections between ‘development’ and violent conflict has evolved since the early 1990s. While giving some quantitative indication of trends, this paper primarily draws on a set of interviews with individuals wit... Read More about Violence, Conflict, Development: What's new? Shifting ideas and practice, 1989-2023.

Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization (2022)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Di John, J., & Sender, J. (2022). Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization. Development and Change, 53(3), 495-524. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12708

Developing countries are balance-of-payments constrained. In this context, high-value agricultural exports can make a greater contribution to structural change than development economists and developing country governments have typically acknowledged... Read More about Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization.

Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda (2021)
Journal Article
Sender, J., & Cramer, C. (2022). Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 40(2), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1998393

Life history interviews from Ethiopia and Uganda, organised around experiences of wage labour, provide rich evidence on the working conditions of many poor, rural women and on what leads them to work for wages. The life histories confirm and illumina... Read More about Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda.

Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan (2024)
Thesis
Kato, H. Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis, grounded in primary research conducted in North Kordofan, Sudan, examines how Sudan’s rural labour regimes perpetuate and regenerate violence through what it introduces as ‘categorical violence’. This framework explores how classificatio... Read More about Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan.

Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018 (2024)
Thesis
Mas Aparisi, A. P. Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

There is a pervasive assumption that there is very limited room for evidence-informed policymaking in most African countries, because of the clientelistic nature of their regime. The thesis tests this assumption by looking at the longue durée history... Read More about Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018.

Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area (2024)
Thesis
Yakubu, K. N. Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Studies on security and governance are widespread across the global south and often focus on how power is distributed and transferred from states to nonstate actors. However, they rarely examine actual governance practises or the more specific logic... Read More about Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area.

The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg (2023)
Thesis
Harber, J. The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In 2006, the nascent City of Johannesburg undertook the most ambitious infrastructure project in South African local government history. The Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system was to be not just a new way to move people around the city, but a... Read More about The statecraft of large transport projects: Bus Rapid Transit in Johannesburg.

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.

Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021) (2023)
Thesis
Isar, S. Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research focuses on the fiscal dimension of state-building in Afghanistan. It examines the relationship between state-building and taxation with a particular focus on the Karzai (2001–2014) and Ghani (2014–2019) administrations, whilst also plac... Read More about Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021).

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.

Identifying the most deprived in rural Ethiopia and Uganda: A simple measure of socio-economic deprivation (2018)
Journal Article
Sender, J., Cramer, C., & Oya, C. (2018). Identifying the most deprived in rural Ethiopia and Uganda: A simple measure of socio-economic deprivation. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 12(3), 594-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2018.1474416

The Extreme Deprivation Index uses easily verifiable answers to ten questions about the ownership of the most basic non-food wage goods - things that poor people in a variety of rural contexts want to have because they make a real difference to the q... Read More about Identifying the most deprived in rural Ethiopia and Uganda: A simple measure of socio-economic deprivation.

Introduction: Land rights, restitution, politics, and war in Colombia (2017)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., & Wood, E. J. (2017). Introduction: Land rights, restitution, politics, and war in Colombia. Journal of Agrarian Change, 17(4), 733-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12239

This paper introduces contributions to a symposium that report some of the findings and arguments to emerge from a collaborative research project involving five Colombian universities forming the Observatorio de Restitución y Regulación de Derechos d... Read More about Introduction: Land rights, restitution, politics, and war in Colombia.

Fairtrade and Labour Markets in Ethiopia and Uganda (2016)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2016). Fairtrade and Labour Markets in Ethiopia and Uganda. The Journal of Development Studies, 53(6), 841-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1208175

Drawing on four years of fieldwork in Ethiopia and Uganda, this paper addresses gaps in knowledge about the mechanisms linking agricultural exports with poverty reduction, the functioning of rural labour markets, and the relevance to the lives of the... Read More about Fairtrade and Labour Markets in Ethiopia and Uganda.