Mistakes, Crises, and Research Independence: The Perils of Fieldwork as a form of Evidence
(2015)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2016). Mistakes, Crises, and Research Independence: The Perils of Fieldwork as a form of Evidence. African Affairs, 115(458), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adv067
PROF Christopher Cramer's Outputs (71)
Committing to self-reliance and negotiating vulnerability : understanding the developmental change in Rwanda (2015)
Thesis
Behuria, P. Committing to self-reliance and negotiating vulnerability : understanding the developmental change in Rwanda. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
Fairtrade cooperatives in Ethiopia and Uganda: uncensored (2015)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2015). Fairtrade cooperatives in Ethiopia and Uganda: uncensored. Review of African political economy, 41(S1), S115-S127. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2014.976192
Peace Work: Labour Markets, Work and Violence (Think Piece) (2015)
Report
Cramer, C. (2015). Peace Work: Labour Markets, Work and Violence (Think Piece)
The state, society and international interventions in Timor-Leste : creating conditions for violence? (2015)
Thesis
Engel, R. E. The state, society and international interventions in Timor-Leste : creating conditions for violence?. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
Post-conflict agrarian change in Angónia : land, labour and the organization of production in the Mozambique-Malawi borderland (2015)
Thesis
Pérez Niño, H. Post-conflict agrarian change in Angónia : land, labour and the organization of production in the Mozambique-Malawi borderland. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London
Tigers or Tiger Prawns?: The African Growth “Tragedy” and “Renaissance” in Perspective (2014)
Book Chapter
Cramer, C., & Chang, H.-J. (2015). Tigers or Tiger Prawns?: The African Growth “Tragedy” and “Renaissance” in Perspective. In C. Monga, & J. Y. Lin (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Volume 1: Context and Concepts. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199687114.013.45This chapter examines Africa’s “renaissance” following a “growth tragedy,” or “chronic growth failure,” between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s. It puts the African growth experiences of the last 50 years into perspective by analyzing these so-called... Read More about Tigers or Tiger Prawns?: The African Growth “Tragedy” and “Renaissance” in Perspective.
Fairtrade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda (2014)
Report
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2014). Fairtrade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda
How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty (2014)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., Mueller, B., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2014). How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 35(1), 170-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2014.873022The Fair Trade, Employment and Poverty Reduction (FTEPR) project investigated poverty dynamics in rural Ethiopia and Uganda. When designing fieldwork to capture poor people often missing from standard surveys, several methodological challenges were i... Read More about How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty.
Secondary education expansion in Tanzania, 2004-2012: a political economy perspective (2014)
Thesis
Languille, S. Secondary education expansion in Tanzania, 2004-2012: a political economy perspective. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London
Industrial policy in Ethiopia (2013)
Thesis
Metiku, A. O. Industrial policy in Ethiopia. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
Relationships matter: the aid relationship in low-incomepost-communist countries (2012)
Thesis
Reynolds, M. Relationships matter: the aid relationship in low-incomepost-communist countries. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London
Hard science or waffly crap? Evidence-based policy versus policy-based evidence in the field of violent conflict (2011)
Book Chapter
Cramer, C., & Goodhand, J. (2011). Hard science or waffly crap? Evidence-based policy versus policy-based evidence in the field of violent conflict. In K. Bayliss, B. Fine, & E. Van Waeyenberge (Eds.), The Political Economy of Development. The World Bank, Neo-Liberalism and Development Reseearch (215-238). Pluto Press
Researching Violence in Africa: Ethical and Methodological Challenges (2011)
Book
Cramer, C., Hammond, L., & Pottier, J. (Eds.). (2011). Researching Violence in Africa: Ethical and Methodological Challenges. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004203129.i-184Researching violence and conflict can be challenging for a variety of reasons, including security risks to researchers and informants, restricted or lack of access to informants and field sites, and poor reliability of official data. Traditional meth... Read More about Researching Violence in Africa: Ethical and Methodological Challenges.
Africa and the Global Credit Crunch: from crisis to opportunity? (2009)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Johnston, D., & Oya, C. (2009). Africa and the Global Credit Crunch: from crisis to opportunity?. African Affairs, 108(433), 643-654. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adp058
Rural Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New View of Poverty, Power and Policy (2008)
Report
Cramer, C., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2008). Rural Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New View of Poverty, Power and Policy
Lifting the Blinkers: A New View of Power, Diversity and Poverty in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets (2008)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2008). Lifting the Blinkers: A New View of Power, Diversity and Poverty in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 46(3), 361-392. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X08003340This paper presents some results from the largest rural labour market survey yet conducted in Mozambique. Evidence from three provinces shows that labour markets have a significant impact on the lives of a large number of poor people, and that employ... Read More about Lifting the Blinkers: A New View of Power, Diversity and Poverty in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets.
Discretion and Heterogeneity in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets (2008)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., Cramer, C., & Sender, J. (2008). Discretion and Heterogeneity in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets. In L. de Brito, C. N. Castel-Branco, S. Chichava, & A. Francisco (Eds.), Reflecting on Economic Questions (50-71). IESE
Economía Política del Desarrollo en África (2007)
Book
Oya, C., Santamaría, A., Sender, J., Cramer, C., Lawrence, P., Lahiff, E. P., Weeks, J., & Bidaurratzaga, E. (2007). C. Oya, & A. Santamaría (Eds.). Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Ediciones Akal
Women Working for Wages: Putting Flesh on the Bones of a Rural Labour Market Survey in Mozambique (2006)
Journal Article
Sender, J., Oya, C., & Cramer, C. (2006). Women Working for Wages: Putting Flesh on the Bones of a Rural Labour Market Survey in Mozambique. Journal of Southern African Studies, 32(2), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070600656291