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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.

Labour and rural poverty (2019)
Journal Article
Oya, C. (2019). Labour and rural poverty. Policy in Focus, 16(1), 11-13

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.

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).

The effectiveness of agricultural certification in developing countries: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Oya, C., Schaefer, F., & Skalidou, D. (2018). The effectiveness of agricultural certification in developing countries: a systematic review. World Development, 112, 282-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.08.001

Certification systems (CS) set and monitor voluntary standards to make agricultural production sustainable in socio-economic terms and agricultural trade fairer for producers and workers. They try to achieve a wide range of socio-economic and environ... Read More about The effectiveness of agricultural certification in developing countries: a systematic review.

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.

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.

Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining ‘households’ in research on poverty (2015)
Journal Article
Oya, C. Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining ‘households’ in research on poverty. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 7(3), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2015.1068358

In an important article published in 2002, H. White made a case for mixed methods in poverty analysis and addressed a number of puzzles arising from conventional oppositions between quantitative and qualitative approaches. One of the examples was the... Read More about Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining ‘households’ in research on poverty.

Bringing Agriculture Back In: The Central Place of Agrarian Change in Rural China Studies (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q. F., Oya, C., & Ye, J. (2015). Bringing Agriculture Back In: The Central Place of Agrarian Change in Rural China Studies. Journal of Agrarian Change, 15(3), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12115

Since the mid-2000s, rural development and politics in China has entered a new phase that revolves around what the central government calls ‘agricultural modernization’. Transforming the once-dominant smallholding, family-based agriculture has become... Read More about Bringing Agriculture Back In: The Central Place of Agrarian Change in Rural China Studies.

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.

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.