List of publications (selected)

A. BOOKS & EDITORSHIP OF JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

  • Challenges of Urbanization: Perspectives from the Global South, Routledge (co-editor with K. Sridhar); forthcoming 2021.
  • Security and Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011 (editor; including a chapter by Nobel Laureate Michael Spence).
  • Foreign Aid for Development: Issues, Challenges and the New Agenda, Oxford University Press, 2010 (editor) - endorsements for this book are available here
  • Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 (co-editor with M. Nissanke).
  • Development Aid: A Fresh Look, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (co-editor with M. McGillivray).
  • Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (editor).
  • Development Finance in the Global Economy: The Road Ahead, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (co-editor with T. Addison).
  • Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (co-editor with B. Guha-Khasnobis).
  • Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, both in hardback and paperback (co-editor with Anthony F. Shorrocks; with a Foreword by Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen).
  • Commodity Supply Management by Producing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997 (co-author with A. Maizels and R. Bacon).
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Review of Development Economics on Development Aid: Theory, Policies and Performance, vol. 13, No. 3, 2009.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv) on Foreign Aid Heterogeneity, vol. 143, No. 4, 2007 (with P. Nunnenkamp).
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue of World Economy on FDI to Developing Countries: The Unfinished Agenda, vol. 29, No.1, 2006 (with T. Addison and B. Guha-Khasnobis).
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue of the Journal of International Development on Aid to Africa, vol.17, No.8, 2005 (with T. Addison and M. McGillivray).

B. PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  • Variability in Agricultural Productivity and Rural Household Consumption Inequality: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda, Agricultural Economics, 2021 (with M. Amare, B. Shiferaw and H. Takeshima), published online Jan. 2021.
  • Combining Household and Price Data to Target Food Marketing Interventions in Nigeria, Food Security, 2021 (with P. Hatzenbuehler), published online Jan. 2021.
  • Governance Quality, Remittances and their Implications for Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Development, vol. 127, March 2020 (with A. Ogunniyi, K. Olagunju, O. Fadare and M. Rufai).
  • Micronutrient-rich Food Consumption, Intra-household Food Allocation and Child Stunting in Rural Nigeria, Public Health Nutrition, 22(3), 444-454, 2019 (with D. Akerele, O. Fadare and M. Oyeyemi).
  • Mother’s Nutrition-related Knowledge and Child Nutrition Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria, PLoS ONE, 14(2), April 2019 (with O. Fadare, M. Amare, D. Akerele and A. Ogunniyi).
  • Emerging Lessons from Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Crisis, The Conversation, September 2018 (with C. Arndt, C. Chuku, A. Adeniran, M. Adetutu, V. Ajayi and C. Onyekwena).
  • Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Agricultural Policy Process: Evidence from Nigeria, Environmental Development, 25, 111-125, 2018 (with S. Babu and N. Prasai).
  • Priority Interventions to Improve Maternal and Child Diets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(2), 2018 (with W. Masters, K. Rosettie, S. Kranz, S. Pedersen, P. Webb, G. Danaei, D. Mozaffarian and other co-authors from the Global Nutrition and Policy Consortium).
  • Designing Programs to Improve Diets for Maternal and Child Health: Estimating Costs and Potential Dietary Impacts of Nutrition-sensitive Programs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and India, Health Policy and Planning, 33(4), 564-573, 2018 (with W. Masters, K. Rosettie, S. Kranz, G. Danaei, P. Webb, D. Mozaffarian and other co-authors from the Global Nutrition and Policy Consortium).
  • The Nigerian Youth Story, Grain de Sel journal, Issue No. 71 on “Rural Youth in Africa”, 2016. Both in English and French.
  • Natural Resource Dependence and Economic Performance in the 1970-2000 Period, Review of Development Economics, 15(1), 224-238, 2011 (with M. Murshed and S. Torres).
  • Loan Processing Costs, Information Asymmetries and the Speed of Technology Adoption, Economic Modelling, 27, 358-367, 2010 (with S. Capasso).
  • Aid Effectiveness: Looking at the Aid-Social Capital-Growth Nexus, Review of Development Economics 13(3), 510-525, 2009 (with M. Baliamoune-Lutz).
  • Aid Volatility and Donor-Recipient Characteristics in ‘Difficult Partnership Countries’, Economica, 75(229), 481-494, 2008 (with D. Fielding).  
  • Introduction: Development Aid: Theory, Policies and Performance, Review of Development Economics 13(3), 373-381, 2009.
  • Financial Sector Development and Savings in Africa: Panel Co-integration Evidence, European Journal of Finance, 14(7), 563-581, 2008 (with R. Kelly).
  • Foreign Aid Heterogeneity: Issues and Agenda, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 143(4), 585-95, 2007 (with P. Nunnenkamp).
  • Financial Sector Structure and Financial Crisis Burden, Journal of Financial Stability, 3(4), 295-323, 2007 (with D.Vinogradov).
  • Aid Modalities and Budgetary Response: Evidence from Panel Data, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 143(4), 720-741, 2007 (with B. Ouattara).
  • Aid Disaggregation and the Public Sector in Aid Recipient Economies, Review of Development Economics, 10(3), 432-449, 2006 (with B. Ouattara).
  • FDI and Growth: What Causes What?, World Economy, 29(1), 9-19, 2006 (with A. Chowdhury).
  • Public Fiscal Behaviour and Aid Heterogeneity in Aid-Recipient Countries, Journal of Developing Areas, 39(2), 1-15, 2006 (with B. Ouattara).
  • FDI to Developing Countries: The Unfinished Agenda, World Economy, 29(1), 1-8, 2006 (with T. Addison and B. Guha-Khasnobis).
  • Aid Heterogeneity: Looking at Aid Effectiveness from a Different Angle, Journal of International Development, 17(8), 1019-1036, 2005.
  • Development Assistance and Development Financing: Evidence and Global Policy Agendas, Journal of International Development, 17, 819-836, 2005 (with T. Addison and M. McGillivray).
  • Aid, Debt Relief and New Sources of Finance for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals, Journal of International Affairs, Columbia University, 58(2), 2005 (with T. Addison and M. McGillivray).
  • Aid to Africa: An Unfinished Agenda, Journal of International Development, 17(8), 989-1001, 2005 (with T. Addison and M. McGillivray).
  • Savings Mobilization in Zambia: The Role of Financial Sector Reforms, Savings and Development Quarterly Review, XXVIII (4) 415-445, 2004 (with S. Maimbo).
  • Foreign Aid and Fiscal Response: Does Aid Disaggregation Matter?, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (Review of World Economics), 138(3), 534-559, 2002.
  • On the Determinants of Capital Flight: A New Approach, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 7(2), 203-241, 2002, (with J. Harrigan & Z.Yussop).
  • Aid and Growth in India: Some Evidence from Disaggregated Aid Data, South Asia Economic Journal, 3(1), 19-49, 2002.
  • Old Wine in New Bottles: Testing Causality between Savings and Growth, The Manchester School, 69, 97-105, 2001 (with R. Kelly).
  • Savings Mobilisation and Financial Sector Development: The Nexus, Savings and Development Quarterly Review, XXV (1), 33-66, 2001 (with R. Kelly).
  • Intellectual Property, Technological Advantage and Trade Performance of UK Manufacturing Industries, Applied Economics, Vol. 28, 1996, pp. 509-519 (with C. Greenhalgh and R. Wilson).
  • Job Training, New Technology and Labour Turnover, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 34, No. 1, 1996, pp. 131-50 (with C. Greenhalgh).
  • The Role of Career Aspirations and Financial Constraints in Individual Access to Vocational Training, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 46, No. 4, 1994, pp. 579-604 (with C. Greenhalgh).
  • Workforce Training in the Thatcher Era - Market Forces and Market Failures, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 14, No. 2/3, 1993, pp. 17-32 (with C. Greenhalgh).

C. PAPERS IN REFEREED EDITED VOLUMES

  • Challenges of Urbanization in the Global South: Introduction and Overview, in K. Sridhar and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Challenges of Urbanization: Perspectives from the Global South, Routledge, forthcoming 2021 (with K. Sridhar).
  • Urbanization, Livestock Ownership, Food Security and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Nigeria: Linkages, Pathways and Emerging Policy Challenges, in K. Sridhar and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Challenges of Urbanization: Perspectives from the Global South, Routledge, forthcoming 2021 (with A. Ogunniyi, M. Rufai, K. Olagunju  and M. Oyeyemi).
  • Delving Deeper into Child Poverty and Its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa: What does a Multidimensional Approach Reveal for Nigeria? in  D. Lawson, D. Angemi and I. Kasirye (eds.) What Work for Africa's Poorest Children?, Practical Action Publishing, August 2020 (with A. Ogunniyi, M. Rufai, K. Olagunju, K. Salman and  O. Fadare).
  • The Macroeconomic Impact of Aid in Recipient Countries: Old Wine in New Bottles?, in M. Arvin and B. Lew (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA, USA, 2015.
  • Aid and Growth in India, in S. Kelegama (ed.), Foreign Aid in South Asia, Sage Publishers, 2012.
  • Security and Development: Introduction and Overview, in G. Mavrotas (ed.), Security and Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011.
  • Foreign Aid for Development: Issues, Challenges and the New Agenda, in G. Mavrotas (ed.), Foreign Aid for Development, Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Introduction and Overview, in M. Nissanke and G. Mavrotas (eds.) Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 (with M. Nissanke).
  • Development Aid: Expectations, Effectiveness and Allocation, in G. Mavrotas and M. McGillivray (eds.) Development Aid: A Fresh Look, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (with M. McGillivray).
  • Aid for Trade, Aid Effectiveness and Regional Absorption Capacity, in P. De Lombaerde and Lakshmi Puri (eds.), Aid for Trade: Global and Regional Perspectives, Dordrecht-New York: Springer (with P. De Lombaerde).
  • On the Volatility and Unpredictability of Aid, in G. Mavrotas and M. McGillivray (eds.) Development Aid: A Fresh Look, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (with D. Fielding).
  • Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development: Overview, in G. Mavrotas (ed.), Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
  • Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis, in G. Mavrotas and M. McGillivray (eds.) Development Aid: A Fresh Look, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (with A. Isopi).
  • The Poverty Macroeconomic Policy Nexus: Some Short-Run Analytics, in B. Guha-Khasnobis and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with S. M. Murshed).
  • Financial Development and Growth: Evidence from Panel Data Models, in G. Mavrotas (ed.), Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with S. Son).
  • Development Finance in the Global Economy: Introduction and Overview, in T. Addison and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Development Finance in the Global Economy: The Road Ahead, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with T. Addison).
  • Financial Sector Development and Productivity Growth, in B. Guha-Khasnobis and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with S. Kumbhakar).
  • Financial Sector Development in Zambia: Implications for Domestic Resource Mobilization, in G. Mavrotas (ed.), Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with S. Maimbo).
  • Introduction and Overview, in B. Guha-Khasnobis and G. Mavrotas (eds.), Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (with B. Guha-Khasnobis).
  • Scaling Up of Foreign Aid and the Emerging New Agenda, in S. Lahiri (ed.), Frontiers of Economics and Globalization: Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid, 2007, Elsevier Publishers.
  • Advancing Development: Introduction, in G. Mavrotas and A. F. Shorrocks (eds.), Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 (with A. F. Shorrocks).
  • Financial Sector Development and Growth: Re-examining the Nexus, in M. Bagella, L. Becchetti and I. Hasan (eds.) Transparency, Governance and Markets, 2006, Elsevier Publishers (with S. Son).
  • Development Finance through ODA: Trends, Financing Gaps and Challenges, in F. Cheru and C. Bradford Jr. (eds.), The Millennium Development Goals: Innovative Ideas for Resource Mobilization (in association with The Helsinki Process on Globalization & Democracy), ZED Press, 2005 (with T. Addison & M. McGillivray).
  • Savings and Financial Sector Development: An Assessment in Green, Kirkpatrick and Murinde (eds.) Finance and Development: Surveys of Theory, Evidence & Policy, Edward Elgar, 2005.
  • Foreign Direct Investment, Innovative Sources of Development Finance & Domestic Resource Mobilization, in F. Cheru and C. Bradford Jr. (eds.), The Millennium Development Goals: Innovative Ideas for Resource Mobilization (in association with The Helsinki Process on Globalization & Democracy), ZED Press, 2005 (with T. Addison).
  • The International Finance Facility, in A.B. Atkinson (ed.) Innovative Sources for Development Finance, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Multilateral Development Banks and Private Sector Financing: The Case of IFC, in M. Odedokun (ed.) External Finance for Private Sector Development, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2004.
  • Education and Training for Manufacturing Development, in M. Godfrey (ed.) Skill Development for International Competitiveness, Edward Elgar (with R. Cassen), 1997.
  • Foreign Aid, Economic Development and the Role of the United Nations, in Bourantonis, D. and M. Evriviades (ed.) A United Nations for the Twenty-First Century: Peace, Security and Economic Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 1996.
  • Workforce Training in the Thatcher Era - Market Forces and Market Failures (extended version; with C. Greenhalgh), in R. McNabb and K. Whitfield (eds.) The Market for Training, Avebury Press, 1994.

D. DISCUSSION/WORKING PAPERS RECENTLY PUBLISHED AND RECENT POLICY NOTES (selected)

  • Variability in Agricultural Productivity and Rural Household Consumption Inequality: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda (with M. Amare, B. Shiferaw and H. Takeshima)   Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 67, 2021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Polygynous Family Structure and Child Undernutrition in Nigeria (with M. Amare, C. Arndt and K. Mahrt), Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 61, 2020, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Child Nutritional Status, Welfare and Health in Nigerian Households (with M. Adesugba and H. Edeh), IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01776, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.
  • Agricultural Public Expenditures, Sector Performance and Welfare in Nigeria: A State-level Analysis (with T. Mogues, M. Oyeyemi, J. Smart and Z. Xiong), Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 60, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • The Role of Agricultural Productivity in Non-farm Activities in Nigeria: Effects on Sector Orientation and Factor Intensity (with H. Takeshima and M. Amare); IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01761, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.
  • Land Access, Migration Decisions and Youth Employment in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector (with H. Ghebru, M. Amare and A. Ogunniyi). Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 58, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Grain Storage and Market Characteristics in Kebbi State, Nigeria (with P. Hatzenbuehler, M. Maikasuwa, A. Aliyu, and A. Bashir), Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 54, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Crisis Explained (with C. Arndt, C. Chuku, A. Adeniran, M. Adetutu, V. Ajayi and C. Onyekwena), Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 52, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Farmers’ Crop Choice Decisions: Trends and Determinants in Nigeria and Uganda (with M. Amare and H. Edeh); IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01716, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.
  • Grain Price Seasonality in Kebbi state Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler, M.A. Maikasuwa and A. Aliyu); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 51, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • How Macroeconomic Factors May Influence Agricultural Program Sustainability: Evidence from Cross River State, Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 50, 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.  
  • Macroeconomic Factor Influence on Agricultural Program Sustainability in Kaduna State, Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 48, 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Agricultural Policy Process: Evidence from Nigeria (with S. Babu and N. Prasai); IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01657, 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute, Director General’s Office, Washington DC.
  • Youth Employment, Agricultural Transformation and Rural Labor Dynamics in Nigeria (with M. Adesugba); IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01579, 2016, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.
  • Delving Deeper into the Agricultural Transformation and Youth Employment Nexus: The Nigerian Case (with M. Adesugba); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Working Paper No. 31, 2016, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.
  • Grain Storage and Market Characteristics in Kebbi State, Nigeria (with P. Hatzenbuehler, M. Maikasuwa, A. Aliyu, and A. Bashir), Nigeria Strategy Support Program Policy Note No. 49, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Grain Price Seasonality in Kebbi state Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler, M.A. Maikasuwa and A. Aliyu); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Policy Note No. 47, 2018, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • How Macroeconomic Factors May Influence Agricultural Program Sustainability: Evidence from Cross River State, Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Policy Note No. 46, 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.
  • Macroeconomic Factor Influence on Agricultural Program Sustainability in Kaduna State, Nigeria (with P.  Hatzenbuehler); Nigeria Strategy Support Program Policy Note No. 41, 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC.