Publications
by members of
Institutt for Internasjonale Miljø- og Utviklingsstudier (Noragric)
Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelig universitet
Ås, Norway
(Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
These are publications listed in RePEc written by members of the above institution who are registered with the RePEc Author Service. Thus this compiles the works all those currently affiliated with this institution, not those affilated at the time of publication. List of registered members. Register yourself. Citation analysis. Find also a compilation of publications from alumni here.This page is updated in the first days of each month.
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Working papers
2024
- Brodeur, Abel & Mikola, Derek & Cook, Nikolai & Brailey, Thomas & Briggs, Ryan & de Gendre, Alexandra & Dupraz, Yannick & Fiala, Lenka & Gabani, Jacopo & Gauriot, Romain & Haddad, Joanne & McWay, Ryan, 2024.
"Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope,"
I4R Discussion Paper Series
107, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
- Brodeur, Abel & Mikola, Derek & Cook, Nikolai, 2024. "Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope," IZA Discussion Papers 16912, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
2023
- Holden, Stein T. & Makate, Clifton & Tione, Sarah, 2023. "Measurement Error and Farm Size: Do Nationally Representative Surveys Provide Reliable Estimates? ," CLTS Working Papers 7/23, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Centre for Land Tenure Studies.
2022
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2022. "Leaving No Women Behind: Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Livelihood Outcomes and Inequities in Access to Health Services and Necessities in Kenya and Ethiopia," Working Papers 60f6e60d-8817-4f8a-af9e-0, African Economic Research Consortium.
- Makate, Clifton & Makate, Marshall, 2022. "Do Smallholder Farmers in Heterogeneous Settings in Malawi Use Commercial Input Purchasing to Adapt to Recurrent Weather Shocks?," Working Papers d212d772-d6fd-4f6e-a381-c, African Economic Research Consortium.
2019
- Jerven, Morten, 2019. "African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa," African Economic History Working Paper 50/2019, African Economic History Network.
2016
- Jerven , Morten, 2016. "Historical patterns of economic growth in Africa: A review," African Economic History Working Paper 28/2016, African Economic History Network.
- Jerven , Morten, 2016. "Capitalism in pre-colonial Africa," African Economic History Working Paper 27/2016, African Economic History Network.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016.
"The Evolution of Socioeconomic-Related Inequalities in Maternal Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Zimbabwe, 1994-2011,"
MPRA Paper
72718, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Jul 2016.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016. "The Evolution of Socioeconomic-Related Inequalities in Maternal Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Zimbabwe, 1994-2011," MPRA Paper 83897, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 12 Jan 2018.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016.
"Demand for prenatal care and its impact on neonatal, infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys,"
MPRA Paper
72799, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 31 Jul 2016.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016. "Demand for prenatal care and its impact on neonatal, infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys," MPRA Paper 72805, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 31 Jul 2016.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016. "Is poor sanitation killing more children in rural Zimbabwe? Results of propensity score matching method," MPRA Paper 72831, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 02 Aug 2016.
2015
- Gareth Austin & Ewout Frankema & Ewout Morten Jerven, 2015.
"Patterns of Manufacturing Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonization to the Present,"
Working Papers
0071, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History.
- Frankema, Ewout & Austin, Gareth & Jerven, Morten, 2016. "Patterns of Manufacturing Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonization to the Present," CEPR Discussion Papers 11609, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
2014
- Morten Jerven, 2014. "African Growth Miracle or Statistical Tragedy?: Interpreting Trends in the Data Over the Past Two Decades," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-114, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
2013
- Frankema, Ewout & Jerven , Morten, 2013. "Writing History Backwards or Sideways: Towards a Consensus on African Population, 1850-present," African Economic History Working Paper 10/2013, African Economic History Network.
2012
- Jerven, Morten & Austin, Gareth & Green, Erik & Uche, Chibuike & Frankema, Ewout & Fourie, Johan & Inikori, Joseph & Moradi, Alexander & Hillbom, Ellen, 2012.
"Moving Forward in African Economic History. Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources,"
Lund Papers in Economic History
124, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
- Jerven , Morten & Austin , Gareth & Green, Erik & Uche , Chibuike & Frankema , Ewout & Fourie , Johan & Inikori , Joseph & Moradi , Alexander & Hillbom , Ellen, 2012. "Moving Forward in African Economic History: Bridging the Gap Between Methods and Sources," African Economic History Working Paper 1/2012, African Economic History Network.
- Jerven , Morten, 2012. "Future challenges in measuring Africa’s past: Lessons from estimating GDP for the Gold Coast, 1891-1954," African Economic History Working Paper 3/2012, African Economic History Network.
2011
- Morten Jerven, 2011. "Comparing colonial and post-colonial output: Challenges in estimating African economic change in the long run," Working Papers 0010, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History.
2010
- Jerven, Morten, 2010. "Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world: prospects for growth in Africa: learning from patterns of long-term economic change," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 43654, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
2006
- Jerven, Morten, 2006. "Social Capital as a Determinant of Economic Growth in Africa," Ratio Working Papers 108, The Ratio Institute.
Journal articles
2025
- Tione, Grace & Westengen, Ola Tveitereid & Holden, Stein Terje & Katengeza, Samson P. & Makate, Clifton, 2025. "Contribution of Community Seed Banks to farmer seed systems and food security in Northern and Central Malawi," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
2024
- Clifton Makate & Arild Angelsen & Stein Terje Holden & Ola Tveitereid Westengen, 2024. "Smallholder access to purchased seeds in the presence of pervasive market imperfections and rainfall shocks: panel data evidence from Malawi and Ethiopia," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-28, December.
2023
- Makate, Clifton & Angelsen, Arild & Holden, Stein Terje & Westengen, Ola Tveitereid, 2023. "Evolution of farm-level crop diversification and response to rainfall shocks in smallholder farming: Evidence from Malawi and Tanzania," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
- Marshall Makate & Clifton Makate, 2023. "Leaving No Women Behind: Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Livelihood Outcomes in Kenya and Ethiopia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-16, March.
2022
- Makate, Clifton & Angelsen, Arild & Holden, Stein Terje & Westengen, Ola Tveitereid, 2022. "Crops in crises: Shocks shape smallholders' diversification in rural Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate, 2022. "Do Rainfall Shocks Prompt Commercial Input Purchases Amongst Smallholder Farmers in Diverse Regions and Environments in Malawi?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-31, November.
2021
- Makate, Clifton & Mutenje, Munyaradzi, 2021. "Discriminatory effects of gender disparities in improved seed and fertilizer use at the plot-level in Malawi and Tanzania," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 23(C).
2019
- Siziba, Shephard & Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi & Makate, Clifton & Mango, Nelson, 2019.
"Impact of conservation agriculture on maize yield and food security: Evidence from smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe,"
AFBM Journal, Australasian Farm Business Management Network, vol. 14(2), June.
- Siziba, Shephard & Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi & Makate, Clifton & Mango, Nelson, 2019. "Impact of conservation agriculture on maize yield and food security: Evidence from smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 14(2), June.
- Makate, Clifton & Mango, Nelson & Makate, Marshall, 2019. "Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
- Makate, Clifton & Makate, Marshall, 2019. "Interceding role of institutional extension services on the livelihood impacts of drought tolerant maize technology adoption in Zimbabwe," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 126-133.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2019. "Wealth-related inequalities in adoption of drought-tolerant maize and conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 11(4), pages 881-896, August.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Shephard Siziba & Zvakanyorwa Sadomba, 2019. "The impact of innovation on the performance of small-to-medium informal metal-trade enterprises in Zimbabwe," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 1625095-162, January.
2018
- Marshall Makate & Clifton Makate, 2018. "Education and teenage childbirth in Uganda," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 45(5), pages 746-764, May.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2018. "Farm types and adoption of proven innovative practices in smallholder bean farming in Angonia district of Mozambique," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 45(1), pages 140-157, January.
- Nelson Mango & Clifton Makate & Lulseged Tamene & Powell Mponela & Gift Ndengu, 2018. "Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-19, April.
- Simbarashe Tatsvarei & Abbyssinia Mushunje & Saul Ngarava & Clifton Makate, 2018. "Determinants of Informal Land Renting Decisions by A1 and A2 Farmers in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 10(6), pages 70-78.
- Marshall Makate & Clifton Makate, 2018. "Educated Mothers, Well-Fed and Healthy Children? Assessing the Impact of the 1980 School Reform on Dietary Diversity and Nutrition Outcomes of Zimbabwean Children," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(7), pages 1196-1216, July.
- Nelson Mango & Lawrence Mapemba & Hardwick Tchale & Clifton Makate & Nothando Dunjana & Mark Lundy, 2018. "Maize value chain analysis: A case of smallholder maize production and marketing in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 1503220-150, January.
- Nelson Mango & Clifton Makate & Nicola Francesconi & Matthias Jager & Mark Lundy, 2018. "Determinants of market participation and marketing channels in smallholder groundnut farming: A case of Mudzi district, Zimbabwe," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 311-321, April.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2018. "Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 421-439, June.
2017
- Andrew Kerner & Morten Jerven & Alison Beatty, 2017. "Does it pay to be poor? Testing for systematically underreported GNI estimates," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-38, March.
- Makate, Clifton & Wang, Rongchang & Makate, Marshall & Mango, Nelson, 2017.
"Impact of drought tolerant maize adoption on maize productivity, sales and consumption in rural Zimbabwe,"
Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 56(01), March.
- Clifton Makate & Rongchang Wang & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2017. "Impact of drought tolerant maize adoption on maize productivity, sales and consumption in rural Zimbabwe," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1), pages 67-81, January.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2017. "Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions on Climate Change and the Use of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-14, March.
- Clifton Makate & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango, 2017. "Sustainable agriculture practices and livelihoods in pro-poor smallholder farming systems in southern Africa," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 269-279, May.
2016
- Morten Jerven, 2016.
"Discrepancies: Why Do GDP Growth Rates Differ?,"
Journal, Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 6(1), pages 63-80, January-J.
- Jerven, Morten, 2016. "Discrepancies: Why Do GDP Growth Rates Differ?," Review of Agrarian Studies, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, vol. 6(01), July.
- Morten Jerven, 2016. "Trapped between tragedies and miracles: Misunderstanding African economic growth," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 34(6), pages 911-915, November.
- Morten Jerven, 2016. "The Failure of Economists to Explain Growth in African Economies," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 34(6), pages 889-893, November.
- Mango, Nelson & Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi & Makate, Clifton & Dunjana, Nothando & Siziba, Shephard, 2016.
"The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa,"
Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 54(3), January.
- Nelson Mango & Kefasi Nyikahadzoi & Clifton Makate & Nothando Dunjana & Shephard Siziba, 2015. "The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 107-125, September.
- Basera, John & Makate, Clifton & Tozooneyi, Takesure, 2016.
"Comprehending Smallholder Maize Enterprises Profitability with the Current Maize Marketing System in Zimbabwe: A Case of Mazowe District,"
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Asian Economic and Social Society (AESS), vol. 6(06), January.
- John Basera & Clifton Makate & Takesure Tozooneyi, 2016. "Comprehending Smallholder Maize Enterprises’ Profitability with the Current Maize Marketing System in Zimbabwe: A Case of Mazowe District," Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 6(6), pages 90-105.
- Makate, Marshall & Makate, Clifton, 2016. "The causal effect of increased primary schooling on child mortality in Malawi: Universal primary education as a natural experiment," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 72-83.
- Clifton Makate & Shephard Siziba & Benjamin T. Hanyani-Mlambo & Zvakanyorwa Sadomba & Nelson Mango, 2016. "The efficiency of small and medium enterprises in informal metal manufacturing in Zimbabwe: Implications for stakeholders in the agricultural sector," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 247-257, March.
2015
- Jerven, Morten, 2015. "Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperialism. ByLeigh A. Gardner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xvi + 271 pp. Figures, tables, maps, references, index. Cloth, $110.00.," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 89(1), pages 202-204, April.
- Morten Jerven & Deborah Johnston, 2015. "Statistical Tragedy in Africa? Evaluating the Data Base for African Economic Development," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(2), pages 111-115, February.
- Morten Jerven & Yemi Kale & Magnus Ebo Duncan & Moffat Nyoni, 2015. "GDP Revisions and Updating Statistical Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reports from the Statistical Offices in Nigeria, Liberia and Zimbabwe," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(2), pages 194-207, February.
- Nelson Mango & Lawrence Mapemba & Hardwick Tchale & Clifton Makate & Nothando Dunjana & Mark Lundy, 2015. "Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1088429-108, December.
- Nelson Mango & Clifton Makate & Benjamin Hanyani-Mlambo & Shephard Siziba & Mark Lundy & Caroline Elliott, 2015. "A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency in smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe: The post-fast-track land reform outlook," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1117189-111, December.
2014
- Morten Jerven, 2014. "A West African experiment: constructing a GDP series for colonial Ghana, 1891–1950," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 67(4), pages 964-992, November.
- Ewout Frankema & Morten Jerven, 2014. "Writing history backwards or sideways: towards a consensus on African population, 1850–2010," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 67(4), pages 907-931, November.
- Nelson Mango & Byron Zamasiya & Clifton Makate & Kefasi Nyikahadzoi & Shephard Siziba, 2014. "Factors influencing household food security among smallholder farmers in the Mudzi district of Zimbabwe," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 625-640, July.
2013
- Morten Jerven, 2013. "Agricultural Statistics," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, January.
- Morten Jerven, 2013. "Comparability of GDP estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: The effect of Revisions in Sources and Methods Since Structural Adjustment," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 59, pages 16-36, October.
2012
- Jerven, Morten, 2012. "An unlevel playing field: national income estimates and reciprocal comparison in global economic history," Journal of Global History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 107-128, March.
2011
- Morten Jerven, 2011. "The quest for the African dummy: explaining African post‐colonial economic performance revisited," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(2), pages 288-307, March.
- Morten Jerven, 2011. "Growth, Stagnation or Retrogression? On the Accuracy of Economic Observations, Tanzania, 1961–2001," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 20(3), pages 377-394, June.
- Morten Jerven, 2011. "Counting the Bottom Billion," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 12(4), pages 35-52, October.
2010
- Jacqueline Bhabha & Frank Vollmer & Insa Nolte & Morten Jerven & Severine Deneulin, 2010. "Book Reviews," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 161-172.
- Morten Jerven, 2010. "Random Growth in Africa? Lessons from an Evaluation of the Growth Evidence on Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, 1965-1995," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(2), pages 274-294.
Books
2014
- Jerven, Morten, 2014. "Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199689910, Decembrie.
Chapters
2017
- Joseph Perfect Mrema, 2017. "Forest resources and local elite capture: revisiting a community-based forest management ‘success case’ in Tanzania," Chapters, in: Aled Williams & Philippe Le Billon (ed.), Corruption, Natural Resources and Development, chapter 10, pages 131-141, Edward Elgar Publishing.