Tewodaj Mogues

Last Updated: December 21, 2023

Tewodaj Mogues

Tewodaj Mogues joined the Fund and FAD in 2018, where she conducts analytical work, capacity development, and review activities on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food and agriculture expenditures, public investment, spending efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs), social spending, and other topics related to public expenditures. She also provided fiscal analysis as part of the IMF’s country team for Guinea and leads a two-year capacity development project for Slovakia. Prior to joining the Fund, she was at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2005, at its headquarters in Washington DC. As a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI, she led the research cluster on Public Investments and Institutions under the CGIAR Research Program on ‘Policies, Institutions, and Markets’. Her research focused on agricultural and rural development, public expenditures, local public finance and decentralisation, political economy, public service delivery, and social capital. Tewodaj has published journal articles and book chapters on these topics, serves as co-editor of the European Journal of Development Research, and is editor of the book 'Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa'. She received her Bachelors degree in economics from Kalamazoo College (1995), and her Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005).

Fluent In: Amharic, German.

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, Wisconsin. PhD. GPA: 3.68, Department: Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1998 - 2005

Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, Michigan Bachelor of Arts. GPA: 3.87, Major: Economics; Minor: Political Science. 1994 - 1995

Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, Michigan. GPA: 4.00. Major: Economics. 1992 - 1993


Previous Experience:

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Senior Research Fellow. 2014 – 2018

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Research Fellow. 2007 – 2014

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Postdoctoral Fellow. 2005 – 2007

• World Bank – Research Department (DEC). Washington DC. Consultant. 2004 – 2005

• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Research Assistant. 1999 - 2004

• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy’ jointly in the departments of Agricultural and Applied Economics and International Studies. Course: ‘Economic Problems of Developing Areas’ jointly in the departments of Economics and Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1999 – 2000.

• World Bank – Africa Region. Washington DC. Graduate Summer Intern. 1999

• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1998

• Africa Village Financial Services (AVFS) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1997 – 1998.

• World Bank – Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP). Washington DC Operations Associate. 1996 - 1997

• IFPRI – Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. Washington DC Research Intern. 1994

• Kalamazoo College – German Department. Kalamazoo, Michigan Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Intermediate German’. 1994


Referee Activities:

Refereed for: Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE), Bulletin of Economic Research, China Economic Review, Climatic Change, Development and Change, Development in Practice, Development Southern Africa (DSA), Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC), European Journal of Development Research (EJDR), European Journal of Political Economy (EJPE), Food Policy, Global Food Security, Journal of African Economies (JAE), Journal of African Development (JAD), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (JAAE), Journal of Development Economics (JDE), Journal of Development Studies (JDS), Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (JHDC), Journal of International Development (JID), Journal of Productivity Analysis, Land Economics, Oxford Economic Papers (OEP), Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture (QJIA), Society and Natural Resources, World Development.


Editorial Activities:

Co-editor, European Journal of Development Research, 2017 - present

Guest editor, European Journal for Development Research, special issue on ‘Public Investments in and for Agriculture’, 2015

Book editor, “Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” London, UK: Taylor & Francis (2012)


Current Position:

International Monetary Fund (2018 - present), Senior Economist


Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Poverty and Inequality

Development Economics

Selected Issue

“Mobilising Mining Revenue in Guinea” (2021) Selected Issues Paper, IMF Country Report No. 21/147.

Other Published Materials

“Benchmarking Infrastructure Using Public Investment Efficiency Frontiers” (2023) IMF Working Paper (with J. Kapsoli and G. Verdier).

“How to Assess Spending Needs of the Sustainable Development Goals: The Third Edition of the IMF SDG Costing Tool” (2023) IMF How-To Notes Series 23/05, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC (with P. Carapella, J. Pico-Mejia, and M. Soto).

“The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India” Ch. 2 in: R. Salgado and R. Anand (eds.) South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth (2023) Washington DC: International Monetary Fund (with M. García-Escribano, M. Moszoro and M. Soto).

“Patterns and Drivers of Health Spending Efficiency” (2022) IMF Working Paper No. WP/22/48 (with M. García-Escribano and Pedro Juarros).

“The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India” (2021) IMF Working Paper No. WP/21/294 (with M. García-Escribano, M. Moszoro and M. Soto).

“Food Markets during COVID-19” (2020) Special Series on COVID-19, International Monetary Fund.

“Getting the Most from Public Investment” Ch. 3 in: G. Schwartz, M. Fouad, T. Hansen and G. Verdier (eds.) Well Spent: How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment (2020), Washington DC: International Monetary Fund (with A. Baum and G. Verdier).

Books

“Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (2012) (with S. Benin; eds)

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community-Driven Development Project in Nigeria” IFPRI Research Monograph (2010) (with E. Kato, E. Nkonya, J. Pender and D. Phillip)

“Gender and Governance in Rural Services” IFPRI/World Bank. World Bank: Washington DC (2010) (with F. Asante, A. Banful, R. Birner, M. Cohen, P. Gaff, K. Gayathridevi, L. Horowitz, M. Lemma, N. Palaniswamy, Z. Paulos, K. Raabe, J. Randriamamonjy, M. Sekher, Y. Sun and F. Tadesse)

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” IFPRI Research Monograph No. 160 (2008) (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos)

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

“The Impact of Community-based Monitoring on Public Service Delivery: A Randomised Control Trial in Uganda” World Development (2023) 172: 1-12 (with N. Kabunga, C. Miehe, and B. Van Campenhout).

“Decentralisation without Democracy” World Politics (2020) 72(2): 165-213 (with K. Kosec).

“Public Investment Choices by Local and Central Governments” World Bank Economic Review (2020) 34: S52-S57 (with K. Kosec).

“When Public Spending Goes Local: Agricultural Expenditure at a Key Stage in Ghana’s Decentralisation Reform” Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (2020) 23:1-17 (with K. Owusu-Baah).

“The Development Impacts of COVID-19 at Home and Abroad: Politics and Implications of Government Action” European Journal of Development Research (2020) 32(5): 1339-1352 (with S. Henson, U. Kambhampati, W. Olsen, M. Prowse, R. Ramos, J. Rand, R. Rasiah, K. Roelen, R. Thiessen and O. F. Yap).

“Institutional Arrangements to Make Public Spending Responsive to the Poor: When Intent Meets Political Economy Realities” Development Policy Review (2020) 38(1): 100-123 (with A. Erman).

“Budgetary Influence under Information Asymmetries: Evidence from Nigeria’s Subnational Agricultural Investments” World Development (2020) 129(1): 1-12 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Gendered Advisory Services to Farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania” PLOS ONE (2019) 14(3): 1-32 (with V. Mueller and F. Kondylis).

“The Making of Public Investments: The Role of Champions, Co-ordination, and Characteristics of Nutrition Programmes in Mozambique” Food Policy (2019) 83: 29-38 (with L. Billings).

“Social Networks Near and Far: The Role of Bonding and Bridging Capital for Assets of the Rural Poor” Review of Development Economics (2019) 23(1): 189-210.

“Constraints in the Fertiliser Supply Chain: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development from Three African Countries” Food Security (2018) 10: 1479-1500 (with T. Benson).

“Filling the Legal Void? Impacts of a Community-Based Legal Aid Programme on Women’s Land-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices” Oxford Development Studies (2018) 46(4): 453-469 (with L. Billings, V. Mueller, A. Peterman and A. Wineman)

“Unpacking the ‘Black Box’ of Public Expenditure Data in Africa: Quantification of Agricultural Spending Using Mozambique’s Budget Reports” Data Science Journal (2018) 17(9): 1-20 (with L. Caceres)

“How Comparable are Cross-Country Data on Agricultural Public Expenditures?” Global Food Security (2018) 16: 46-53 (with R. Anson)

“Analysis of the Confluence between Nigeria’s Development Strategies and its Agricultural Public Expenditures” African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (2018) 18(3): 13825 – 13841 (with T. Olofinbiyi)

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Africa” World Development (2016) 86(1): 18-29 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz)

“The Political Economy of Public Expenditures in Agriculture: Applications of Concepts to Mozambique” South African Journal of Economics (2016) 84(1): 20-39 (with D. do Rosario)

“Political Economy Determinants of Public Spending Allocations: A Review of Theories, and Implications for Agricultural Public Investment” European Journal of Development Research (2015) 27(3): 452-473

“Public Investments in and for Agriculture” European Journal of Development Research (2015) 27(3): 337-352. (with S. Benin and S. Fan)

“The Reach of Rural Services in Ethiopia: An Assets and Gender Based Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence Analysis” European Journal of Development Research (2013) 25(2): 230-251

“Impacts of Community-Driven Development Programmes on Income and Asset Acquisition in Africa: The Case of Nigeria” World Development (2012) 40(9): 1824-1838 (with E. Kato, E. Nkonya, J. Pender and D. Phillip)

“Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana” World Development (2012) 40(5): 1054-1067 (with S. Benin)

“Shocks and Asset Dynamics in Ethiopia” Economic Development and Cultural Change (2011) 60(1): 91-120

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” Journal of Development Studies (2011) 47(5): 735-752

“Local Governance Systems and Smallholder Co-operatives in Ethiopia” International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (2009) 8(5/6): 388-408 (with D. Spielman and M. Cohen)

“Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” World Development (2007) 35(5): 835-856 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu)

“Moving In Place: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia” Journal of Development Studies (2006) 42(2): 200-225 (with P. Castro, P.D. Little, W. Negatu and P. Stone)

“Social Capital and the Reproduction of Economic Inequality in Polarised Societies” Journal of Economic Inequality (2005) 3(3): 193-219 (with M. R. Carter)

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“Public Goods Provision in Developing Countries: A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics” Ch. 5 in: C. Ménard and M. M. Shirley (eds.) Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics (2018), Northampton & Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar (with K. Kosec)

“Why do Countries Underinvest in Agricultural R&D?” Ch. 5 in: J. Lynam, N. Beintema, J. Rooseboom and O. Badiane (eds.) Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests (2016), Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (with S. Benin and L. McBride)

“Introduction” Ch. 1 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin)

“Public Expenditures and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Ghana” Ch. 5 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin, G. Cudjoe and J. Randriamamonjy)

“Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction Impacts of Public Investments: Assessment of Concepts and Techniques” Ch. 3 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa, London (2012), UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin and S. Fan)

“Agricultural and Rural Public Spending in Africa: Conclusions and Implications” Ch. 10 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin)

“Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria” Ch. 4 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris)

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Spending and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” In: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis

“Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” in: Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Risk, Needs, and Rights (2008) A. Barrientos and D. Hulme (eds.), Palgrave MacMillan, UK (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu)

Other Published Materials

“Access to Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique: Mid-term Impact Evaluation of INOVAGRO II” (2019) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1877 (with H. Ghebru and J. Smart).

“Federal Government Support for Agriculture in Nigeria: Analysis with a Public Expenditure Lens” (2018) NSSP Working Paper No. 57 (with C. Nwoko, A. G. Ikejiofor and N. T. Nnaji).

“The (Arab) Agricultural Investment for Development Analyser (AIDA): An Innovative Tool for Evidence-Based Planning” (2018) MENA-RP Working Paper No. 6 (with Y. Kassim, S. Kurdi, M. Mahmoud, J. Randriamamonjy, M. Raouf, J. Thurlow, M. Wiebelt and C. Breisinger).

“Agricultural Public Expenditures, Sector Performance, and Welfare in Nigeria: A State-level Analysis” (2018) NSSP Working Paper No. 60 (with G. Mavrotas, M. Oyeyemi, J. Smart and Z. Xiong).

“Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Gendered Advisory Services to Farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania” (2017) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1613 (with V. Mueller and F. Kondylis).

“Who Influences Government Spending in Agriculture? The Roles of Public Actors in Subnational Funding Allocation in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Working Paper No. 36 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Africa” (2016) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Staff Paper No. 583 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz).

“Institutions and Public Investments: A Qualitative Study of State and Local Government Spending in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Working Paper No. 37 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“A Systematic Review of Cross-Country Data Initiatives on Agricultural Public Expenditures in Developing Countries” (2016) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1541 (with R. Anson).

“Access to Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique” (2016) (with A. Erman and H. Ghebru).

“Who Influences Government Spending in Agriculture? The Roles of Public Actors in Subnational Funding Allocation in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Policy Note No. 37 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Institutional Arrangements to Make Public Spending Responsive to the Poor—(Where) Have they Worked?” (2016) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1519 (with A. Erman).

“The State of Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Report of a Baseline Survey” (2016) (with E. Bizimungu, A. Erman, N. Kabunga, B. Van Campenhout).

“Institutions and Public Investments: A Qualitative Study of State and Local Government Spending in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Policy Note No. 38 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Reconstructing Public Expenditure Data: Use of Classification Systems to Better Measure Public Spending in Agriculture—A Mozambique Case Study” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1474 (with L. Caceres, F. Fernandez and M. Umarji).

“The Making of Public Investments: Champions, Co-ordination, and Characteristics of Nutrition Interventions” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1479 (with L. Billings).

“Filling the Legal Void? Experimental Evidence from a Community-based Legal Aid Programme for Gender-equal Land Rights in Tanzania” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1434 (with L. Billings, V. Mueller, A. Peterman and A. Wineman).

“Assessing Progress Made toward Shared Agricultural Transformation Objectives in Mozambique” (2014) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1370 (with T. Benson and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?” (2014) MozSSP Policy Note No. 7 (with S. Benin; S. Woldeyohannes).

“Decentralising Agricultural Public Expenditures: Findings from a Scoping Study at the Onset of a New Stage in Ghana’s Decentralisation Reform” (2014) GSSP Working Paper No. 37 (with K. Omusu-Baah).

“Assessing Progress Made toward Shared Agricultural Transformation Objectives in Mozambique” (2014) MozSSP Policy Note No. 9 (with T. Benson and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Analysis of Agricultural Public Expenditures in Nigeria: Examination at the Federal, State, and Local Government Levels” (2014) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1395 (with R. Alabi, C. Nwoko, T. Olofinbiyi, A. Olomola, J. Onu, E. Udoh and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” (2013) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1262 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz).

“Political Economy Determinants of Public Investment Decision-making in Agriculture: Lessons from and for Africa” (2013) Ghana Strategy Support Programme Discussion Note No. 32, IFPRI.

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique” (2013) MozSSP Policy Note No. 5, IFPRI, Washington DC (with T. Benson and B. Cunguara).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Uganda” (2013) USSP Policy Note No. 16, IFPRI, Washington DC (with T. Benson, S. Bayite Kasule, P. Lubega and J. Nyachwo).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1229 (with T. Benson and B. Cunguara).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1228 (with T. Benson, S. Bayite Kasule, P. Lubega and J. Nyachwo).

“The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture: Synthesis of the Existing Evidence” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1217; FAO ESA Working Paper No. 12-07 (with S. Fan, L. McBride and B. Yu).

“What Determines Public Expenditure Allocations? A Review of Theories, and Implications for Agricultural Public Investment” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1216; FAO ESA Working Paper No. 12-06.

“Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?” (2012) Mozambique Strategy Support Programme Working Paper, IFPRI, Washington DC (with S. Benin).

“The Wealth and Gender Distribution of Rural Services in Ethiopia: A Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence Analysis” (2011) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1057; ESSP II Working Paper No. 33 (with C. Petracco and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Making Rural Services Work for the Poor and Women in Ethiopia” (2011) ESSP II Brief No. 7 (with C. Petracco and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Access to Improved Water Source and Satisfaction with Services: Evidence from Ethiopia” (2010) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1044; ESSP II Working Paper No. 32 (with D. Abebaw and F. Tadesse).

“Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia through a Gender and Governance Lens” (2009) ESSP II Discussion Paper No. 7 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“The Governance of Service Delivery for the Poor and Women: A Study of Rural Water Supply in Ethiopia” (2009) ESSP II Discussion Paper No. 8 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“Access to and Governance of Rural Services: Agricultural Extension and Drinking Water Supply in Ethiopia” (2009) ESSP II Brief No. 1 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana” (2009) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 934 (with S. Benin and G. Cudjoe).

“A Two-Dimensional Measure of Polarisation” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 837.

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper No. 40. World Bank, Washington DC (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 756 (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) Brief, Environment and Production Technology Division, and Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“Reaching Middle-Income Status in Ghana by 2015: Public Expenditures and Agricultural Growth” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 811 (with S. Benin, G. Cudjoe and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Growth and Poverty Reduction Impacts of Public Investments in Agriculture and Rural Areas: Assessment Techniques, Tools and Guide for Practitioners” (2008) ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 7 (with S. Benin, C. Breisinger, X. Diao, S. Fan, A. Nin Pratt and J. Thurlow).

“Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 789 (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

“Nigeria Agriculture Public Expenditure Review” (2008) Economic and Sector Work Report No. 44000-NG. World Bank, Washington DC (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

“Nigeria Agriculture Public Expenditure Review” NSSP Brief No. 2, IFPRI, Washington DC (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

"The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” (2007) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 702 (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Livestock Asset Dynamics, and Social Capital in Ethiopia” (2006) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 38 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“How Effective is Public Spending? Public Investment Composition and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” (2006) ESSP Policy Conference Brief No. 4 (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Sensitivity, and Resilience: Tracking the Economic Impacts of Environmental Disaster on Assets in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2006) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 32 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“Trends in Public Investment, Poverty and Growth in Ethiopia” in: Reversing Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: Dilemmas and Critical Issues (2006) E. Wale, S. Regassa, D. Gebre-Michael, B. Emana (eds.) Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Sensitivity, and Resilience: Tracking the Economic Impacts of Environmental Disaster on Assets in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2005) Staff Paper No. 489, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Shocks: Poverty Traps and Environmental Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2005) BASIS Brief No. 28, Collaborative Research Support Programme (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“Social Capital and the Reproduction of Economic Inequality in Polarised Societies” (2005) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 25, 2005 (with M. R. Carter).

“Social Capital and Incentive Compatibility: Modelling the Accumulation and Use of Social Collateral” (2003) Staff Paper No. 460, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (with M. R. Carter).

“Report on the National Workshop on the Promotion of the Informal Sector for Development in Africa” (1998) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Abeba.

Tewodaj Mogues

Tewodaj Mogues joined the Fund and FAD in 2018, where she conducts analytical work, capacity development, and review activities on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food and agriculture expenditures, public investment, spending efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs), social spending, and other topics related to public expenditures. She also provided fiscal analysis as part of the IMF’s country team for Guinea and leads a two-year capacity development project for Slovakia. Prior to joining the Fund, she was at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2005, at its headquarters in Washington DC. As a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI, she led the research cluster on Public Investments and Institutions under the CGIAR Research Program on ‘Policies, Institutions, and Markets’. Her research focused on agricultural and rural development, public expenditures, local public finance and decentralisation, political economy, public service delivery, and social capital. Tewodaj has published journal articles and book chapters on these topics, serves as co-editor of the European Journal of Development Research, and is editor of the book 'Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa'. She received her Bachelors degree in economics from Kalamazoo College (1995), and her Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005).

Fluent In: Amharic, German.

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, Wisconsin. PhD. GPA: 3.68, Department: Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1998 - 2005

Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, Michigan Bachelor of Arts. GPA: 3.87, Major: Economics; Minor: Political Science. 1994 - 1995

Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, Michigan. GPA: 4.00. Major: Economics. 1992 - 1993


Previous Experience:

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Senior Research Fellow. 2014 – 2018

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Research Fellow. 2007 – 2014

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Postdoctoral Fellow. 2005 – 2007

• World Bank – Research Department (DEC). Washington DC. Consultant. 2004 – 2005

• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Research Assistant. 1999 - 2004

• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy’ jointly in the departments of Agricultural and Applied Economics and International Studies. Course: ‘Economic Problems of Developing Areas’ jointly in the departments of Economics and Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1999 – 2000.

• World Bank – Africa Region. Washington DC. Graduate Summer Intern. 1999

• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1998

• Africa Village Financial Services (AVFS) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1997 – 1998.

• World Bank – Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP). Washington DC Operations Associate. 1996 - 1997

• IFPRI – Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. Washington DC Research Intern. 1994

• Kalamazoo College – German Department. Kalamazoo, Michigan Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Intermediate German’. 1994


Referee Activities:

Refereed for: Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE), Bulletin of Economic Research, China Economic Review, Climatic Change, Development and Change, Development in Practice, Development Southern Africa (DSA), Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC), European Journal of Development Research (EJDR), European Journal of Political Economy (EJPE), Food Policy, Global Food Security, Journal of African Economies (JAE), Journal of African Development (JAD), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (JAAE), Journal of Development Economics (JDE), Journal of Development Studies (JDS), Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (JHDC), Journal of International Development (JID), Journal of Productivity Analysis, Land Economics, Oxford Economic Papers (OEP), Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture (QJIA), Society and Natural Resources, World Development.


Editorial Activities:

Co-editor, European Journal of Development Research, 2017 - present

Guest editor, European Journal for Development Research, special issue on ‘Public Investments in and for Agriculture’, 2015

Book editor, “Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” London, UK: Taylor & Francis (2012)


Current Position:

International Monetary Fund (2018 - present), Senior Economist


Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Poverty and Inequality

Development Economics

Selected Issue

“Mobilising Mining Revenue in Guinea” (2021) Selected Issues Paper, IMF Country Report No. 21/147.

Other Published Materials

“Benchmarking Infrastructure Using Public Investment Efficiency Frontiers” (2023) IMF Working Paper (with J. Kapsoli and G. Verdier).

“How to Assess Spending Needs of the Sustainable Development Goals: The Third Edition of the IMF SDG Costing Tool” (2023) IMF How-To Notes Series 23/05, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC (with P. Carapella, J. Pico-Mejia, and M. Soto).

“The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India” Ch. 2 in: R. Salgado and R. Anand (eds.) South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth (2023) Washington DC: International Monetary Fund (with M. García-Escribano, M. Moszoro and M. Soto).

“Patterns and Drivers of Health Spending Efficiency” (2022) IMF Working Paper No. WP/22/48 (with M. García-Escribano and Pedro Juarros).

“The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India” (2021) IMF Working Paper No. WP/21/294 (with M. García-Escribano, M. Moszoro and M. Soto).

“Food Markets during COVID-19” (2020) Special Series on COVID-19, International Monetary Fund.

“Getting the Most from Public Investment” Ch. 3 in: G. Schwartz, M. Fouad, T. Hansen and G. Verdier (eds.) Well Spent: How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment (2020), Washington DC: International Monetary Fund (with A. Baum and G. Verdier).

Books

“Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (2012) (with S. Benin; eds)

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community-Driven Development Project in Nigeria” IFPRI Research Monograph (2010) (with E. Kato, E. Nkonya, J. Pender and D. Phillip)

“Gender and Governance in Rural Services” IFPRI/World Bank. World Bank: Washington DC (2010) (with F. Asante, A. Banful, R. Birner, M. Cohen, P. Gaff, K. Gayathridevi, L. Horowitz, M. Lemma, N. Palaniswamy, Z. Paulos, K. Raabe, J. Randriamamonjy, M. Sekher, Y. Sun and F. Tadesse)

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” IFPRI Research Monograph No. 160 (2008) (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos)

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

“The Impact of Community-based Monitoring on Public Service Delivery: A Randomised Control Trial in Uganda” World Development (2023) 172: 1-12 (with N. Kabunga, C. Miehe, and B. Van Campenhout).

“Decentralisation without Democracy” World Politics (2020) 72(2): 165-213 (with K. Kosec).

“Public Investment Choices by Local and Central Governments” World Bank Economic Review (2020) 34: S52-S57 (with K. Kosec).

“When Public Spending Goes Local: Agricultural Expenditure at a Key Stage in Ghana’s Decentralisation Reform” Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (2020) 23:1-17 (with K. Owusu-Baah).

“The Development Impacts of COVID-19 at Home and Abroad: Politics and Implications of Government Action” European Journal of Development Research (2020) 32(5): 1339-1352 (with S. Henson, U. Kambhampati, W. Olsen, M. Prowse, R. Ramos, J. Rand, R. Rasiah, K. Roelen, R. Thiessen and O. F. Yap).

“Institutional Arrangements to Make Public Spending Responsive to the Poor: When Intent Meets Political Economy Realities” Development Policy Review (2020) 38(1): 100-123 (with A. Erman).

“Budgetary Influence under Information Asymmetries: Evidence from Nigeria’s Subnational Agricultural Investments” World Development (2020) 129(1): 1-12 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Gendered Advisory Services to Farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania” PLOS ONE (2019) 14(3): 1-32 (with V. Mueller and F. Kondylis).

“The Making of Public Investments: The Role of Champions, Co-ordination, and Characteristics of Nutrition Programmes in Mozambique” Food Policy (2019) 83: 29-38 (with L. Billings).

“Social Networks Near and Far: The Role of Bonding and Bridging Capital for Assets of the Rural Poor” Review of Development Economics (2019) 23(1): 189-210.

“Constraints in the Fertiliser Supply Chain: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development from Three African Countries” Food Security (2018) 10: 1479-1500 (with T. Benson).

“Filling the Legal Void? Impacts of a Community-Based Legal Aid Programme on Women’s Land-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices” Oxford Development Studies (2018) 46(4): 453-469 (with L. Billings, V. Mueller, A. Peterman and A. Wineman)

“Unpacking the ‘Black Box’ of Public Expenditure Data in Africa: Quantification of Agricultural Spending Using Mozambique’s Budget Reports” Data Science Journal (2018) 17(9): 1-20 (with L. Caceres)

“How Comparable are Cross-Country Data on Agricultural Public Expenditures?” Global Food Security (2018) 16: 46-53 (with R. Anson)

“Analysis of the Confluence between Nigeria’s Development Strategies and its Agricultural Public Expenditures” African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (2018) 18(3): 13825 – 13841 (with T. Olofinbiyi)

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Africa” World Development (2016) 86(1): 18-29 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz)

“The Political Economy of Public Expenditures in Agriculture: Applications of Concepts to Mozambique” South African Journal of Economics (2016) 84(1): 20-39 (with D. do Rosario)

“Political Economy Determinants of Public Spending Allocations: A Review of Theories, and Implications for Agricultural Public Investment” European Journal of Development Research (2015) 27(3): 452-473

“Public Investments in and for Agriculture” European Journal of Development Research (2015) 27(3): 337-352. (with S. Benin and S. Fan)

“The Reach of Rural Services in Ethiopia: An Assets and Gender Based Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence Analysis” European Journal of Development Research (2013) 25(2): 230-251

“Impacts of Community-Driven Development Programmes on Income and Asset Acquisition in Africa: The Case of Nigeria” World Development (2012) 40(9): 1824-1838 (with E. Kato, E. Nkonya, J. Pender and D. Phillip)

“Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana” World Development (2012) 40(5): 1054-1067 (with S. Benin)

“Shocks and Asset Dynamics in Ethiopia” Economic Development and Cultural Change (2011) 60(1): 91-120

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” Journal of Development Studies (2011) 47(5): 735-752

“Local Governance Systems and Smallholder Co-operatives in Ethiopia” International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (2009) 8(5/6): 388-408 (with D. Spielman and M. Cohen)

“Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” World Development (2007) 35(5): 835-856 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu)

“Moving In Place: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia” Journal of Development Studies (2006) 42(2): 200-225 (with P. Castro, P.D. Little, W. Negatu and P. Stone)

“Social Capital and the Reproduction of Economic Inequality in Polarised Societies” Journal of Economic Inequality (2005) 3(3): 193-219 (with M. R. Carter)

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“Public Goods Provision in Developing Countries: A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics” Ch. 5 in: C. Ménard and M. M. Shirley (eds.) Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics (2018), Northampton & Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar (with K. Kosec)

“Why do Countries Underinvest in Agricultural R&D?” Ch. 5 in: J. Lynam, N. Beintema, J. Rooseboom and O. Badiane (eds.) Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests (2016), Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (with S. Benin and L. McBride)

“Introduction” Ch. 1 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin)

“Public Expenditures and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Ghana” Ch. 5 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin, G. Cudjoe and J. Randriamamonjy)

“Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction Impacts of Public Investments: Assessment of Concepts and Techniques” Ch. 3 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa, London (2012), UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin and S. Fan)

“Agricultural and Rural Public Spending in Africa: Conclusions and Implications” Ch. 10 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with S. Benin)

“Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria” Ch. 4 in: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris)

“The Bang for the Birr: Public Spending and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” In: T. Mogues and S. Benin (eds.) Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa (2012), London, UK: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis

“Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” in: Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Risk, Needs, and Rights (2008) A. Barrientos and D. Hulme (eds.), Palgrave MacMillan, UK (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu)

Other Published Materials

“Access to Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique: Mid-term Impact Evaluation of INOVAGRO II” (2019) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1877 (with H. Ghebru and J. Smart).

“Federal Government Support for Agriculture in Nigeria: Analysis with a Public Expenditure Lens” (2018) NSSP Working Paper No. 57 (with C. Nwoko, A. G. Ikejiofor and N. T. Nnaji).

“The (Arab) Agricultural Investment for Development Analyser (AIDA): An Innovative Tool for Evidence-Based Planning” (2018) MENA-RP Working Paper No. 6 (with Y. Kassim, S. Kurdi, M. Mahmoud, J. Randriamamonjy, M. Raouf, J. Thurlow, M. Wiebelt and C. Breisinger).

“Agricultural Public Expenditures, Sector Performance, and Welfare in Nigeria: A State-level Analysis” (2018) NSSP Working Paper No. 60 (with G. Mavrotas, M. Oyeyemi, J. Smart and Z. Xiong).

“Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Gendered Advisory Services to Farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania” (2017) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1613 (with V. Mueller and F. Kondylis).

“Who Influences Government Spending in Agriculture? The Roles of Public Actors in Subnational Funding Allocation in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Working Paper No. 36 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Africa” (2016) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Staff Paper No. 583 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz).

“Institutions and Public Investments: A Qualitative Study of State and Local Government Spending in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Working Paper No. 37 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“A Systematic Review of Cross-Country Data Initiatives on Agricultural Public Expenditures in Developing Countries” (2016) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1541 (with R. Anson).

“Access to Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique” (2016) (with A. Erman and H. Ghebru).

“Who Influences Government Spending in Agriculture? The Roles of Public Actors in Subnational Funding Allocation in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Policy Note No. 37 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Institutional Arrangements to Make Public Spending Responsive to the Poor—(Where) Have they Worked?” (2016) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1519 (with A. Erman).

“The State of Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Report of a Baseline Survey” (2016) (with E. Bizimungu, A. Erman, N. Kabunga, B. Van Campenhout).

“Institutions and Public Investments: A Qualitative Study of State and Local Government Spending in Nigeria” (2016) NSSP Policy Note No. 38 (with T. Olofinbiyi).

“Reconstructing Public Expenditure Data: Use of Classification Systems to Better Measure Public Spending in Agriculture—A Mozambique Case Study” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1474 (with L. Caceres, F. Fernandez and M. Umarji).

“The Making of Public Investments: Champions, Co-ordination, and Characteristics of Nutrition Interventions” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1479 (with L. Billings).

“Filling the Legal Void? Experimental Evidence from a Community-based Legal Aid Programme for Gender-equal Land Rights in Tanzania” (2015) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1434 (with L. Billings, V. Mueller, A. Peterman and A. Wineman).

“Assessing Progress Made toward Shared Agricultural Transformation Objectives in Mozambique” (2014) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1370 (with T. Benson and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?” (2014) MozSSP Policy Note No. 7 (with S. Benin; S. Woldeyohannes).

“Decentralising Agricultural Public Expenditures: Findings from a Scoping Study at the Onset of a New Stage in Ghana’s Decentralisation Reform” (2014) GSSP Working Paper No. 37 (with K. Omusu-Baah).

“Assessing Progress Made toward Shared Agricultural Transformation Objectives in Mozambique” (2014) MozSSP Policy Note No. 9 (with T. Benson and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Analysis of Agricultural Public Expenditures in Nigeria: Examination at the Federal, State, and Local Government Levels” (2014) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1395 (with R. Alabi, C. Nwoko, T. Olofinbiyi, A. Olomola, J. Onu, E. Udoh and S. Woldeyohannes).

“Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” (2013) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1262 (with L. R. Bresnahan, I. Coxhead and J. Foltz).

“Political Economy Determinants of Public Investment Decision-making in Agriculture: Lessons from and for Africa” (2013) Ghana Strategy Support Programme Discussion Note No. 32, IFPRI.

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique” (2013) MozSSP Policy Note No. 5, IFPRI, Washington DC (with T. Benson and B. Cunguara).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Uganda” (2013) USSP Policy Note No. 16, IFPRI, Washington DC (with T. Benson, S. Bayite Kasule, P. Lubega and J. Nyachwo).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1229 (with T. Benson and B. Cunguara).

“The Supply of Inorganic Fertilisers to Smallholder Farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertiliser Policy Development” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1228 (with T. Benson, S. Bayite Kasule, P. Lubega and J. Nyachwo).

“The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture: Synthesis of the Existing Evidence” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1217; FAO ESA Working Paper No. 12-07 (with S. Fan, L. McBride and B. Yu).

“What Determines Public Expenditure Allocations? A Review of Theories, and Implications for Agricultural Public Investment” (2012) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1216; FAO ESA Working Paper No. 12-06.

“Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?” (2012) Mozambique Strategy Support Programme Working Paper, IFPRI, Washington DC (with S. Benin).

“The Wealth and Gender Distribution of Rural Services in Ethiopia: A Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence Analysis” (2011) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1057; ESSP II Working Paper No. 33 (with C. Petracco and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Making Rural Services Work for the Poor and Women in Ethiopia” (2011) ESSP II Brief No. 7 (with C. Petracco and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Access to Improved Water Source and Satisfaction with Services: Evidence from Ethiopia” (2010) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1044; ESSP II Working Paper No. 32 (with D. Abebaw and F. Tadesse).

“Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia through a Gender and Governance Lens” (2009) ESSP II Discussion Paper No. 7 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“The Governance of Service Delivery for the Poor and Women: A Study of Rural Water Supply in Ethiopia” (2009) ESSP II Discussion Paper No. 8 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“Access to and Governance of Rural Services: Agricultural Extension and Drinking Water Supply in Ethiopia” (2009) ESSP II Brief No. 1 (with R. Birner, M. J. Cohen, M. Lemma, Z. Paulos, J. Randriamamonjy and F. Tadesse).

“Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own-Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana” (2009) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 934 (with S. Benin and G. Cudjoe).

“A Two-Dimensional Measure of Polarisation” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 837.

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper No. 40. World Bank, Washington DC (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 756 (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“From the Ground Up: Impacts of a Pro-Poor Community Driven Development Project in Nigeria” (2008) Brief, Environment and Production Technology Division, and Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI (with G. Adebowale, M. T. Arokoyo, E. Kato, E. Nkoya, J. Pender, D. Phillip and K. Yahaya).

“Reaching Middle-Income Status in Ghana by 2015: Public Expenditures and Agricultural Growth” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 811 (with S. Benin, G. Cudjoe and J. Randriamamonjy).

“Growth and Poverty Reduction Impacts of Public Investments in Agriculture and Rural Areas: Assessment Techniques, Tools and Guide for Practitioners” (2008) ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 7 (with S. Benin, C. Breisinger, X. Diao, S. Fan, A. Nin Pratt and J. Thurlow).

“Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria” (2008) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 789 (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

“Nigeria Agriculture Public Expenditure Review” (2008) Economic and Sector Work Report No. 44000-NG. World Bank, Washington DC (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

“Nigeria Agriculture Public Expenditure Review” NSSP Brief No. 2, IFPRI, Washington DC (with A. Adubi, S. Ehui, L. Freinkman and M. Morris).

"The Bang for the Birr: Public Expenditures and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” (2007) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 702 (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Livestock Asset Dynamics, and Social Capital in Ethiopia” (2006) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 38 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“How Effective is Public Spending? Public Investment Composition and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia” (2006) ESSP Policy Conference Brief No. 4 (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Sensitivity, and Resilience: Tracking the Economic Impacts of Environmental Disaster on Assets in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2006) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 32 (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“Trends in Public Investment, Poverty and Growth in Ethiopia” in: Reversing Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: Dilemmas and Critical Issues (2006) E. Wale, S. Regassa, D. Gebre-Michael, B. Emana (eds.) Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (with G. Ayele and Z. Paulos).

“Shocks, Sensitivity, and Resilience: Tracking the Economic Impacts of Environmental Disaster on Assets in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2005) Staff Paper No. 489, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Shocks: Poverty Traps and Environmental Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras” (2005) BASIS Brief No. 28, Collaborative Research Support Programme (with M. R. Carter, P. D. Little and W. Negatu).

“Social Capital and the Reproduction of Economic Inequality in Polarised Societies” (2005) IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 25, 2005 (with M. R. Carter).

“Social Capital and Incentive Compatibility: Modelling the Accumulation and Use of Social Collateral” (2003) Staff Paper No. 460, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (with M. R. Carter).

“Report on the National Workshop on the Promotion of the Informal Sector for Development in Africa” (1998) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Abeba.