A full list of papers based on the Kagera Health Development Survey (KHDS) can be found here, for a full list of CWIQ reports click here

 

BELOW IS A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OR MEDIA COVERAGE RESULTING FROM DIRECTLY FROM EDI'S WORK

 

2010

SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE FORMATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE NETWORKS - Joachim De Weerdt and Marcel Fafchamps

Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming)
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Mother Is 'More Essential' to Orphans Than Breadwinner Father, Research Suggests

Science Daily

 

Mothers more important than fathers?

Article in The Guardian

 

Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)

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Using Mobile Phones to Conduct Research in Developing Countries - Brian Dillon

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Orphanhood and Human Capital Destruction: Is there Persistence into Adulthood? - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

Demography, Vol. 47(1): 163-180

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Moving out of Poverty in Tanzania: Evidence from Kagera - Joachim De Weerdt

Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 46(2): 331-349

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2009

 

Moving Away from Home and Away from Poverty - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

Contribution to Dilip Ratha's "People Move" Blog

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THE INTERGENERATIONAL IMPACT OF THE AFRICAN ORPHANS CRISIS: A COHORT STUDY FROM AN HIV/AIDS AFFECTED AREA - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 38(2):561-568
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2008

Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. 2008. "Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey". Policy Research Working Paper, WPS 4798, World Bank, Washington DC.
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METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF HIV/AIDS - Kathleen Beegle and Joachim De Weerdt

AIDS Forthcoming
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ADULT MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE AGE OF HIV/AIDS - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 56, No. 2: 299-326

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FIELD NOTES ON ADMINISTERING SHOCK MODULES - Joachim De Weerdt

Journal of International Development, Vol. 20, pp. 398-402

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2007

MEMBERSHIP-BASED INDIGENOUS INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONS - Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon, Tessa Bold and Alula Pankhurst download pdf

in: Martha Chen, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Carol Richards (eds.), “Membership Based Organisations of the Poor”, Routledge Download Brief Volume Overview

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Moving out of Poverty in Tanzania's Kagera Region

ID21 Research Highlight

 

 

2006

RISK-SHARING NETWORKS AND INSURANCE AGAINST ILLNESS - Stefan Dercon and Joachim De Weerdt

Jourrnal of Development Economics, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 337-356.

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on-line at science direct

 

GROUP-BASED FUNERAL INSURANCE IN ETHIOPIA AND TANZANIA - Stefan Dercon, Tessa Bold, Joachim De Weerdt and Alula Pankhurst, World Development, Vol 34, Issue 4, pp. 685-703

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ORPHANHOOD AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON CHILDREN - Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1266-1277.

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2005

 

CWIQ COMPARATIVE STUDY: COMPARISON OF 16 BASELINE SURVEYS ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN SELECTED DISTRICTS IN KAGERA, SHINYANGA AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS - Joachim De Weerdt, Tadeo Rweyemamu and James Mitchener

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KONDOA CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN RURAL SHINYANGA DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov, Joachim De Weerdt, and James Mitchener

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MBULU CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN RURAL SHINYANGA DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov, Joachim De Weerdt and James Mitchener

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MONDULI CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN RURAL SHINYANGA DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov, Joachim De Weerdt and James Mitchener

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KARATU CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN RURAL SHINYANGA DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov, Joachim De Weerdt and James Mitchener

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MEASURING RISK PERCEPTIONS: WHY AND HOW - Joachim De Weerdt

Social Protection Discussion Papers Series, No. 0503, World Bank, Washington DC

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MEMBERSHIP-BASED INDIGENOUS INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONS - Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon, Tessa Bold and Alula Pankhurst, Forthcoming in Kanbur, R. (ed.), “Membership Based Organisations of the Poor”, Routledge.

This edited volume grew from a conference organised by Cornell University and SEWA. Other contributions can be found on the conference website

2004

RISK-SHARING AND ENDOGENOUS NETWORK FORMATION - Chapter 10 in "Insurance against Poverty", ed. Stefan Dercon Oxford University Press, 2004

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Other contribution to this book can be found here

 

RURAL INCOME DYNAMICS IN KAGERA REGION, TANZANIA - Flora Kessy

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RURAL SHINYANGA CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN RURAL SHINYANGA DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov, Joachim De Weerdt, Tadeo Rweyemamu and James Mitchener

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KAGERA RURAL CWIQ BASELINE SURVEY ON POVERTY, WELFARE AND SERVICES IN KAGERA RURAL DISTRICTS - Sonya Krutikov and Joachim De Weerdt

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2003

 

ADOPTION OF SUPERIOR BANANA VARIETIES IN THE KAGERA REGION: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS - Joachim De Weerdt

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DISENTANGLING NETWORKS: DEFINING AND ANALYZING COHESIVE SUGROUPS - Joachim De Weerdt and Dirk Van de gaer

paper presented at the 2003 ESEM in Stockholm

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2002

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN RURAL TANZANIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY OF NYAKATOKE, BUKOBA RURAL DISTRICT - Joachim De Weerdt

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