Peer-reviewed publications
Journal of Conflict Resolution, forthcoming. “Would you fight? We asked aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo”
(with M. Verpoorten) link PDF replication
media: Political Violence at a Glance
World Development, forthcoming. “Covid-19 vs. Ebola: impact on households and small businesses in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo” (with S. Desbureaux, A. Kaota, E. Lunanga and M. Verpoorten) link PDF replication
media: blog
Resources Policy, 2020. “How much do artisanal miners earn? An inquiry among Congolese gold miners”
(with S. Geenen and M. Verpoorten) link PDF survey survey instruments
media: blog
Development and Change, 2020. “Risk, envy and magic in DRC’s artisanal mining sector: insights into the ‘Modernity of Witchcraft'”
(with M. Verpoorten) link PDF
media: blog
World Development, 2019. “Artisanal or Industrial Conflict Minerals? Evidence from Eastern Congo”
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link PDF replication
media: The Conversation; Political Violence at a Glance; policy brief
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019. “Voodoo, vaccines and bed nets”.
(with M. Verpoorten and K. Deconinck) link PDF
media: policy brief
PLoS ONE, 2018. “More legislation, more violence? The impact of Dodd-Frank in the DRC”.
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link replication
media: Washington Post; Political Violence at a Glance; policy brief; PERC
Resources Policy, 2017. “Defusing the social minefield of gold sites in Kamituga, South Kivu. From legal pluralism to the re-making of institutions?”. (with K. Buraye and M. Verpoorten) link PDF
media: policy brief
Environment and Development Economics, 2016. “To fish or not to fish? Resource degradation and income diversification in Benin”.
(with R. Houssa and M. Verpoorten) link PDF
Food Policy, 2013. “Self-reported food insecurity in Africa during the food price crisis”.
(with M. Verpoorten, A. Abimanju and J. Swinnen) link
Working papers, policy briefs & blog posts
Political Violence at a Glance, 2021. “Conflict Minerals Legislation: Shooting at the Wrong Target … Again.”
(with M. Verpoorten) link
IOB Blog, 2020. “Covid-19 vs. Ebola: High stakes for Eastern DRC”
(with S. Desbureaux, A. Kaota, E. Lunanga, and M. Verpoorten) link French version
IOB Working Paper, 2020. “Covid-19 vs. Ebola: impact on households and SMEs in Nord Kivu, DR Congo”
(with S. Desbureaux, A. Kaota, E. Lunanga, and M. Verpoorten) link
IOB Blog, 2020. “Artisanal gold mining pays”
(with S. Geenen and M. Verpoorten) link
IOB Blog, 2020. “The super-natural is super-rational”
(with M. Verpoorten) link
The Conversation, 2019. “The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo”.
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link
IOB Policy Brief 39, 2019. “Artisanal or Industrial Conflict Minerals?”
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link
HiCN Working Paper 308, 2019. “Artisanal or Industrial Conflict Minerals? Evidence from Eastern Congo”.
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link
Cato Institute – Research Briefs in Economic Policy 145, 2019.”More legislation, more violence? The impact of Dodd-Frank in the DRC”.
(with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link
NIDS Discussion Paper 2019/07, 2019. “Exploring psychological well-being and poverty dynamics in South-Africa: evidence from NIDS waves 1-5”. (with M. Leibbrandt and R. Zizzamia) link
Washington Post – The Monkey Cage, 2018. “Trump threatened to suspend the ‘conflict minerals’ provision of Dodd-Frank. That might actually be good for Congo”. (with M. Verpoorten and P. van der Windt) link
IOB Policy Brief 29, 2018. “Voodoo, vaccines and bed nets. Magicoreligious beliefs affect health behavior in Benin”.
(with M. Verpoorten) link
IOB Working Paper 9, 2016. “Relocation, reorientation, or confrontation? Insights from a representative study among artisanal miners in Kamituga, South-Kivu”. (with M. Verpoorten and K. Buraye) PDF French version
IOB Policy Brief 10, 2015. “The social minefield of gold digging in South-Kivu, DRC: the case of Kamituga”.
(with Kilosho Buraye and Marijke Verpoorten) PDF
Amani Itakuya II Essay Series, essay 14, 2015. “The social minefield of gold digging in Kamituga, South-Kivu”.
(with K. Buraye and M. Verpoorten) link
Selected work in progress
“Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa”
(with J.F. Maystadt and K. Hirvonen)
“Violent displacement and empathy. The determinants of hosting in Eastern Congo” PAP
(with P. van der Windt)
“Jobs and stability in North-Kivu, DRC: evidence from a policy experiment”
(with M. Verpoorten)
“Powering development, stabilisation and conservation? The impact of electricity roll-out in Eastern Congo”
(with E. Lunanga and M. Verpoorten)
“Field experiments on Common Pool Resource Management in Benin”
(with E. B. Alonso, R. Houssa and M. Verpoorten)