Research Outputs

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Harvesting trees to Harverst Cash Crops: The Role of Migrants in Forest Land Conversion in Uganda, Land Use Policy, Forthcoming, Elsevier, ISSN: 0264-8377;

(with A. Ignaciuk, J. Kwon, M. Mastrorillo, N. Sitko)

Will the Last be the First? School Closures and Educational Outcomes, European Economic Review, 2023, Elsevier, ISSN: 0014-2921;

(with M. Battisti)

School-age Vaccination, School Openings and Covid-19 diffusion, Health Economics, 2023, ISSN: 1057-9230;

(with E. Amodio, M. Battisti, A.F. Gravina, M. Lavezzi) 

Shooting Down the Price: Evidence from Mafia-Killing and housing price, Papers in Regional Science, 2022, Wiley Online library, ISSN: 1056-8190;

(with M. Battisti, G. Bernardo, M. Lavezzi) 

School Opening and Covid-19 diffusion: Evidence from Geolocalized Microdata, European Economic Review, 2022, Elsevier, ISSN: 0014-2921;

(with E. Amodio, M. Battisti, A. Kourtellos, C.M. Madia) 

Media coverage: VoxEu and VoxTalks (International); Lavoce.info (Italy); Alternatives Economiques (France); Carta Capital (Brasil); Radio Giornale di Sicilia (Italy); 

Adapting to high temperatures: effect of farm practices and their adoption duration on total value of crop production in Uganda, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, Oxford University Press, ISSN: 1467-8276;

(with M. Mastrorillo and N. Sitko) 

Diversification is in the detail: accounting for crop system heterogeneity to inform diversification policies in Malawi and Zambia, Journal of Development Studies, 2020,  Taylor and Francis, ISSN: 0022-0388;

(with N. Sitko) 

The Value of Local Climate and Weather Information: An Economic Valuation of the Decentralised Meteorological Provision in Kenya, Climate and Development, 2020, Taylor and Francis, ISSN: 1756-5529;

(with S.Barrett, W. Ndegwa) 

Heterogeneous Effects of Sustainable Agriculture Practices: Micro-evidence from Malawi, Journal of African Economies, 2020, Oxford University Press, ISSN: 0963-8024;

(with S. Asfaw)  

Knowing is half the battle: Seasonal forecasts, adaptive cropping systems, and the mediating role of private markets in Zambia , Food Policy, 2019, Elsevier, ISSN: 0306-9192;

(with N. Sitko)

Gender, Weather Shocks and Welfare: Evidence from Malawi, Journal of Development Studies, 2018, Taylor and Francis, ISSN: 0022-0388;

(with S. Asfaw) 

Foreign Investment and State Conflicts in Africa. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 2017,  Vol. 23,  Walter de Gruyter, ISSN: 1554-8597;

(with R. Kishi and C. Raleigh)

Down and Out in Italian Towns: Measuring the Impact of Economic Downturns on Crime, Economics Letters, 2016, Volume 146,  ISSN 0165-1765;

(with Guido De Blasio and Carlo Menon)

Chapters in peer-reviewed books

Reducing food loss in rural development projects. Examples from IFAD's investments. In S. Busetti, N. Pace, Eds., Food Loss and Waste Policy.  2022, London, UK: Routledge;

(with R. Cavatassi, R. Delve) 

Policy Options for Cropping Systems Diversification in Southern Africa. In Richard A. Sikora, Eugene R. Terry, Paul L.G. Vlek, Joyce Chitja Eds., Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa: Constraints, Technologies, Policies and Processes.  2019, Milton Park, UK: Taylor and Francis;

(with N. Sitko) 

Monitoring and Evaluating Gender Through the CSA Project Cycle. Gender in Climate-Smart Agriculture: Module 18 for Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook. In World Bank Eds., Agriculture Global Practice. 2015, Washington, DC: World Bank group;

(with S. Asfaw et al.) 

Working Papers

(with S. Gourlday, A. Safyan, A. Zezza) Measuring Land Tenure at the Individual Level: Lessons from Methodological Research in Armenia. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10140. 

(with S. Asfaw, A. Palma) Climate resilience pathways of rural households: evidence from Ethiopia, SPRU Working Paper Series, 2018/18;

(with S. Asfaw) Gender integration into Climate-Smart Agriculture: Tools for Data Collection and Analysis for Policy and Research, EPIC Working paper series, 2016/1, FAO at United Nations;

 (with A. D'Onofrio) Does foreign aid fuel trust?, AidData Working Paper 17. 2015. Williamsburg, VA: AidData;

Policy and other contributions

Progress Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Drivers of Change, FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies, December 2021, Rome: FAO;

Evidence and policy options on migration, cash crop production and deforestation in Uganda, FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 40, September 2021, Rome: FAO;

The dual threat of extreme weather and the COVID-19 crisis: Anticipating the impacts on food availability, FAO Policy Brief Series on Covid-19, July 2020;

Using seasonal forecasts to support farmer adaptation to climate risks, FAO Agricultural Development Economics policy brief n.14, November 2018;

Crop diversification increases productivity and stabilizes income of smallholders, FAO Agricultural Development Economics policy brief n.8, May 2018;

Data Analysis: Domestic Forces could stabilize Libya, The Global Observatory, June 2016;

Does foreign aid fuel trust? Unexpected Evidence from Uganda, Aiddata Blog,  May 2016;

Gender integration into Climate-Smart Agriculture, IISD, January 2016;

OECD Economics survey on Luxembourg, March 2015.

with (A. Romano, A. Troisi) The Legal Origin of Income Inequality, Law and Development Review, 2014, Vol. 7 Issue 1,  Walter de Gruyter, ISSN: 1943-3867;