Papers

  1. Immaculate Nduma, Patti Kristjanson and John McPeak, "Diversity in Income Generating Activities for Sedentarized Pastoral Women in Northern Kenya," Human Organization; Winter 2001; 60, 4; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 319
  2. Solomon Desta1 and D. Layne Coppock, "Pastoralism Under Pressure: Tracking System Change in Southern Ethiopia," Human Ecology, Vol. 32, No. 4, August 2004 (2004)
  3. John McPeak, "Contrasting income shocks with asset shocks: livestock sales in northern Kenya," Oxford Economic Papers 56 (2004), 263–284.
  4. Solomon Desta and D. Layne Coppock, "Cattle population dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands, 1980–97" Journal of Range Management 55(5) pp.439-451, 2002.
  5. Peter D. Little, Hussein Mahmoud1,D. Layne Coppock, "When deserts flood: risk management and climatic processes among East African pastoralists," Climate Research, Vol. 19: 149–159, 2001.
  6. Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett, “Food Aid Targeting, Shocks and Private Transfers Among East African Pastoralists,” July 2005 revision.
  7. Kioko Munyao and Christopher B. Barrett, " Decentralization of pastoral resources management and its effects on environmental degradation and poverty: Experience from northern Kenya," in Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, and John M. Omiti, editors, Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: Lessons from Kenya, CAB International, forthcoming.
  8. Sharon M. Osterloh and Christopher B. Barrett, "The Unfulfilled Promise of Microfinance In Kenya: The KDA Experience," in Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, and John M. Omiti, editors, Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: Lessons from Kenya, CAB International, forthcoming.
  9. Christopher B. Barrett, "Poverty Traps and Resource Dynamics In Smallholder Agrarian Systems," Forthcoming in Springer.
  10. Cheryl Doss, John McPeak, and Christopher B. Barrett, "Interpersonal, Intertemporal, and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions:Evidence from East Africa," Forthcoming in World Development.
  11. Christopher B. Barrett, "Poverty Traps and Agricultural Research: Improving Policies, Institutions and Technologies To Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction," December 2005 invited paper for the Annual General Meetings of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, Marrakech, Morocco.
  12. Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett, "Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On The Roles of Risk and Ability," June 2006 revision.
  13. Peter D. Little, John McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett, and Patti Kristjansen, "Challenging Stereotypes: The Multiple Dimensions of Poverty inPastoral Areas of East Africa" January 2007 .
  14. Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett "Understanding the Formation of Social Networks," April 2007.
  15. Peter Little, "Unofficial Trade When States are Weak, The Case of Cross-Border Commerce in the Horn of Africa," April 2005.
  16. Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett, "Safety nets or social insurance in the presence of poverty traps? Evidence from southern Ethiopia," May 2006 Revision.
  17. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, Solomon Desta and D. Layne Coppock, "Stochastic Wealth Dynamics And Risk Management Among A Poor Population," The Economic Journal, 114 (October), 750–777.
  18. Christopher B. Barrett and Winnie K. Luseno, "Decomposing producer price risk: a policy analysis tool with an application to northern Kenyan livestock markets," Food Policy 29 393–405, 2004.
  19. Winniw K. Luseno, John G. McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter D. Little, "Assessing the Value of Climate Forecast Information for Pastoralists: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya," in World Development Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 1477–1494, 2003.
  20. Peter D. Little, "Pastoralism in a Stateless Environment: The Case of the Southern Somalia Borderlands," Geography Research Forum, forthcoming, 2004.
  21. Christopher B. Barrett, Paswel Phiri Marenya, John McPeak, Bart Minten, Festus Murithi, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Frank Place, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, Jhon Rasambainarivo and Justine Wangila, "Welfare Dynamics in Rural Kenya and Madagascar," Journal of Development Studies, Volume 42, Issue 2, pp. 248-277.
  22. Christopher B. Barrett, Francis Chabari, DeeVon Bailey, Peter D. Little and D. Layne Coppock, "Livestock Pricing in the Northern Kenyan Rangelands," Journal of African Economies, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 127-155.
  23. John McPeak, "Individual and Collective Rationality in Pastoral Production: Evidence from Northern Kenya," Human Ecology, forthcoming.
  24. Guyo O. Haro, Godana J. Doyo, and John McPeak, "Linkages Between Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya," World Development, forthcoming.
  25. John McPeak, "Risk Sharing and Asset Transfers: The Role of Livestock Transfers in Northern Kenya," Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Development Economics.
  26. John McPeak and C. Doss, "Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya," Under revision for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  27. John McPeak, "Fuelwood Gathering and Use in Northern Kenya," Mimeo.
  28. John McPeak and Peter D. Little, "Cursed if you do, Cursed if you don't: The Contradictory Processes of Sedentarization in Northern Kenya," E. Fratkin and E. Roth, eds. pp. 87-104. As Nomads Settle: Social, Health, and Ecological Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Northern Kenya. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004.
  29. Peter D. Little, "Rethinking Interdisciplinary Paradigms and the Political Ecology of Pastoralism in East Africa," African Savannas: New Perspectives on Environmental and Social Change. T. Bassett and D. Crummey, eds. pp. 161-177. Oxford, UK: James Currey Publishers; Portsmith, NH: Heineman Books, 2003.
  30. Marieke Huysentruyt, Christopher B. Barrett, and John G. McPeak, "Social Identity and Manipulative Interhousehold Transfers Among East African Pastoralists," Forthcoming, Economica, February 2008 .
  31. Christopher B. Barrett and Winnie K. Luseno, "Decomposing Producer Price Risk: A Policy Analysis Tool With An Application to Northern Kenyan Livestock Markets," December 2003, Food Policy, forthcoming.
  32. Sharon M. Osterloh, John G. McPeak, Hussein Mahmoud, Winnie K. Luseno, Peter D. Little, Getachew Gebruf, and Christopher B. Barrett, "Pastoralist Livestock Marketing Behavior in Borthern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: An Analysis of Contraints Limiting Off-Take Rates," December 2003.
  33. Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie K. Luseno, “Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs In Response to External Climate Forecasts,” World Development, vol. 35, no. 3 (March 2007): pp. 480-497 .
  34. Christopher B. Barrett and John G. McPeak, "Poverty Traps and Safety Nets," June 2004.
  35. Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Cheryl R. Doss, "Educational Investments in a Spatially Varied Economy," Economica, Volume 74 Issue 294 pp. 351-369, May 2007.
  36. Winnie K. Luseno, John G. McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter D. Little, and Getachew Gebru, "Assessing the Value of Climate Forecast Information for Pastoralists: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya," World Development Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 1477–1494, 2003.
  37. Christopher B. Barrett, Francis Chabari, DeeVon Bailey, Peter D. Little, and D Layne Coppock, "Livestock Pricing in the Northern Kenyan Rangelands," Journal of African Economics, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 127-155, 2003.
  38. Kevin Smith, Christopher B. Barrett, and Paul W. Box, "Not Necessarily in the Same Boat: Heterogeneous Risk Assessment Among East African Pastoralists," The Journal of Development Studies, 2001.
  39. John B. McPeak and Christopher B. Barrett, "Differential Risk Exposure and Stochastic Poverty Traps Among East African Pastoralists," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001.
  40. Kevin Smith, Christopher B. Barrett, and Paul W. Box, "Participatory Risk Mapping for Targeting Research and Assistance: With an Example from East African Pastoralists," World Development Vol. 28, No. 11, pp. 1945-1959, 2000
  41. Peter D. Little, K. Smith, B.A Cellarius, and D.L Coppock, "Avoiding Disaster: Diversification and Risk Management among East African Herders," Development and Change, volume 32, issue 3 pp. 401-433, June 2001.
  42. Sharon M. Osterloh, John G. McPeak, Hussein Mahmoud, Winnie K. Luseno, Peter D. Little, Getachew Gebru and Christopher B. Barrett, “Pastoralist Livestock Marketing Behavior in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: An Analysis of Constraints Limiting Off-Take Rates,” December 2003.
  43. Abdillahi A. Aboud, "Building a community capacity for drought risk management among the Baringo herders of Kenya," VI International Rangeland Congress Proceedings Vol. 1, p. 179-180.
  44. John McPeak, "Analyzing and Addressing Localized Degradation in the Commons," 2003.
  45. Peter D. Little, H. Mahmoud, and D.L. Coppock,  "When Deserts Flood: Risk Management and Climatic Processes Among East African Pastoralists," 2000.
  46. Solomon Desta, D. Layne.Coppock, and Christopher B. Barrett, "Opportunities for asset diversification in a livestock system: The case of the pastoral Boran of southern Ethiopia."
  47. Travis Lybbert, Christopher Barrett, Solomon Desta and D. Layne Coppock, "Pastoral Risk and Wealth-Differentiated Mortality, Marketing and Herd Accumulation Patterns in Southern Ethiopia," May 2000.

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