Articles

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A Better Brew for Success: Economic Liberalization in Rwanda's Coffee Sector, Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent/World Bank (2010)

This paper analyzes institutional changes that have occurred over the past decade in Rwanda's coffee...

 

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Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa, Economic Affairs (2010)

Hayek argues that when governments violate people's rights by imposing discriminatory laws it may be...

 

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Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa, Mercatus Center Working Paper (2009)

In his book Law, Legislation and Liberty, F.A. Hayek takes the concept of social justice...

 

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Land Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda, Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development (2009)

In his 2005 best-selling book Collapse, Jared Diamond argues that some societies “choose to fail...

 

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry: Quantitative Evidence from a Field Study (with Jutta Tobias), Mercatus Center Working Paper (2009)

Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as a catalyst for poverty reduction and economic development. Yet its...

 

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Cautiously Optimistic: Economic Liberalization and Reconciliation in Rwanda's Coffee Sector (with Puja Ahluwalia), Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (2009)

Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the new government liberalized trade in the coffee sector. New...

 

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Fighting the Food Crisis: Feeding Africa One Family at a Time (with Adam Aft), Environs Envtl L. & Pol'y J. (2008)

Food riots have exploded. Prices for staple goods—wheat, maize, rice—have risen dramatically. 1 in 3...

 

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The Legal Empowerment of the Poor: Titling and poverty alleviation in post-apartheid South Africa, Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal (2008)

The Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor was created in 2005 to promote...

 

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Urbanisation and Informality in Africa's Housing Markets, Economic Affairs (2008)

Urbanization is a growing phenomenon in Africa. Across the continent cities are drawing more and...

 

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A New Call of the Wild: Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia, Georgetown International Environmental Law Journal (2008)

The Namibian government is currently addressing twin goals of environment protection and rural economic development...

 

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The Micromagic of Microcredit (with Tyler Cowen), The Wilson Quarterly (2008)

The millions of tiny loans microcredit banks make to the world's poor do not work...

 

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State Power, Entrepreneurship and Coffee: The Rwandan Experience, Mercatus Policy Series (2007)

In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Paul Kagame’s new government embarked upon a...

 

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The Business of Reconciliation: Entrepreneurship and Commercial Activity in Post-Conflict Rwanda, Economic Affairs (2007)

In post-conflict Rwanda trade and enterprise are leading to increased levels of co-operation among former...

 

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Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Poverty Alleviation in Namibia: A Case Study, Mercatus Policy Series (2007)

In 1996, the Namibian government amended legislation to give local people rights to manage wildlife...

 

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Seeds of Hope: Agricultural Technologies and Poverty Alleviation in Rural South Africa, Mercatus Policy Series (2006)

Despite having the largest economy in Africa, many of South Africa’s citizens grapple with poverty....

 

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The Effects of Property Titling in Langa Township, South Africa, Mercatus Policy Series (2006)

This paper explores the role titling programs play in alleviating poverty in a township outside...

 

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Taxing Alternatives: Poverty Alleviation and the South African Taxi/Minibus Industry, Mercatus Policy Series (2006)

South Africa's transporation landscape is a legacy of apartheid. Apartheid-era laws forcibly moved black South...

 

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The Role of Property Rights as an Institution: Implications for Development Policy, Mercatus Policy Series (2005)

After years of overlooking the central role that property rights play in economic development, scholars...

 

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The Human Face of Resource Conflict: Property and Power in Nigeria, San Diego International Law Journal (2005)

This article examines current high levels of violent conflict in Plateau State in central Nigeria...

 

Books & Monographs

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Paths to Property: Approaches to Institutional Change in International Development (with Paul D. Aligica) (2007)

Sub-Saharan Africa has received billions of dollars in foreign aid over the last fifty years...

 

Contributions to Books

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Property Rights and Resource Conflict in Sudan, Realizing Property Rights (2006)

The genocidal conflict in the western region of Sudan- Darfur-is often characterized as an ethnic...

 

Popular Press

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A Better Partnership for Protection, The Daily Caller (2010)

This op-ed draws on the example of community conservancies in Namibia and argues that devolving...

 

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Empower Women Financially and Develop Communities, AllAfrica.com (2009)

This op-ed argues that focusing efforts on accomplishing Millennium Development Goal #3 -- Empowering Women...

 

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African governments also at fault, Business Day (2008)

A short letter to the editor responding to a column in the South African paper...

 

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A Matter of Life and Death, Guardian.co.uk (2008)
 

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"Economics in Many Lessons: A better brew for Rwanda" (with Donald J. Boudreaux), Pittsburgh Herald-Tribune (2007)

This editorial discusses some of the benefits that have flowed from the liberalization of Rwanda's...

 

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Mauritius: Up Against a Wall of Comptetition, South Africa Moneyweb (2006)
 

Presentations

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Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa, EconTalk, The Library of Economics and Liberty (2008)

In this pod cast I talk with Russ Roberts about Namibia's innovative CBNRM, or community-based...

 

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Property Rights and Incentives in Africa, EconTalk, The Library of Economics and Liberty (2007)

In this podcast I discuss some of my field work over the past three years,...