Affiliations: Centre for Economic Studies (CES), Research Group: Development Economics Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS), Research Group: Development and Food Policy marijke.verpoorten@econ.kuleuven.be

Research Interest Current Research Projects Work in progress Publications Curriculum Vitae

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Contents of this page

• Research Interest
• Current Research Projects
• Work in progress
• Publications
• Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Micro-economic Analysis of Household Surveys; The Economics of Armed Conflict; LDCs, Food Safety Standards and Global Supply Chains; The Economics of Religion; Sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda, Benin

Current Research Projects

• Benin research project:

TRADE, FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS AND  WELFARE OF SMALL SCALE PRODUCERS : THE CASE OF ARTISANAL SHRIMP FISHERS IN BENIN

• Rwanda research project:

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT

Work in progress

"Ways forward in measuring micro-level conflict intensity: An illustration for Rwanda"

"The impact of armed conflict on economic performance: Evidence from Rwanda" (with P. Serneels)

"Armed conflict, mental Health and labour market outcomes” (with P. Serneels)

"Investment in the Aftermath of Violent Conflict"

"The market for religion: evidence from a natural experiment" (with T. Truyts)

“Trade, food safety standards and the welfare of small scale producers in developing countries: evidence from a natural experiment in Benin's shrimp sector" (with R. Houssa and J. Swinnen)

“Natural resource management and community-based institutions: the case of regulating fishing in Benin” (with R. Houssa)

“Coping strategies of small scale producers upon the failure of export market access” (with M. Negash)

“The inclusion of small-scale producers in modern supply chains: the impact of unobserved productivity characteristics” (with K. Dekoninck)

“The unperceived impact of increased EU food standards: Evidence from Benin’s shrimp sector” (with R. Houssa)

Publications

International Journals

• Verpoorten, M., “Cattle Sales in War and Peacetime: a Study of Household Coping in Rwanda, 1991-2001”, Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88(1): 67-86.

• Verpoorten, M., Berlage, L., “Economic Mobility in Rural Rwanda: A Study of the Long Term Effects of War and Genocide at the Household Level”, Journal of African Economies, 2007, 1-44.

• Verpoorten, M., "The death toll of the Rwandan genocide: a detailed analysis for Gikongoro Province", Population, 2005, 60(4): 331-368.

• Verwimp, Ph., Verpoorten, M., "What are all the soldiers going to do? Demobilisation, reintegration and employment in Rwanda." Conflict, Security and Development, 2004, 4 (1): 39-57.

Papers currently under review

• Verpoorten, M. (2010), “The Intensity of the Rwandan Genocide: Fine Measures from the Gacaca Records”, Under Review.

• Verpoorten, M. (2010), “Detecting Hidden Violence: The Spatial Distribution of Excess Mortality in Rwanda”, Under Review.

Chapter in Books

• Verpoorten, M., “Using household data to study the economic consequences of violent conflict: the case of Rwanda”, p. 271-340, in Hess G. (ed.), Guns and Butter: the Economic Causes and Consequences of Violent Conflict, MIT Press, 2009, 344 pp.

Research Reports

• "Survival strategies of poor households in post-genocide Rwanda", A Report for the Flemish Interuniversity Council and the Belgian Department of International Co-operation under the Policy Research Program, 2002 (with Lode Berlage and Philip Verwimp).

• “Market Access and Food Security”, Background Report for the World Hunger Series 2008 on “Hunger and Markets”, published by the United Nations World Food Program (with Miet Maertens, Anneleen Vandeplas and Johan Swinnen).

• “Domestic Financial Resource Mobilization in Africa: Benin Case Study”, UNCTAD Volume 2008, forthcoming (with Romain Houssa).

Working Papers

• Verpoorten, M. (2010), “The Intensity of the Rwandan Genocide: Fine Measures from the Gacaca Records”, LICOS discussion paper nr. 256. (this version: March 2010)

• Verpoorten, M. (2010), “Detecting Hidden Violence: The Spatial Distribution of Excess Mortality in Rwanda”, LICOS discussion paper nr. 254. (this version: May 2010)

• Verpoorten, M., "The death toll of the Rwandan genocide: a detailed analysis for Gikongoro Province" (you can read this as the first chapter of my PhD)

• Verpoorten, M., (2007), “Cattle Sales in War and Peacetime: a Study of Household Coping in Rwanda, 1991-2001", LICOS discussion paper nr 189.

• Verpoorten, M., Berlage, L., (2004), "Genocide and Land Scarcity: Can Rwandan Rural Households Manage?", CSAE Working paper, WPS 2004/15.

• Verpoorten, M., (2001), "Imperfect Markets : a case-study in Senegal", CES Discussion Paper, DP 01.20.

Others

Doctoral Dissertation, 2006, "Conflict and Survival: Shocks, Coping Strategies and Economic Mobility in Rwanda, 1990-2002".

CURRICULUM VITAE

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(this version: August 2010)