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Ralitza Dimova

University of Manchester, UK, and IZA, Germany

This is a fascinating project, in which I am happy to participate. It will hopefully produce social impact by introducing policymakers to timely state-of-the-art research findings

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Author

Current position

Senior Lecturer of Development Economics, University of Manchester, UK

Research interest

Education and employment in poorer African countries

Website

http://bit.ly/Dimova_personalpage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant for the United Nations Foundation

Past positions

Lecturer in Economics, Brunel University, UK

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2005

Selected publications

  • “Off-farm labor supply and correlated shocks. New theoretical insights and evidence from Malawi.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 63:2 (2015): 361–391 (with S. Gangopadhyay, K. Michaelowa, and A. Weber).

  • “The global food crisis: Disaster, opportunity or non-event?” World Development 46 (2013): 185-196 (with P. Gbakou).

  • “Allocation of labor in urban West Africa. Insights from the pattern of labor supply and skill premiums.” Review of Development Economics 14:1 (2010): 74-92 (with C. Nordman and F. Roubaud).

article(s)

  • The welfare impact of rising food prices

    The welfare impact of rising food prices differs for net food consumers and net producers

    Ralitza Dimova, March 2015
    Dramatic food price spikes in recent years have stimulated debate on the welfare implications of food price risk. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of undernourished people in sub-Saharan Africa rose to a record 265 million in 2009. There is a gradually developing policy consensus in favor of income redistribution to the poor in developing countries hit by the food price crisis. This recommendation makes sense when the poor are net food consumers, but it ignores the possibility that some poor people are net producers of food and so are likely to benefit from rising food prices.
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