Publications

Baez, Javier; Caruso, German; Mueller, Valerie; and Niu, Chiyu. 2017. Droughts augment youth migration in northern Latin America and the Caribbean. Climatic Change 140(3): 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1863-2

Franzel, Steven; Lowicki-Zucca, Jane; Miiro, Richard; and Uwitonze, Nicolas. 2020. Demand-driven extension and advisory services: Catalysing opportunities for youth in agriculture. Rural 21 54(2): 23-25. https://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/demand-driven-extension-and-advisory-services-catalysing-opportunities-for-youth-in-agriculture.html

Kafle, Kashi; Paliwal, Neha; and Benfica, Rui. 2025. Do youth work in agriculture? Short-term dynamics of on-farm rural youth employment in Tanzania and Malawi. Journal of Development studies 61(5): 748-775. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2420019

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Behrman, Jere R.; Maluccio, John; Murphy, Alexis; Yount, Katherine M. 2005. Levels, correlates, and differences in human, physical, and financial assets brought into marriages by young Guatemalan adults. Food and Nutrition Bulletin [Supplement 1: The Human Capital 2002-04 study in Guatemala: a follow-up to the INCAP longitudical study 1969-77] 26(3): S55-S67. https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265050262s106

Eckhardt, Cara L.; Suchindran, Chirayath; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; Adair, Linda S. 2005. The association between diet and height in the post-infancy period changes with age and socioeconomic status among Filipino youths. Journal of Nutrition 133(9): 2192-2198. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/135.9.2192.

Abay, Kibrom A.; Asnake, Woinishet; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Chamberlin, Jordan; and Sumberg, James. 2021. Landscapes of opportunity: Patterns of young people’s engagement with the rural economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Studies 57(4): 594-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1808195

Chamberlin, Jordan; Ramos, Cristina; and Abay, Kibrom A. 2021. Do more vibrant rural areas have lower rates of youth out-migration? Evidence from Zambia. European Journal of Development Research 33: 951–979. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00404-1

Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi. 2016. Déterminants de la nutrition des ménages en Ouganda: le cas de la diversité alimentaire. STATECO N°110: 91 - 103. http://www.dial.ird.fr/media/ird-sites-d-unites-de-recherche/dial/documents/publications/stateco/110/stateco110-06

Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Melgar, Paul; Flores, Rafael; Hoddinott, John F.; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Stein, Aryeh D. 2005. Physical fitness, body composition, blood pressure, and blood metabolic profile among young Guatemalan adults. Food and Nutrition Bulletin [Supplement 1: The Human Capital 2002-04 study in Guatemala: a follow-up to the INCAP longitudinal study 1969-77] 26(2): S88-S97. https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265050262s109

Narayanan, Sudha; Vijayabaskar, M.; and Srinivasan, Sharada. 2023. The youth dividend and agricultural revival in India. In Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia, ed. Sharada Srinivasan. Rethinking Rural (RR) Series. Chapter 8, Pp. 221-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15233-7_8

Thurlow, James. 2015. Youth employment prospects in Africa. In African youth and the persistence of marginalization: Employment, politics, and prospects for change, eds. Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow. Chapter 2, pp. 23 - 46. https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138829473

Resnick, Danielle; and Thurlow, James. 2015. African youth at a crossroads. In African youth and the persistence of marginalization: Employment, politics, and prospects for change, eds. Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow. Chapter 1, pp. 1 - 20. https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138829473

Resnick, Danielle. 2017. Populism in Africa. In The Oxford Handbook of Populism, eds. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Paul Taggart, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, and Pierre Ostiguy. Part Two: Regions, Chapter 4. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198803560.013.4

Filmer, Deon; Fox, Louise; Brooks, Karen; Goyal, Aparajita; Mengistae, Taye; Premand, Patrick; Ringold, Dena; Sharma, Siddharth; and Zorya, Sergiy. 2014. Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa. Vol. 2. Africa Development Forum Series. Washington, DC: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0107-5

Narayanan, Sudha. 2023.“I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. In Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia, ed. Sharada Srinivasan. Chapter 10, Pp. 277-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15233-7_10

Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Meki, Muhammad; Quinn, Simon; and Shonchoy, Abu. 2021. Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh. PEDL ERG Research 5246. Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL). https://pedl.cepr.org/publications/skin-game-microequity-and-mentorship-online-freelancing-based-microentrepreneurs

Hall, Brian J.; Garabiles, Melissa R.; de Hoop, Jacobus; Pereira, Audrey; Prencipe, Leah; and Palermo, Tia. 2019. Perspectives of adolescent and young adults on poverty-related stressors: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania. BMJ Open 9(10): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027047

Beaman, Lori; Herskowitz, Sylvan; Keleher, Niall; and Magruder, Jeremy. 2021. Stay in the game: A randomized controlled trial of a sports and life skills program for vulnerable youth in Liberia. Economic Development and Cultural Change 70(1): 129–158. https://doi.org/10.1086/711651

Heckert, Jessica; Boatemaa, Sandra; and Altman, Claire E. 2015. Migrant youth’s emerging dietary patterns in Haiti: The role of peer social engagement. Public Health Nutrition 18(7): 1262–1271 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980014001372

Davis, Kristin E.; Franzel, Steven; Luzobe, Beatrice; Miiro, Richard; Rurangwa, Raphael; and Uwitonze, Nicholas. 2020. Including youth in agriculture through extension and advisory services. Agrilinks. First published online on July 10, 2020. https://www.agrilinks.org/post/including-youth-agriculture-through-extension-and-advisory-services-0

Thurlow, James; and Mueller, Valerie. 2020. Does rural Africa have a “youth problem”? Africa Report. First published online on February 11, 2020. https://www.theafricareport.com/23075/does-rural-africa-have-a-youth-problem/

Babu, Suresh. 2022. Agents of change: empowering rural youth as entrepreneurs. Sygenta Foundation for sustainable agriculture. News. https://www.syngentafoundation.org/news/recent-news/agents-change-empowering-rural-youth-entrepreneurs

Bhanot, Syon P.; Crost, Benjamin; Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric; and Yedgenov, Bauyrzhan. 2021. Can community service grants foster social and economic integration for youth? A randomized trial in Kazakhstan. Journal of Development Economics 153(November 2021): 102718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102718

Holden, Stein Terje; and Ghebru, Hosaena. 2016. Land tenure reforms, tenure security and food security in poor agrarian economies: Causal linkages and research gaps. Global Food Security 10(2016): 21 - 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2016.07.002

Kosec, Katrina; Ghebru, Hosaena; Holtemeyer, Brian; Mueller, Valerie; and Schmidt, Emily. 2018. The effect of land access on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(3): 931-954. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aax087

Amare, Mulubrhan; Abay, Kibrom A.; Arndt, Channing; and Shiferaw, Bekele. 2021. Youth migration decisions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Satellite‐based empirical evidence from Nigeria. Population and Development Review 47(1): 151-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12383

Adeyanju, Dolapo; Akomolafe, Kehinde J.; Mburu, John I.; Ohanwusi, Evelyn O.; Adebayo, Solomon A.; and Joy, Chiagoziem. 2023. Does entrepreneurship improve the livelihood of young people? Evidence from the NDE program beneficiaries in Kano state, Nigeria. Cogent Business & Management 10(2): 2248735. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2023.2248735

Brooks, Karen. 2018. Rising absolutely, declining relatively: Agriculture, climate change, and job creation in Africa. Agrekon 57(3-4): 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2018.1538002

Mabiso, A., Benfica R. (2019). The narrative on rural youth and economic opportunities in Africa: facts, myths, and gaps. IFAD Research Series, 61. https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/publication/asset/41491134

Babu, Suresh Chandra; Zhou, Yuan; Khan, Reza; and Srivastava, Nandita. 2021. Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness: Bangladesh country report. Basel, Switzerland: Syngenta Foundation. https://www.syngentafoundation.org/sites/g/files/kgtney976/files/document/sites/g/files/zhg576/f/2021/10/06/youth_entrepreneurship_in_agribusiness_bangladesh_report.pdf