My first degree in economics was from the Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University; my master's and DPhil (PhD) studies were both at Oxford University (the first at Queen's and the second at St. Antony's colleges).

At the completion of my undergraduate studies, I was recruited by the Department of Economics at Addis Ababa University and worked there between 1986 and 1997.  While at the department, I lectured on Principles of Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and History of Economic Thought and coordinated many courses in addition to administrative tasks.

Just at the completion of my DPhil studies, I was employed as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Bath in an ESRC research project entitled Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD).  My main responsibilities at WeD included: participating in a multi-disciplinary project specifically by focusing on contributions from development economics; co-ordinating a multi-purpose household survey; co-editing a Newsletter and supervising a PhD student.  I moved to the School of International Development (DEV) at the UEA in July 2004. 

CV and Experience

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Main: behavioural development economics; household models and intra-household relationships; social preferences (specifically envy); Others: qualitative-quantitative methods; growth diagnostics; child health; literacy; poverty; common property resources; land tenure; energy (particularly household energy); subjective well-being; household surveys; Geographical focus: Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda

Research Groups:  Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics; Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science; Health Policy and Practice
 

Recent activities

I was a former principal investigator of a large DFID-ESRC research project on “The experimental investigation of allocation norms across contexts and the implications for household models and development policies”.  Cecile Jackson, Alistair Munro, Nitya Rao, Marcel Tarazona and Arjan Verschoor are the other research team members.  The project run between 2007 and 2010 and is an experimental study of intra-household allocations in three developing countries – Ethiopia, India and Nigeria – following a pilot study conducted in Uganda.  Experimental games, data from household surveys, sociological and anthropological data are used to understand intra-household allocations in different context of developing countries (look at the ‘Research and other publications’ below for some of the outputs from this research project).

“Money burning, envy and development: An experimental case study in Ethiopia” is the second research project I was involved in recently (2008-10).  This was funded by an ESRC grant and was conducted in collaboration with Professor Daniel Zizzo (School of Economics, UEA).  The role of envy and similar social preferences like inequality aversion on agricultural innovations was examined by using experimental games in conjunction with survey and qualitative data. The flagship working paper from this research project is listed in the ‘Research and other publications’ section below.

Currently, I'm involved in a European Union research project entitled “Reconciling Biodiversity and Development through Direct Payments for Conservation (ReDirect)”, with Adrian Martin, Nicole Gross-Camp and Shawn McGuire all from the School of International Development (UEA).  This project examines the feasibility of payments for environmental services (PES) among communities bordering the Nyungwe national park in Rwanda by introducing experimental PES over a period of time.  This will be one of the first research undertakings that examine the effectiveness of PES in a rigorous experimental method.  The project runs between 2008 and 2012.

 I’m currently working on

• the effect of fuel prices on fisheries with Kirsten Abernethy (World Fish), Edward Allison (World Fish) and Nick Dulvy (Simon Fraser University);
• literacy using data from Mozambique with Bryan Maddox and Lucio Esposito from the School of International Development;
• growth diagnostics in West African countries with the African Development Bank.

I’m writing an introductory development microeconomics textbook.  This textbook attempts to innovatively integrate conventional microeconomics with insights from behavioural and institutional economics laying out a better framework to understand development problems.

Here is a list of recent presentations:

Present the paper “Envy and agriculture innovation: An experimental case study from Ethiopia” at the Royal Economic Society (RES) annual conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, 18-20 April 2011, London

Presented the paper “Intra-household efficiency: An experimental study from Ethiopia” with Marcela Tarazona, Alistair Munro and Arjan Verschoor at Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) annual conference, Oxford University, Oxford, 20-22 March 2011

Keynote presentation on “Of love and deadly sins: Experimental games in development research”, Young Researchers Forum, the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE), 11 March 2011, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

Keynote presentation on “Intra-household allocation and bargain power”, workshop on “Women’s Bargaining Power and Economic Development”, Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University, 4 February 2011

 “The lion’s share: An experimental analysis of polygamy in northern Nigeria”, authored with Alistair Munro, Marcela Tarazona, and Arjan Verschoor and presented by Alistair Munro at the Allied Social Science Associations Conference, American Economic Association, January 6-9, 2011, Denver, CO, USA

Organised a session on “Energy Use in Fisheries: Improving Efficiency and Technological Innovations from a Global Perspective” with Kirsten Abernethy (University of East Anglia), Nick Dulvy (Simon Fraser University) and Edward Allison (World Fish) at a conference organised by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 14-17 November 2010, Seattle, WA

Presented with Kirsten Abernethy the paper “High fuel prices in temperate and tropical fisheries: Are the impacts the same?” at a conference organised by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 14-17 November 2010, Seattle, WA

Presented the paper “Intra-household economic models and personality: Challenging homo anonymous”, presented at the 15^th European Conference on Personality (ECP15), Brno, Czech Republic, 20-24 July 2010

Presented the paper “Growing up in rural Ethiopia: Do children left behind catch-up?” at the Eighth European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE2010), Helsinki, Finland, 7- 10 July 2010

Presented the paper “Social preferences and agricultural innovation in Africa: An experimental case study from Ethiopia”, with Daniel Zizzo, annual conference of the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, Oxford, 21- 23 March 2010

Presented the paper “Literacy practices and schooling: Case study from Mozambique” authored with Lucio Esposito and Bryan Maddox at the International Conference on Literacy Inequalities, 1 – 3 September 2009, University of East Anglia, Norwich UK

Made a presentation on “Sustainability, Energy and the Urban Poor in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia”, 19 June 2009, at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Invited and made a keynote presentation on “Sustainability and Development: Institutions, Social Preferences and Markets” at the ICLEI World Congress Researcher Symposium Thursday, 18 June 2009, Shaw Conference Centre, Salon 4 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Presented a paper “Growing-up in rural Ethiopia: A dynamic systems GMM approach to child growth” at the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA), 25 - 27 June 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Attended the CREED-CeDEx-CBESS 2009 Meeting on behavioural economics 12-13 June 2009, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Presentation on “Publications: Publish or Perish!” on DSA Annual Postgraduate Students Workshop, 3 June 2009, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Invited and attended “Sustainable development and natural resources: What issues to work on, and how?”, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), China Regional Advisory Panel Meeting hosted by the College of Humanities and Rural Development, China Agricultural University, 3 September 2008, Beijing, China

Invited and attended, “Research impacts and influence workshop”, ESRC-DFID, 30 May 2008, Medical Research Council, London, UK

Invited as panellist to DAC/POVNET of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) workshop on “Reducing Poverty and Promoting pro-Poor Growth: China’s Experience in Rural Poverty Reduction at Home and in Africa”, 21 February 2008, Paris

“Interactions between short- and long-term anthropometric health outcomes among children in rural Ethiopia”, paper presented at the Sixth World Congress on Health Economics, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), 8-11 July 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark

“Subjective well-being, disability and adaptation: A case study from rural Ethiopia”, co-authored with Marcel Fafchamps presented at the Global Poverty Research Group (GPRG) and Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, 2-4 July 2007

“Community wealth-ranking and household surveys: An integrative approach”, paper presented at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference 2007 on Economic Development in Africa, 18-20 March 2007, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Earlier research

1.      Managing four rounds of the Ethiopian Rural Household Surveys (ERHS) between 1994 and 1997:  These surveys were conducted by the Department of Economics of Addis Ababa University in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).  Further rounds of the ERHS have been conducted creating an invaluable panel household survey data unique not only for Ethiopia but for Africa.  The data have been used in many PhD theses (including mine), masters dissertations and journal articles and papers.  Some of the data collected by these surveys are publicly available at the CSAE web site.

2.      I also managed an urban household survey covering seven main urban centres of Ethiopia in 1995 in collaboration with the Agricultural Economics Department of Michigan State University.  This survey was part of the Food Security Project funded by USAID.

3.      Energy, particularly household energy use, is an area on which I've worked for a relatively long time.  Most of my energy-related research is done within AFREPREN.  I've served as Steering Committee member for around a decade in addition to working as co-ordinator of different theme groups.  My main research focused on household energy use in urban areas of Ethiopia.

4.      I was holding a research grant from the AERC on "Poverty, income distribution and labour market issues in Africa" between 2003 and 2005 with Arne Bigsten and Abebe Shimeles.

5.      A research grant held with Abebe Shimeles from the Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development (FASID) through the AERC in 2001-02.  The research focused on poverty and institutions.
 

Research and other publications

Article in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Esposito, L., B. Kebede and B. Maddox, "Literacy Practices and Schooling: A Case Study from Mozambique", World Development, forthcoming

Iversen, V., C. Jackson, B. Kebede, A. Munro and A. Verschoor, “Do spouses realise cooperative gains? Experimental evidence from rural Uganda”, World Development, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 569-578, 2011

Kirsten E. Abernethy, B. Kebede, Paul Trebilcock, Edward H. Allison, and Nicholas K. Dulvy, “Fuelling the decline in UK fishing communities?”, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 1076-1085, 2010; Link to journal article

Sharon E. Brooks, B. Kebede, Edward H. Allison, John D.  Reynolds, "The balance of power in rural marketing networks: a case study of snake trading in Cambodia", Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 46, No. 6, 1003–1025, 2010

B. Kebede, “Community wealth ranking and household surveys: An integrative approach”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 1731-1746, 2009; Link to journal article

Marcel Fafchamps, Bereket Kebede and Agnes R. Quisumbing, 2009. Intra-household welfare in rural Ethiopia”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 71, 567-59; Link to journal article

Bereket Kebede, 2008. Land reform, distribution of land and institutions in rural Ethiopia: Analysis of inequality with dirty data, Journal of African Economies, 17, 550-577; Link to journal article

Bereket Kebede, 2008. Intra-household allocations in rural Ethiopia: A demand systems approach, Review of Income and Wealth, 54, 1-26; Link to journal article

Bereket Kebede, 2006. Energy subsidies and costs in urban Ethiopia: The cases of kerosene and electricity, Renewable Energy, 31, 2140-2151

Bereket Kebede, 2005. Genetic endowments, parental and child health in rural Ethiopia, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 52, 194-221; Link to Journal Article

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede, Abebe Shimeles, and Mekonnen Taddesse, 2003. Growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from household panel surveys, World Development, 31, 87-106; Link to Journal Article

Bereket Kebede with A. Bekele and E. Kedir, 2002. Can the urban poor afford modern energy: The case of Ethiopia, Energy Policy, 30, 1029-1046; Link to Journal Article

Bereket Kebede, 2002. Land tenure and common pool resources in rural Ethiopia: A study based on fifteen sites, Africa Development Review, 14, 113-149; Link to Journal Article

Bigsten, Bereket Kebede, A. Shimeles and M. Taddesse, 1999. Poverty and welfare in Ethiopia: Profile and determinants, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 8, 37-60; Link to Publication Site

Bereket Kebede, 1993. The contribution of the New Institutional Economics to the study of markets, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2, 55-66; Link to Publication Site

Books

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Bereket Kebede,  and Ikhupuleng Dube, editors, Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications, Zed Books, 2004

Bereket Kebede and Mekonen Taddesse, editors, The Ethiopian Economy: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, December 1996 

Chapters in books

Marcel Fafchamps and Bereket Kebede, “Subjective Well-being, Disability and Adaptation: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia”, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, “Introduction” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, “Overview of the Economy” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles and Mekonen Taddesse, “Theory and Methods of Poverty Analysis” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, “Rural and Urban Poverty Profiles” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Bereket Kebede, “Intra-household Distribution of Expenditures in Rural Ethiopia: A Demand Systems Approach” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, “Conclusions and Policy Implications” in  Arne Bigsten, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, editors, Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005

Bereket Kebede and Ikhupuleng Dube, “Part 1: Introduction”, in Bereket Kebede and Ikupuleng Dube, eds., Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications, Zed Books, 2004

Bereket Kebede and Ikhupuleng Dube, “Part 3: Research Methodology and Approach”, in Bereket Kebede and Ikupuleng Dube, eds., Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications, Zed Books, 2004

Bereket Kebede, “Part 6: Ethiopia”, in Bereket Kebede and Ikupuleng Dube, eds., Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications, Zed Books, 2004

Bereket Kebede, “Are Subsidies Decisive in the Provision of Energy to the Urban Poor?  The Cases of Kerosene and Electricity in Ethiopia”, in A.A.M. Sayigh, editor, Renewable Energy: Renewables: World’s Best Energy Option: Extended Abstracts, World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) VII, 29 June-5 July 2002, Cologne, Germany

Bereket Kebede, “Evolution of Economic Policy and Aspects of Poverty in Ethiopia”, in V.S. Vyas and Pradeep Bhargava, eds., Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Experiences from Asia and Africa, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, Rawat Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi, 1999

Bereket Kebede with Haregewoin Desalegn and Adugna Lemi, “Part 4: Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia and Kenya: Some Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa”, in M.R. Bhagavan, ed., Petroleum Marketing in Africa: Issues in Pricing, Taxation and Investment, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Zed Books Ltd., London and New York, 1999

Bereket Kebede, with Haregewoin Desalegn and Adugna Lemi, “Part 3: Ethiopia”, in M.R. Bhagavan, ed., Petroleum Marketing in Africa: Issues in Pricing, Taxation and Investment, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Zed Books Ltd., London and New York, 1999

Philippa Bevan and Bereket Kebede, "Measuring Wealth and Poverty in Rural Ethiopia: a Data-based Discussion", in Bereket Kebede and Mekonen Taddesse, eds., The Ethiopian Economy: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, December 1996

Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, "Issues in the Measurement and Dynamics of Poverty: A Survey", in Bereket Kebede and Mekonen Taddesse, eds., The Ethiopian Economy: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation; Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, December 1996

Andre Croppenstedt and Bereket Kebede, "The Nature of Sharecropping in Ethiopia: Some Preliminary Observations", in Dejene Aredo and Mulat Demeke, eds., Ethiopian Agriculture: Problems of Transformation; Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, 1995

Bereket Kebede, "Food People Eat: The Energy Economics of Injera and Wot", in Mekonen Taddesse, ed., The Ethiopian Economy: Structure, Problems and Policy Issues; Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, 1992

Bereket Kebede, "A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Patterns of Energy Utilisation in Rural Ethiopia", in Proceedings of the Workshop on Problems and Prospects of Rural Development in Ethiopia, Institute of Development Research (IDR), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, December 1989

Book reviews

Bereket Kebede, “Shenggen Fan , ed., Public Expenditures, Growth and Poverty: Lessons from Developing Countries, John Hopkins University Press, 2008”, Journal of South Asian Development, Vol. 4, No. 1, 121-135, 2009

Bereket Kebede, “Amanor, Kojo Sebastian and Moyo, Sam eds. Land and Sustainable Development in Africa. London and New York: Zed Books, 2008”, Journal of International Development, Vol. 21, No. 7, 1048-1049, 2009

Other publications

Bereket Kebede and Daniel Zizzo, “Envy and agricultural innovation: An experimental case study from Ethiopia”, CSAE working paper WPS/2011-06, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, Oxford, March 2011 (also CBESS Discussion Paper 11-12, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, March 2011)

Bereket Kebede, Marcela Tarazona, Alistair Munro and Arjan Verschoor, “Intra-household efficiency: An experimental study from Ethiopia”, CSAE working paper WPS/2011-01, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, Oxford, January 2011

Alistair Munro, Bereket Kebede, Marcela Tarazona, and Arjan Verschoor, “Autonomy or efficiency: An experiment on household decisions in two regions of India”, CBESS Discussion Paper 11-02, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, January 2011

Alistair Munro, Bereket Kebede, Marcela Tarazona, and Arjan Verschoor, “The lion’s share: An experimental analysis of polygamy in northern Nigeria”, GRIPS Discussion Paper 10-27, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, December 2010

Modern Development Microeconomics: A Primer, Edward Elgar (in preparation)

Lucio Esposito, Bereket Kebede and Bryan Maddox, “Subjective valuation of literacy practices: A case from Mozambique”, School of International Development, University of East Anglia (in preparation)

Bereket Kebede, “Growing up in rural Ethiopia: A dynamic systems GMM approach to child growth”, Reproductive Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya, September 2008

Bereket Kebede, “Interactions between short- and long-term health of children: A case from rural Ethiopia”, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, CSAE Working Paper WPS/2008-05, January 2008, also as DEV/ODG working paper series, WP 6, June 2008

Marcel Fafchamps and Bereket Kebede, “Subjective Well-being, Disability and Adaptation: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia”, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, CSAE Working Paper WPS/2008-01, January 2008 also as DEV/ODG working paper series, WP 7, 2008

Vegard Iversen, Cecile Jackson, Bereket Kebede, Alistair Munro, Arjan Verschoor, “What’s Love Got to do with it?  An Experimental Test of Household Models in Eastern Uganda”, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University, CSAE Working Paper WPS/2006-01, January 2006

Frank Ellis, Bereket Kebede, Sarah Ssewanyana and Eddie Allison, “Patterns and Changes in Rural Livelihoods in Uganda 2001-05: Findings of the LADDER 2 Project”, final report, February 2006

S. Karekezi, B. Kebede and J. Muthui, "Research and Policy Linkages in the Energy Sector of Eastern and Southern Africa: Preparation of National Energy Policy Documents in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe", final regional report, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Global Development Network (GDN), Bridging Research and Policy Project (BRP), 0183, Nairobi, September 2005

Frank Ellis, Ade Freeman and Bereket Kebede, “The Role of Livestock in the Livelihoods of People in East Africa”, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), June 2005

Bereket Kebede with E. Kedir, A. Abera and S. Tesfaye "The Impact of Subsidies on the Affordability of Modern Energy Services by the Urban Poor in Ethiopia: The Case of Electricity and Kerosene", Working Paper No. 322, AFREPREN/FWD, Nairobi, 2004

Bereket Kebede, “Decomposition of Household Expenditure and Child Welfare in Rural Ethiopia”, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), CSAE Working Paper WPS/2003-09, Oxford University, Oxford, August 2003

Alemayehu Geda, Bereket Kebede and Abebe Shimeles, “Rural Poverty and Institutions in Ethiopia”, Final Paper Prepared for Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), March 2003

Bereket Kebede, “Poverty, Energy and the Millennium Development Targets”, background paper to Department for International Development (DFID), “Energy for Poverty Reduction (ENPOV)”, March 2002

Bereket Kebede with Almaz Bekele and Elias Kedir, “Affordability of Modern Fuels and Patterns of Energy Demand in Urban Ethiopia”, Working Paper No. 295, AFREPREN/FWD, Nairobi, 2002

Bereket Kebede, “Allocation and Distribution of Land in Rural Ethiopia”, background paper for African Development Report 2002, African Development Bank (ADB), November 2001

Bereket Kebede with Almaz Bekele and Elias Kedir, “Modern Energy and the Urban Poor in Ethiopia: Literature Review and Empirical Analysis”, Report, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Nairobi, April 2001

Bereket Kebede with Elias Kedir and Almaz Bekele, “Patterns of Domestic Energy Use and Supply Initiatives among the Urban Poor of Ethiopia”, AFREPREN Working paper No.259, 2000, Nairobi, Kenya

Bereket Kebede and Mekonen Taddesse, “Urban Poverty in Ethiopia (1994-1997): Evidence from Household Panel Data”, a report to the World Bank, Addis Ababa, July 1997

Bereket Kebede with Haregewoin Desalegn and Getnet Astatkie, “Petroleum Pricing and Taxation: The Cases of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi”, Finance and Markets Theme Group, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), AFREPREN Working Paper No. 145, December 1996

Bereket Kebede, “Households and Schools in Urban Areas of Ethiopia”, Education and Health Sector Review, Ministry of Finance (Ethiopia) and European Union, CSAE, Oxford University (group leader, Professor Paul Collier, Oxford University), Addis Ababa, July 1996

Bereket Kebede, The Energy Ecosystem of an Ethiopian Village: An Economic Study of Energy Flows in a Rural Community, research report, SAREC, Sweden, Institute of Development Research, Addis Ababa University, September 1992

During the last few academic years, I taught eight different modules – serving as a convenor/organizer for five of them.  Two of the units – Economics for Development 1 & 2 – are introductory undergraduate economics courses.  In the first, students are introduced to basic issues in development, both micro and macro.  In the second, principles of microeconomics with particular focus on development issues are covered.  This unit introduces students to standard microeconomics of development as well as insights from behavioural and institutional economics.  I was also involved in teaching a module on development issues of Sub-Saharan Africa.  The remaining five modules are at graduate level.  Econometric Methods for Development introduces graduate students to the use of econometrics.  Research Techniques and Analysis covers both quantitative and qualitative methods.  The module ‘Food Systems and Rural Development’ focuses at current global food systems and food security issues with particular reference to developing countries.  Environmental Economics covers environmental and ecological issues with a specific focus on development related problems.  Rural Policy focuses on the challenges developing countries face in improving living standards of rural areas.
 
So far, I've supervised 16 successful master’s dissertations in the last five academic years (2004-09); the dissertations, among others, covered various topics including energy, corruption, intra-household allocation, food security, privatisation, street children, wellbeing measures and post-conflict stabilisation in different regions of the world.
 

I am currently supervising the following PhD students:

Kevin Crooks, ‘Social Behaviour and Agricultural Innovations Adoption: The Case of Jamaica’

Kalu Ibe Kalu, ‘Do Financial Incentives Make a Difference to the Performance of Public Sector Workers in Nigeria’

John Sawdon, ‘Economic Analysis of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Rapidly Developing Countries: Vietnam Case Study’

Jesus Resendiz Silva, ‘Electricity, Privatisation, Politics and Regulation in the Mexican Economy’
 

The following students successfully completed their studies:

Alessandro De Matteis, ‘Food for All or Food Aid for All? What Rationale for Food Aid in the 21st Century?’ PhD

Kirsten Abernethy, ‘Why do Fishers Fish Where They Fish?’, PhD

Elizabeth Manda, ‘The Role of Information Systems in Agricultural Marketing in Malawi’ PhD

Lucio Esposito, ‘Essays in Poverty Measurement’ PhD

Fortune Laurence, ‘Industrial Development and Issues in the Footwear Industry of Nigeria’ MPhil