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Marijke Verpoorten  
    
Teaching

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Secondary affiliations

I am an associate member of LICOSEUDN and NEPS

I am a co-editor of Annuaire des Grands Lacs

I'm a Member of the Editorial Committee of Journal of Peace Science

 


Zipped command- and datafile for replication of:

Verpoorten, M. (2012). The intensity of the Rwandan genocide: Measures from the gacaca records. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. 18 (1). (working paper version : Verpoorten, M. (2010b), " The Intensity of the Rwandan Genocide: Fine Measures from the Gacaca Records ", LICOS discussion papers 256. LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KULeuven )


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Verpoorten, M. (2012). Detecting Hidden Violence: The Spatial Distribution of Excess Mortality in Rwanda. Political Geography. 31 (1): 44 - 56. (working paper version : Verpoorten, M. (2010), “Detecting Hidden Violence: The Spatial Distribution of Excess Mortality in Rwanda”, LICOS discussion papers 254.LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KULeuven)
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e-mail:
    Marijke.Verpoorten@ua.ac.be
telefoon:
    032655297
fax:
    032655741
statuut:
    Zelfstandig academ. personeel
functie:
    docent
afdeling:
    Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid en -beheer (IOB)
interne mandaten:
    
bedrijfsadres:
    Stadscampus
S.S.151
Lange Sint Annastraat 7
2000 Antwerpen

 

Research interest & Research projects

Micro-empirical analysis of development issues; The economics of armed conflict; Food safety & quality standards, global supply chains; Food prices and food security; Sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo, Benin.

  • Rwanda research project
  • Benin research project
  • Congo research project

     

    Currenlty, I'm stuyding fishing communities in Benin, poverty & growth in Rwanda, and the mining sector in DRC.


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    Journal articles

    Most recent :

    Verpoorten, M., Arora, A., Stoop, N. and J. Swinnen (2013). Self-reported food insecurity in Africa during the food price crisis. Food Policy 39: 51-63.

     

    Deconinck, K. and Verpoorten, M. (2013). Narrow and Scientific Replication of 'The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa'. Journal of Applied Econometrics. Vol. 28 (1): 166–169.

     

    Bareebe, G., Titeca, K., Verpoorten, M. (2012). Simplified Campaign Narratives on Civil War: Case Study of ‘KONY 2012', in: Reyntjens F., Vandeginste S., et Verpoorten M. (eds.) (2012) L’Afrique des grands lacs. Annuaire 2011-2012, Paris, L’Harmattan: 131-156.

     

    Guariso, A., Ngabitsinze, C. J., Verpoorten, M. (2012). The Rwandan Coffee Sector: out of the Ordinary, in: Reyntjens F., Vandeginste S., et Verpoorten M. (eds.) 

    L’Afrique des grands lacs. Annuaire 2011-2012, Paris, L’Harmattan: 397-426.

     

    Verpoorten, M. (2012). Leave None to Claim the Land : A Malthusian Catastrophe in Rwanda? Journal of Peace Research. 49 (4): 547 - 563. ( Zipped command- and datafile for replication )

    Verpoorten, M. (2012). Detecting Hidden Violence : The Spatial Distribution of Excess Mortality in Rwanda. Political Geography. 31 (1): 44 - 56.  (Zipped command- and datafile for replication)

    Verpoorten, M. (2012). The intensity of the Rwandan genocide : Measures from the gacaca records. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. 18 (1) ( Zipped command- and datafile for replication )
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    Working papers

    Working papers of unpublished manuscripts

    Stoop, N., R. Houssa and M., Verpoorten (2013). Resource degradation and income diversification in Benin. LICOS Discussion paper nr. 328.

    Serneels, Pieter and Marijke Verpoorten. (2012). The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda , IZA Discussion Paper No. 6737.

    De Luca, Giacomo and Marijke Verpoorten. (2011). From vice to virtue? Civil war and social capital in Uganda . LICOS discussion papers 298, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KULeuven.

    Verpoorten, Marijke, (2011). " Measure for Measure: How Well Do We Measure Micro-level Conflict Intensity? ," IOB Working Papers 2011.08, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB).

    Working papers of published work (please cite the journal article )

    Verpoorten, Marijke, Abhimanyu Arora and Jo Swinnen. (2012). Self-reported food insecurity in Africa during the food price crisis. LICOS Discussion Papers 303, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KULeuven.

    Verpoorten, Marijke, (2011).

    Leave None to Claim the Land. A Malthusian Catastrophe in Rwanda? IOB Working Papers 2011.07, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB).
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