Publications

Mapping global hotspots and trends of water quality (1992-2010) : a data-driven approach -(2023), with Sebastien Desbureaux, Frederic Mortier, Esha Zaveri, Michelle van Vliet, Jason Russ, and Richard Damania, Environmental Research Letters, (upcoming)

Mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems globally exposes protection needs – (2022) with Melissa Rohde, Christine Albano, Laurel Saito, Ali Sharman, Kirk Klausmeyer, Jeanette K. Howard, Zach Freed, Holly Richter, Charles Morton, Hrishikesh Chandanpurkar, Adam Purdy, Justin Huntington, Esha Zaveri, Tom Gleeson, James Famiglietti (2022-Under review)

Sweet Revenge? Economic Crisis and Water Quality: Lessons from the 2008 crisis – (2022) with Esha Zaveri and Hugo Storm (University of Bonn) - under review

A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall? New Insights on Water Security and Fragility in the Sahel World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (2021), with Amjad Khan

Salt of the Earth: Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity (2019) with Jason Russ, Esha Zaveri, Richard Damania, Sebastien Desbureaux and Jorge Escuerra

The Nitrogen Legacy: The Long-Term Effects of Water Pollution on Human Capital (2019) with Esha Zaveri, Jason Russ, Sebastien Desbureaux, Richard Damania, Giovanna Ribeiro,

The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth: Evidence from Around the World (2019) with Richard Damania, Sebastien Desbureaux, Esha Zaveri and Jason Russ

Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis (2019) with Richard Damania, Sebastien Desbureaux, Esha Zaveri and Jason Russ

Drought in the City: The Economic Impact of Water Scarcity in Latin American Metropolitan Areas -with Sebastien Desbureaux. World Development (2019) vol. 114, pages 13-27

Uncharted Water: The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability, World Bank, 2017

Niger WASH Poverty Diagnostic: A Destiny Shaped by Water (2017)

DRC WASH Poverty Diagnostic: WASH Poor in a Water Rich Country (2017)

Drops, Grains and Gains: Insights on Water Endowment, Climate Shocks and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018) – with Esha Zaveri; under revision for submission

Vulnerability to Poverty in Brazil (2016) – with Emmanuel Skoufias and Martha Viveros, research paper

Sifting through the Data: Labor Markets in Haiti through a Turbulent Decade (2001-2012) – with Thiago Scot, 2016, World Bank Policy Research Papers.

Retaking the Path to Inclusion, Growth and Sustainability : Brazil Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) (2016) – core team member

Poverty and shared prosperity in Brazil’s metropolitan regions: Taking stock and identifying priorities (World Bank – 2015)

Poverty and Shared Prosperity in Brazil: Where to Next? With Javier Baez, Ali Sharman and Martha Viveros in. Shared Prosperity and Poverty Eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank – 2015)

The Impact of Land Mines on Child Health: Evidence from Angola – with Jean-Louis Arcand and Mathias Rieger, Economic Development and Cultural Change (2015) vol. 63, issue 2, pages 249 – 279

Investing in People to Fight Poverty – Haiti Poverty Assessment (2014) – team member

Gender in South Asia: Gaining Ground (South Asia Companion Piece to the 2012 WDR)

‘Natural’ Disasters, Conflicts and Aid Allocation – with Natascha Wagner (Graduate Institute, Geneva) – presented at workshops and conferences in 2011

Overcoming the Guesstimate: Measuring and Re-thinking (re)integration in Post-Conflict Settings – June 2009 (Policy paper – Harvard University – Carr Center for Human Rights – MHR program)

Women and Children in Sierra Leone: Issues and Lessons learned on protection, prevention and reintegration – April 2009 (research paper prepared for the Atlas project on Armed Conflicts, Peacekeeping and Transitional Justice. http://projetatlas.univ-paris1.fr)

Overcoming the Conflict Trap by Understanding Reintegration in Post-Conflict Societies: A Micro-Level Analysis of Reintegration after Mass Violence in Angola – (March 2009) Research Paper – 2009 ISA conference

Impact Evaluation of the Angolan Social Action Fund (FASIII): Preliminary Findings with. Jean-Louis Arcand and Marie-Charlotte Buisson. October 2007.

Justice et Réconciliation en Sierra Leone 5 Ans Après : Entre Leçons Apprises et Résultats Contrastés, Alternatives Internationales May 2007

Land Issues in Darfur, unpublished research paper, September 2005

Land, Conflict and Security in Africa: Opening the Pandora Box, paper presented at the 2004 ISSS/ ISAC conference in Washington, DC

Experience in Scaling up Support to Local Response in Multi-Country Aids Programs (map) in Africa” – World Bank Working Paper – December 2004.

L’Expérience Hybride de Justice et de Réconciliation en Sierra Leone : De la Cour Spéciale pour la Sierra Leone à la Commission Vérité et Réconciliation et au-delà, Politique Africaine, N.90, January 2004. Available at : http://www.politique-africaine.com/

The Law People See: The Status of Dispute Resolution in the Provinces of Sierra Leone in 2002, National Forum for Human Rights