Department of Development Studies
Professor of the Political Economy of Development
Centre of African Studies
Management Committee Member
Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice
Member
Food Studies Centre
Member, SOAS Food Studies Centre
Research Cluster Member
Research Cluster Member
Research Cluster Member
Economics of Africa, political economy of development, political economy of war and peace in southern Africa; post-conflict reconstruction; the economics of cashew production, processing and trade; poverty and rural labour markets; privatization.
GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN AFRICAN CITIES: Structures and Practices in Northern Nigeria for Sustainable Development; A Case Study of Kaduna Metropolis.
Publications
Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization
Cramer, Christopher, Di John, Jonathan and Sender, John, 2022, Development and Change (53), 3, pp 495-524
How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty
Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Mueller, Bernd, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John, 2014, Canadian Journal of Development Studies (35), 1, pp 170-185
Oya, Carlos (2019). In: Cheru, Fantu, (eds.), Cramer, Christopher, (eds.) and Oqubay, Arkebe, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 668-686
Johnston, Deborah and Walls, Helen (2019). In: Cheru, Fantu, (eds.), Cramer, Christopher, (eds.) and Oqubay, Arkebe, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 383-398
Livelihoods and Mobility in the Border Regions of Ethiopia
Hammond, Laura (2019). In: Cheru, Fantu, (eds.), Cramer, Christopher, (eds.) and Oqubay, Arkebe, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 269-287
Tigers or Tiger Prawns?: The African Growth “Tragedy” and “Renaissance” in Perspective
Cramer, Christopher and Chang, Ha-Joon (2015). In: Monga, Célestin, (eds.) and Lin, Justin Yifu, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Volume 1: Context and Concepts. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Hard science or waffly crap? Evidence-based policy versus policy-based evidence in the field of violent conflict
Cramer, Christopher and Goodhand, Jonathan (2011). In: Bayliss, Kate, (eds.), Fine, Ben, (eds.) and Van Waeyenberge, Elisa, (eds.), The Political Economy of Development. The World Bank, Neo-Liberalism and Development Reseearch. London: Pluto Press, pp 215-238
Discretion and Heterogeneity in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets
Oya, Carlos, Cramer, Christopher and Sender, John (2008). In: de Brito, Luis, (eds.), Castel-Branco, Carlos Nuno, (eds.), Chichava, Sergio, (eds.) and Francisco, Antonio, (eds.), Reflecting on Economic Questions. Maputo, Mozambique: IESE, pp 50-71
Cramer, Christopher (2005). In: Chabal, P, (eds.), Engel, U, (eds.) and Gentili, A-M, (eds.), Is Violence Inevitable in Africa? Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention. Leiden: Brill, pp 17-34
Cramer, Christopher and Castel-Branco, Carlos Nuno (2003). In: Addison, Tony, (ed.), From Conflict to Recovery in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 155-170
Cramer, Christopher and Goodhand, Jonathan (2003). In: Milliken, J, (ed.), State Failure, Collapse and Reconstruction: Issues and Responses. Oxford: Blackwell
Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment
Cramer, Christopher and Weeks, John (2002). In: Nafziger, E. Wayne, (eds.) and Väyrynen, Raimo, (eds.), The Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies. Basingstoke: UNU/WIDER: Palgrave, pp 43-61
The Economics and Political Economy of Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cramer, Christopher (2002). In: Livingstone, Ian, (ed.), Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Performance and Prospects. Abingdon: Routledge, pp 55-80
Cramer, Christopher (2002). In: Ercolessi, Maria Cristina, (ed.), I signori della guerra: stati e micropolitica dei conflitti. Italy: l'Ancora, pp 129-148
Privatisation and the Post-Washington Consensus: Between the Laboratory and the Real World
Cramer, Christopher and Bayliss, Kate (2001). In: Fine, Ben, (eds.), Lapavitsas, Costas, (eds.) and Pincus, Jonathan, (eds.), Development policy in the 21st century: beyond the post-Washington consensus.. London: Routledge, pp 52-79
