Books
Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa (co-edited with Kehinde Ajayi). Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2024. [Publication] [Report Page with Key Findings and Video].
Publications
Child nutrition: The effect of micro and macro fertility levels at birth (with Florence Arestoff and Elodie Djemai). Forthcoming, World Development.
Determinants of Vocational Training Choices in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d'Ivoire: A Gender Perspective (with Clara Delavallade, Manil Zenaki and Léa Rouanet). Revue d'économie du développement, 32(3):42-48, 2024.
Who Uses Childcare Centers? Evidence from Burkina Faso (with Kehinde Ajayi, Aziz Dao and P. Rita Nikiema). American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, 114(4):454-458, 2024.
Prevention, cessation, or harm reduction: Heterogeneous effects of an intimate partner violence prevention program in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (with Alev Gurbuz, Julia Vaillant, Rachael S Pierotti, Kathryn Falb, and Rocky Kabeya). PLoS One, 18(3), 2023.
Engaging men to transform inequitable gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (with Julia Vaillant, Danielle Roth, Rachael Pierotti, Mazeda Hossain and Kathryn L Falb). BMJ Global Health, 5(5), 2020.
Returns to fertilizer use: Does it pay enough? Some new evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Céline Nauges). European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44(2): 183-210, 2017. [Working paper version]
Economie politique de la croissance au Burkina Faso: institutions, gouvernance et développement (with Augustin Loada, Gustave Nébié and Marc Raffinot). Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 36 (3): 380-396, 2015.
Determinants of Vocational Training Choices in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d'Ivoire: A Gender Perspective (with Clara Delavallade, Manil Zenaki and Léa Rouanet). Revue d'économie du développement, 32(3):42-48, 2024.
Who Uses Childcare Centers? Evidence from Burkina Faso (with Kehinde Ajayi, Aziz Dao and P. Rita Nikiema). American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, 114(4):454-458, 2024.
Prevention, cessation, or harm reduction: Heterogeneous effects of an intimate partner violence prevention program in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (with Alev Gurbuz, Julia Vaillant, Rachael S Pierotti, Kathryn Falb, and Rocky Kabeya). PLoS One, 18(3), 2023.
Engaging men to transform inequitable gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (with Julia Vaillant, Danielle Roth, Rachael Pierotti, Mazeda Hossain and Kathryn L Falb). BMJ Global Health, 5(5), 2020.
Returns to fertilizer use: Does it pay enough? Some new evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Céline Nauges). European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44(2): 183-210, 2017. [Working paper version]
Economie politique de la croissance au Burkina Faso: institutions, gouvernance et développement (with Augustin Loada, Gustave Nébié and Marc Raffinot). Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 36 (3): 380-396, 2015.
Working papers
Does Free Sound Too Cheap? The Adverse Effect of a Randomized Text Message Campaign on Program Take-up (with Jeannie Annan, Josephine Tassy, Léa Rouanet, Clara Delavallade and David Evans). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 11063; Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2025. [Link]
Exploring the Drivers of Youth Pursuing Vocational Training in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d'Ivoire (with Clara Delavallade, Manil Zenaki and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10924; Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2024. [Link]
Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d'Ivoire (with Othmane Boulhane, Claire Boxho, Désiré Kanga and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10721; Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2024. [Link]
The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescent's School Attendance in Sun-Saharan Africa (with Anna B Kis, Claire Boxho, Isis Gaddis and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10472; LSMS: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2023. [Link]
The Effects of Childcare on Women and Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Faso (with Kehinde Ajayi and Aziz Dao). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10239; Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2022 . [Link]
Fertilizer Use and Risk: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Celine Nauges and Douadia Bougherara). TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1266, November 2021. [Link]
Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel: Results of a Multi-Country Qualitative Assessment (with Thomas Bossuroy and Patrick Premand). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2020. [Link]
What Drives Land Sales and Rentals in Rural Africa : Evidence from Western Burkina Faso. DIAL Working Paper DT/2014-10. [Link]
The Political Economy of Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: Power, Institutions and Rents (with Augustin Loada, Gustave Nébié and Marc Raffinot). DIAL Working Paper DT/2014-01. [Link]
Exploring the Drivers of Youth Pursuing Vocational Training in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d'Ivoire (with Clara Delavallade, Manil Zenaki and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10924; Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2024. [Link]
Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d'Ivoire (with Othmane Boulhane, Claire Boxho, Désiré Kanga and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10721; Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2024. [Link]
The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescent's School Attendance in Sun-Saharan Africa (with Anna B Kis, Claire Boxho, Isis Gaddis and Léa Rouanet). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10472; LSMS: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2023. [Link]
The Effects of Childcare on Women and Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Faso (with Kehinde Ajayi and Aziz Dao). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10239; Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, 2022 . [Link]
Fertilizer Use and Risk: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Celine Nauges and Douadia Bougherara). TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1266, November 2021. [Link]
Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel: Results of a Multi-Country Qualitative Assessment (with Thomas Bossuroy and Patrick Premand). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2020. [Link]
What Drives Land Sales and Rentals in Rural Africa : Evidence from Western Burkina Faso. DIAL Working Paper DT/2014-10. [Link]
The Political Economy of Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: Power, Institutions and Rents (with Augustin Loada, Gustave Nébié and Marc Raffinot). DIAL Working Paper DT/2014-01. [Link]
Selected work in progress
The Effects of Adolescent Girls Clubs: Evidence from a Multi-Country RCT in Five West African Countries (with Olivia Bertelli, Claire Boxho, Elise Huillery, Harounan Kazianga, Bastien Michel, Léa Rouanet and Mathilde Sage).
Socio-Emotional Skills Training for Youth Employment in Côte d'Ivoire (with Jeannie Annan, Clara Delavallade, David Evans, Léa Rouanet and Manil Zenaki).
Personal Initiative Training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Niger: A Randomized Controlled Trial (with Diana Lopez).
Socio-Emotional Skills Training for Youth Employment in Côte d'Ivoire (with Jeannie Annan, Clara Delavallade, David Evans, Léa Rouanet and Manil Zenaki).
Personal Initiative Training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Niger: A Randomized Controlled Trial (with Diana Lopez).
Other policy publications
Empowering adolescent girls to boost economic growth in Africa (with Michael O'Sullivan). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2024. [Link]
GIL Top Lessons on Empowering Adolescent Girls (with Nelsy Affoum). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
Breaking the Cycle of Intimate-Partner Violence: Harm Reduction by Engaging Men in the Democratic Republic of Congo (with Alev Gurbuz Cuneo, Kathryn Falb, Rocky Kabeya, Rachael S Pierotti and Julia Vaillant). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
What happens when early childhood development meets women's economic empowerment? (with Kehinde Ajayi, Aziz Dao and Rebekka Grun). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
Engaging men to transform gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (with Kathryn Falb, Mazeda Hossain, Rocky Kabeya, Milli Lake, Chloe Lewis, Rachael S Pierotti, Danielle Roth, and Julia Vaillant). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2020. [Link]
The Demographic Dividend in Africa: Old Wine in a New Bottle?, BSI-Economics, 26 May 2016. [Link]
Sécurisation foncière et développement agricole en Afrique subsaharienne, BSI-Economics, 29 April 2014. (In French) [Link]
Land purchases by elites: the other face of land grab in Africa?, BSI-Economics, 29 November 2013. [Link]
GIL Top Lessons on Empowering Adolescent Girls (with Nelsy Affoum). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
Breaking the Cycle of Intimate-Partner Violence: Harm Reduction by Engaging Men in the Democratic Republic of Congo (with Alev Gurbuz Cuneo, Kathryn Falb, Rocky Kabeya, Rachael S Pierotti and Julia Vaillant). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
What happens when early childhood development meets women's economic empowerment? (with Kehinde Ajayi, Aziz Dao and Rebekka Grun). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2023. [Link]
Engaging men to transform gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (with Kathryn Falb, Mazeda Hossain, Rocky Kabeya, Milli Lake, Chloe Lewis, Rachael S Pierotti, Danielle Roth, and Julia Vaillant). World Bank, Washington, DC. 2020. [Link]
The Demographic Dividend in Africa: Old Wine in a New Bottle?, BSI-Economics, 26 May 2016. [Link]
Sécurisation foncière et développement agricole en Afrique subsaharienne, BSI-Economics, 29 April 2014. (In French) [Link]
Land purchases by elites: the other face of land grab in Africa?, BSI-Economics, 29 November 2013. [Link]
