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Researcher
Marijke Verpoorten
- Research Expertise:My research focuses on the economic causes and consequences of armed conflict; on natural resources, religion, global supply chains; and more broadly, on the economic and institutional development of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a special focus on Rwanda, Benin and DR Congo
- Keywords:DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR, NATURAL RESOURCES, CONFLICTS, RWANDA, BENIN, AFRICA, CONGO, Economics and applied economics
- Disciplines:Economic development
- Research techniques:I use quantitative methods (econometrics) and mixed methods
- Users of research expertise:Development actors
Affiliations
- Development processes, actors and policies (Research group)
Member
From1 Jan 2013 → Today - Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2011 → 31 Dec 2012
Projects
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- Turning up the heat. Second-round effects of a green energy intervention in Eastern DR Congo.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- The promise of eCooking: improving livelihoods, decreasing deforestation, and promoting peace. Experimental evidence from Eastern Congo.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- eCooking for sustainable development: experimental evidence from Eastern Congo.From1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: Foreign Nonprofit organisations and equivalents
- The multidimensional impact of rural and urban electrification: economic development, security and conservation? Follow-up research in Eastern Congo.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- The multidimensional impact of rural and urban electrification: economic development, security and conservation? Evidence from Eastern Congo.From1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The multidimensional impact of rural and urban electrification: economic development, security and conservation? Evidence from Eastern Congo.From1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Winners and Losers from Globalization and Market Integration: Insights from Micro-Data (WLG-Micro).From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO EOS
- Beliefs and development in Sub-Sahara Africa.From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- ICP - Incremental Master of Governance and DevelopmentFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: VLIR-UOS International Course Program (ICP)
- Female Political Representation in the Aftermath of Inter-Ethnic violence: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and BurundiFrom15 Jan 2016 → 30 Apr 2017Funding: United Nations, assisting organisations and programs
Publications
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- Political representation in the wake of ethnic violence and post-conflict institutional reform(2022)Series: Working paper / UNU-WIDER ; 20
Authors: Réginas Ndayiragije, Marijke Verpoorten
Number of pages: 26 - What happens to childhood vaccine rates in conflict zones? This analysis found some surprises(2022)
Authors: Gudrun Østby, Olga Shemyakina, Andreas Forø Tollefsen, Henrik Urdal, Marijke Verpoorten
- The hammer and/or the hoe? Analysing the linkages between artisanal mining and small-scale agriculture in South Kivu/Eastern DRC(2022)
Authors: Francine Iragi Mukotanyi, Sara Geenen, Marijke Verpoorten, Alice Mufungizi Nabintu
Number of pages: 168 - Would you fight? We asked aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo(2021)
Authors: Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten
Pages: 1159 - 1186 - Conflict minerals legislation(2021)
Authors: Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten
- Covid-19 vs. Ebola(2021)
Authors: Nik Stoop, Sébastien Desbureaux, Audacieux Kaota, Elie Lunanga, Marijke Verpoorten
Pages: 1 - 7 - Public health and armed conflict(2021)
Authors: Gudrun Østby, Olga Shemyakina, Andreas Forø Tollefsen, Henrik Urdal, Marijke Verpoorten
Pages: 1143 - 1177 - How much do artisanal miners earn? An inquiry among Congolese gold miners(2021)
Authors: Sara Geenen, Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten
- Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa(2020)
Authors: Sahawal Alidou, Marijke Verpoorten, Johan Swinnen
Number of pages: 161 - How many died in Rwanda?(2020)
Authors: Marijke Verpoorten
Pages: 94 - 103
Linked dataset
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- Replication Data for: "Would you fight? We asked aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo" (Creator)
- Replication Data for: "Covid-19 vs. Ebola: impact on households and small businesses in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo" Forthcoming in World Development (Creator)
- Replication data for : Artisanal or industrial conflict minerals? Evidence from Eastern Congo (Creator)
- Replication Data for: More Legislation, More Violence? The Impact of Dodd-Frank in the DRC (Creator)