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Joachim De Weerdt

    University of Antwerp

Joachim De Weerdt, Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Antwerp is currently based in Lilongwe, where he heads the Malawi office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Joachim’s academic work draws on two decades of experience in Africa, conducting research, engaging with policy makers and practitioners who fight poverty, as well as setting up and growing a successful and sustainable private-sector research firm (Economic Development Initiatives, EDI).

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Related Projects

  • Measuring Labour in Farm Households in Africa

Related Publications

  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 6

    Not Your Average Job
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 15

    Not Your Average Job

Published Articles

  • Journal of Development Economics, 130, 160-172

    Not Your Average Job

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