PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1.Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa, The Journal of African Economies, Volume 33, Issue 5, November 2024, Pages 457–488, (Editor’s choice), with Assi Okara and Massimiliano Tani
2.Migration and The Autonomy of Women Left-Behind, The European Journal of Development Research,35, 1258 (2023), DOI, with Julia Anna Matz
3. Remittances and Rural Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal, Review of Development Economics, Volume 25, Issue 1, February 2021, pp 183-199, DOI, Working paper version. [ International Growth Center (IGC) blog]
4. Natural Disasters and Poverty Reduction: Do Remittances Matter? Cesifo Economic Studies, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2017, pp 481-499 with Alassane Drabo
5. Bride price and fertility decisions: Evidence from rural Senegal, The Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (6), 891-910 with Natascha Wagner
6. Natural Disasters and Human Mobility, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics: Vol. 10: No. 1, 2016, pp. 37-56 with Klaus F. Zimmermann
- Formerly Environmental Disasters and Migration, IZA DP No.9349 Sep.2015 [Link]
7. Natural Disasters, Migration and Education: an Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries, Environment and Development Economics, Volume 20, Issue 06, December 2015, pp 767-796. with Alassane Drabo, Pre-publication version
- Formerly: Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries, IZA DP No.7770, November 2013 [Link]
8. Barcelona or Die: Understanding illegal migration from Senegal, IZA Journal of Migration, 2014, 3:21 [Media coverage: The Economist, The Globe and Mail ]
BOOK
9. “Migration, Remittances and Sustainable Development in Africa”, co -edited with M. Konte, Routledge, 2020, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429288814
BOOK CHAPTERS
10. “Weather shocks and Women empowerment”, In: Konte M., Tirivayi N. (eds) Women and Sustainable Human Development. Gender, Development and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
11. Migration, Innovation, and Growth: An African Story? (with M. Tani), 2020. In M. Konte and L.M. Mbaye (eds), Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa. Routledge Studies in Development Economics. Routledge. Pre-print version available as IZA DP No. 12533, http://ftp.iza.org/dp12533.pdf
WORKING PAPERS
12. The Colonial Origins of Banking Crisis in Africa , AfDB Working Paper 358, 2021, (with L. Cook; J. Gerson; and A. Simpasa)
13. Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal, IZA Discussion Paper n°7517, 2013 with Jean Louis Arcand
REPORTS AND POLICY BRIEFS
14. « Diaspora, Climate induced-migration and skills mobility: A focus on Africa”, (Team Leader), Joint African Development Bank Group and International Organization for Migration Report, 2024.
15. Security, Investment and Development: A Diagnostic Assessment, (with B. Camara), African Development Bank Group, 2022.
16. Le numérique dans l’accès aux soins de santé au Sénégal: un pas vers la CSU?, (avec Maimouna Diop Ly), Réflexions économiques, Mai 2022.
17. Supporting diasporas during and after COVID-19. Improved roles for global, regional and local governance (with H. Beirens; O. Chirita; M. Foresti; M. Luecke; A. Sgro; M. Villa); T20 Policy Brief, September 2021
18. African Economic Outlook 2021: From Debt resolution to Growth: The Road ahead for Africa (Team Member), African Development Bank Group
19. African Economic Outlook 2020, Supplement Amid Covid-19 (Team Member), African Development Bank Group
20. African Economic Outlook 2020: Developing Africa’s Workforce for the future (Team Member), African Development Bank Group
21. African Economic Outlook 2019: Integration for Africa’s economic prosperity (Team Member), African Development Bank Group
22. Note Pays Bénin, Perspectives Economiques en Afrique 2018, Banque Africaine de Développement.
23. Supporting Communities Under Migration Pressure: The Role of Opportunities, Information and Resilience to Shocks, in McAuliffe, M. and M. Klein Solomon (Conveners), 2017, Ideas to Inform International Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, IOM: Geneva
24. Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration, IZA World of Labor 2017: 346 doi: 10.15185/izawol.346 [Media coverage: Thomson Reuters Foundation]. Updated version 2023 Here
25. Mapping Diasporas in the EU and the US (team member), European Commission, IZA report No. 64, 2014 with Jirka Taylor, Jennifer Rubin, Corrado Giulietti, Chris Giacomantonio, Flavia Tsang, Amelie F. Constant, Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Kristy Kruithof, Mafalda Pardal, Alex Hull, Tess Hellgren
EDITED JOURNAL VOLUMES AND SPECIAL ISSUES
26. Pauvreté et inégalités en questions: dynamiques et interactions avec les politiques publiques, co-edited with A. Ezzrari, Réflexions Economiques, Numéro 3, 2024.
BLOGS, THINK PIECES, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
27. Short-term Labour mobility drives innovation in Africa, Vox EU–Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), May 2025
28. The Scramble for the West? Debunking the Myths around Migration from Africa and the Global South, African Studies Review, Cambridge University Press, October 2024
29. Rethinking how to address irregular migration from Africa, The Project Syndicate, June 2024
30. Covid 19, Migration and policies in Africa, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), September 2020.
31. Crise et Post-crise en Afrique : Et si le changement était pour maintenant ?, La Tribune Afrique, May 2020.
32. Challenges and insights of connecting the macro-, meso- and microlevels, Discussion note in the Compendium of the KNAW Academy Colloquium: “Renewing the Migration Debate Building disciplinary and geographical bridges to explain global migration”, May 2020, International Migration Institute.
33.Remittances and credit markets: Complementarities and evidence from Senegal, international Growth Center (IGC) Blog Post :June 2016.
34. How can host governments best engage with diaspora groups? IZA and RAND Europe analyze EU and US, IZA Newsroom, January, 2015.
35. “Higher bride price reduce fertility”, IZA Newsroom, December 2013.