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Authored Books

Johnston, Deborah (2013) Economics and HIV: The Sickness of Economics. London: Routledge. (Routledge International Studies in Health Economics)

Johnston, Deborah (1996) Lesotho. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press. (World bibliographical series, v. 3)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Jerven, Morten and Johnston, Deborah, eds. (2015) Statistical Tragedy in Africa? Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development. Abingdon: Routledge.

Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, eds. (2004) Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press.

Book Chapters

Johnston, Deborah and Walls, Helen (2019) 'Economic Policy and Food Security in Ethiopia.' In: Cheru, Fantu, Cramer, Christopher and Oqubay, Arkebe, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 383-398.

Johnston, Deborah (2016) 'Cost-cutting, co-production and cash transfers: neoliberal policy, health and gender.' In: Gideon, Jasmine, (ed.), Handbook on Gender and Health. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 98-116. (International handbooks on gender)

Johnston, Deborah (2015) 'Disguised employment? Labour market surveys, migration and rural employment in Southern Africa.' In: Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, (eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries: Theory, Evidence, and Policy. Oxford; New York: Routledge, pp. 128-143. (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Johnston, Deborah (2012) 'Population and Migration.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Fine, Ben, (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 272-276.

Johnston, Deborah (2011) 'World Bank Research on HIV/AIDS: Praise Where It's Due?' In: Bayliss, Kate, Fine, Ben and Van Waeyenberge, Elisa, (eds.), The Political Economy of Development: The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research. London: Pluto Press.

Johnston, Deborah (2010) 'Land Reform.' In: Pons-Vignon, Nicolas, (ed.), APORDE Reader on Development Economics. Pretoria: APORDE. (Unpublished)

Johnston, Deborah and Sender, John (2008) 'Confusing counts, correlates and causes: The PRSP and poverty in Lesotho.' In: Rutten, M., Leliveld, A. and Foeken, D., (eds.), Inside Poverty and Development in Africa: Critical Reflections on Pro-Poor Policies. Leiden: Brill, pp. 57-82.

Saad Filho, Alfredo (2005) 'From Washington to Post-Washington Consensus: Neoliberal Agendas for Economic Development.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, pp. 113-119.

Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah (2005) 'Introduction to Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, pp. 1-6.

Sinha, Subir (2005) 'Neo-liberalism and Civil Society: Project and Possibilities.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: a critical reader. London: Pluto Press, 163 - 169.

Chang, Dae-Oup (2005) 'Neoliberal Restructuring of Capital Relations in East and South-East Asia.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: a Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, pp. 251-258.

McCartney, Matthew (2005) 'Neoliberalism and South Asia: The Case of a Narrowing Discourse.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, pp. 237-243.

Saad Filho, Alfredo (2005) 'The Political Economy of Neoliberalism in Latin America.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, pp. 222-229.

Oya, Carlos (2005) 'Sticks and Carrots for farmers in developing countries: Agrarian neoliberalism in theory and practice.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Johnston, Deborah, (eds.), Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, UK, pp. 127-134.

Journal Article

Walls, Helen, Johnston, Deborah, Matita, Mirriam, Kamwanja, Tayamika, Smith, Richard and Nanama, Simeon (2023) 'The politics of agricultural policy and nutrition: A case study of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP).' PLOS Global Public Health, 3 (10). e0002410.

Stevano, Sara, Johnston, Deborah and Codjoe, Emmanuel Ashiedu (2020) 'Better decisions for food security? Critical reflections on the economics of food choice and decision-making in development economics.' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44 (4). pp. 813-833.

Stevano, Sara, Johnston, Deborah and Codjoe, Emmanuel Ashiedu (2019) 'The Urban Food Question in the Context of Inequality and Dietary Change: A Study of Schoolchildren in Accra.' Journal of Development Studies, 56 (6). pp. 1177-1189.

Waage, Jeff, Dangour, Alan D., Häsler, Barbara, Shankar, Bhavani, Johnston, Deborah, Gohil, Ela, Gwan-Lim, Gek, Walls, Helen, Lock, Karen, Hull, Elizabeth, Smith, Richard D., Green, Rosemary and Kadiyala, Suneetha (2019) 'Integrating agriculture and health research for development: LCIRAH as an interdisciplinary programme to address a global challenge.' Global Challenges, 3 (4).

Walls, Helen, Johnston, Deborah, Vecchione, Elisa, Adam, Abdulfatah and Parkhurst, Justin O. (2019) 'The role of evidence in nutrition policymaking in Ethiopia: institutional structures and issue framing.' Development Policy Review, 37 (2). pp. 293-310.

Stevano, Sara, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Johnston, Deborah, Malapit, Hazel, Hull, Elizabeth and Kalamatianou, Sofia (2019) 'Time-Use Analytics: An Improved Way of Understanding Gendered Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways.' Feminist Economics, 25 (3). pp. 1-22.

Walls, Helen, Johnston, Deborah, Tak, Mehroosh, Dixon, Jane, Hanefeld, Johanna, Hull, Elizabeth and Smith, Richard D. (2018) 'The impact of agricultural input subsidies on food and nutrition security: a systematic review.' Food Security, 10 (6). pp. 1425-1436.

Kelly, Christine, Crampin, Amelia, Mortimer, Kevin, Dube, Albert, Malava, Jullita, Johnston, Deborah, Unterhalter, Elaine and Glynn, Judith (2018) 'From kitchen to classroom: Assessing the impact of cleaner burning biomass-fuelled cookstoves on primary school attendance in Karonga district, northern Malawi.' PLoS ONE, 13 (4). 0193376.

Deane, Kevin, Stevano, Sara and Johnston, Deborah (2018) 'Employers’ responses to the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa: Revisiting the evidence.' Development Policy Review, 37 (2). pp. 245-259.

Johnston, Deborah, Stevano, Sara, Malapit, Hazel, Hull, Elizabeth and Kadiyala, Suneetha (2018) 'Review: Time Use as an Explanation for the Agri-Nutrition Disconnect? Evidence from Rural Areas in Low and Middle Income Countries.' Food Policy, 76. pp. 8-18.

Walls, Helen, Johnston, Deborah, Mazalale, Jacob and Chirwa, Ephraim (2018) 'Why we are still failing to measure the nutrition transition.' British Medical Journal Global Health, 3 (e000657). pp. 1-3.

Tusting, Lucy S., Rek, John, Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Staedke, Sarah G., Kamya, Moses R., Cano, Jorge, Bottomley, Christian, Johnston, Deborah, Dorsey, Grant, Lindsay, Steve W. and Lines, Jo (2016) 'Why is malaria associated with poverty? Findings from a cohort study in rural Uganda.' Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 5 (1).

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2016) 'Fairtrade and Labour Markets in Ethiopia and Uganda.' Journal of Development Studies, 53 (6). pp. 841-856.

Johnston, Deborah and Abreu, Alexandre (2016) 'The asset debates: How (not) to use asset indices to measure well being and the middle class in Africa.' African Affairs, 115. pp. 399-418.

Fine, Ben, Johnston, Deborah, Santos, Ana and Van Waeyenberge, Elisa (2016) 'Nudging or Fudging: The World Development Report 2015.' Development and Change, 47 (4). pp. 640-663.

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2016) 'Mistakes, Crises, and Research Independence: The Perils of Fieldwork as a form of Evidence.' African Affairs, 115 (458). pp. 145-160.

Booker, Anthony, Johnston, Deborah and Heinrich, Michael (2016) 'The Welfare Effects of Trade in Phytomedicines: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Turmeric Production.' World Development, 77. pp. 221-230.

Tusting, Lucy S., Rek, John, Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Staedke, Sarah G., Kamya, Moses R., Bottomley, Christian, Johnston, Deborah, Lines, Jo, Dorsey, Grant and Lindsay, Steve W. (2016) 'Measuring socioeconomic inequalities in relation to malaria risk: a comparison of metrics in rural Uganda.' American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 94 (3). pp. 650-658.

Johnston, Deborah (2015) 'Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk.' Review of African Political Economy, 42 (14). pp. 394-413.

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2015) 'Fairtrade cooperatives in Ethiopia and Uganda: uncensored.' Review of African Political Economy, 41 (S1). S115-S127.

Jerven, Morten and Johnston, Deborah (2015) 'Statistical Tragedy in Africa? Evaluating the Data Base for African Economic Development.' Journal of Development Studies, 51 (2). pp. 111-115.

Johnston, Deborah, Deane, Kevin and Rizzo, Matteo (2015) 'The political economy of HIV.' Review of African Political Economy, 42 (14). pp. 335-341.

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Mueller, Bernd, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2014) 'How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty.' Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 35 (1). pp. 170-185.

Turner, Rachel, Hawkes, Corinna, Waage, Jeff, Ferguson, Elaine, Haseen, Farhana, Holmans, Hilary, Hussein, Julia, Johnston, Deborah, Marais, Debbi, McNeill, Geraldine and Shankar, Bhavani (2013) 'Agriculture for improved nutrition: the current research landscape.' Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 34 (4). pp. 369-377.

Deane, Kevin, Johnston, Deborah and Parkhurst, Justin O. (2013) 'Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: Caution Ahead?' Journal of Development Studies, 49 (6). pp. 759-771.

Booker, Anthony, Johnston, Deborah and Heinrich, Michael (2012) 'Value chains of herbal medicines—Research needs and key challenges in the context of ethnopharmacology.' Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 140 (3). pp. 624-633.

Howe, Laura D, Galobardes, Bruna, Matijasevich, Alicia, Gordon, David, Johnston, Deborah, Onwujekwe, Obinna, Patel, Rita, Webb, Elizbeth A, Lawlor, Debbie A and Hargreaves, James R (2012) 'Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low- and Middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper.' International Journal of Epidemiology, 41 (3). pp. 871-886.

Johnston, Deborah (2011) 'Shooting for the wrong Target?: A Reassement of the International Education Goals for Sub-Saharan Africa.' Revista de Economia Mundial (27). pp. 95-116.

Deane, Kevin, Parkhurst, Justin O. and Johnston, Deborah (2010) 'Linking Migration, Mobility and HIV.' Tropical Medicine and International Health, 15 (12). pp. 1458-1463.

Hawkesworth, Sophie, Dangour, Alan D., Johnston, Deborah, Lock, Karen, Poole, Nigel, Rushton, Jonathan, Uauy, Ricardo and Waage, Jeff (2010) 'Feeding the Worlth Healthily: the Challenge of Measuring the effects of Agriculture on Health.' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365 (1554). pp. 3083-3097.

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah and Oya, Carlos (2009) 'Africa and the Global Credit Crunch: from crisis to opportunity?' African Affairs, 108 (433). pp. 643-654.

Johnston, Deborah (2008) 'Bias, not error: Assessments of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS from microstudies in Sub-Saharan Africa.' Feminist Economics, 14 (4). pp. 87-115.

Johnston, Deborah and Wall, Martin (2008) 'Counting Heads or Counting Televisions: Can Asset-based Measures of Welfare Assist Policy-makers in Russia?' Journal of Human Development, 9 (1). pp. 131-147.

Johnston, Deborah (2007) 'Who Needs Immigrant Workers: A Case Study of Immigrant Farmworkers in South Africa.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 7 (4). pp. 494-525.

Johnston, Deborah and Le Roux, H. (2007) 'Leaving the Household out of Family Labour? The Implications for the Size-Efficiency Relationship of Unreconstructed Thinking about the Households.' The European Journal of Development Research, 19 (3). pp. 355-71.

Johnston, Deborah and Mohiddin, A. (2006) 'HIV/AIDS mitigation strategies and the State in sub-Saharan Africa – the missing link?' Globalization and Health, 2 (1).

Johnston, Deborah (2006) 'Lessons to be learnt? The Role of Evaluations of Active Labour Market Programmes in Evidence-based Policy Making.' Public Administration and Development, 26 (4). pp. 329-337.

Sender, John and Johnston, Deborah (2004) 'Searching for a Weapon of Mass Production in Rural Africa: Unconvincing Arguments for Land Reform.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 4 (1-2). pp. 142-164.

Johnston, Deborah (1997) 'Migrant workers on Free State Farms: The relevance for South African labour policy.' South African Labour Bulletin, 21 (4).

Johnston, Deborah (1996) 'The state and development in Lesotho: an analysis of agricultural policy.' Journal of Southern African Studies, 22 (1). pp. 119-137.

Johnston, Deborah and Sender, John (1996) 'Some poor and invisible women: farm labourers in South Africa.' Development Southern Africa, 13 (1). pp. 3-16.

Monographs and Working Papers

Johnston, Deborah, Stevano, Sara, Malapit, Hazel, Hull, Elizabeth and Kadiyala, Suneetha (2015) Agriculture, Gendered Time Use, and Nutritional Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussion Paper no. 01456.

Cramer, Christopher, Johnston, Deborah, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2014) Fairtrade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda. London: SOAS.

Johnston, Deborah and Bargawi, Hannah (2010) The 2007-2008 World Food Crisis: Focusing on the Structural Causes. London: Centre for Development Policy and Research, Development Viewpoint 46.

Waage, Jeff, Dangour, Alan D., Hawkesworth, Sophie, Johnston, Deborah, Lock, Karen, Poole, Nigel, Rushton, Jonathan and Uauy, Ricardo (2010) Understanding and Improving the Relationship between Agriculture and Health. London: Foresight.