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Authored Books

Weeks, John, Chisala, Victoria, Geda, Alemayehu, Dagdeviren, Hulya, McKinley, Terry, Saad Filho, Alfredo and Oya, Carlos (2007) Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: Case Study of Zambia. Ndola, Zambia: Mission Press.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, eds. (2015) Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. London: Routledge. (Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Oya, Carlos, Ye, Jingzhong and Zhang, Qian Forrest, eds. (2015) Agrarian Change in Contemporary China. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (Special Issue Journal of Agrarian Change. Vol. 15 No. 13)

Edelman, Marc, Oya, Carlos and Borras, Saturnino M., eds. (2015) Global Land Grabs: History, Theory and Methods. London: Routledge. (ThirdWorlds)

Oya, Carlos and Santamaría, Antonio, eds. (2007) Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Akal. (Economía Actual)

Book Chapters

Oya, Carlos (2022) 'Doing labour regime research with large-scale surveys in Africa.' In: Baglioni, Elena, Campling, Liam, Coe, Neil M. and Smith, Adrian, (eds.), Labour Regimes and Global Production. Newcastle: Agenda Publishing, pp. 101-119. (Economic Transformations)

Pérez Niño, Helena and Oya, Carlos (2021) 'Contract Farming.' In: Akram-Lodhi, A.H., Dietz, K., Engels, Bettina and McKay, B.M., (eds.), Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 417-426.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2020) 'Industrial Hubs and the Industrial Labour Force in Africa and Asia.' In: Oqubay, Arkebe and Lin, Justin Yifu, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 381-400.

Oya, Carlos (2019) 'Labour Regimes and Workplace Encounters between China and Africa.' In: Oqubay, Arkebe and Lin, Justin Yifu, (eds.), China-Africa and an Economic Transformation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 239-262.

Oya, Carlos (2019) 'Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia.' In: Cheru, Fantu, Cramer, Christopher and Oqubay, Arkebe, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 668-686. (Oxford Handbooks)

Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola (2015) 'Improving the functioning of rural labour markets and working conditions: towards a policy agenda.' In: Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, (eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. London: Routledge, pp. 329-350. (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola (2015) 'Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries.' In: Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, (eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. London: Routledge, pp. 1-36. (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Oya, Carlos (2015) 'Rural labour markets and agricultural wage employment in semi-arid Africa: evidence from Senegal and Mauritania.' In: Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, (eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. London: Routledge, pp. 37-68. (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

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)

Rizzo, Matteo and Petit, Nicolas (2015) 'The policy neglect of rural wage employment: The cases of Rwanda and Ethiopia.' In: Oya, Carlos and Pontara, Nicola, (eds.), Rural wage employment in developing countries: Theory, evidence, and policy. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. (Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Oya, Carlos and Ba, C.O. (2013) 'Les politiques agricoles 2000-2012 : entre volontarisme et incohérence [Agricultural policies 2000-2012: between voluntarism and incoherence].' In: Diop, M.C., (ed.), Sénégal 2000-2012. Les institutions et politiques publiques à l’épreuve d’une gouvernance libérale. Paris: Karthala.

Oya, Carlos (2012) 'Crise Global, Crescimento e Desafios para Moçambique e a sua Estratégia de Desenvolvimento [Global Crisis, Growth and Challenges for Mozambique and its Development Strategy].' In: de Brito, Luis, Castel-Branco, Carlos Nuno, Chichava, Sergio and Francisco, Antonio, (eds.), Desafios para Moçambique 2012. Maputo: IESE, pp. 387-409.

Oya, Carlos (2011) 'Agriculture in the World Bank: Blighted Harvest Persists.' 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, pp. 146-187.

Oya, Carlos (2010) 'Agro-pessimism, capitalism and agrarian change: trajectories and contradictions in Sub-Saharan Africa.' In: Padayachee, Vishnu, (ed.), The Political Economy of Africa. London: Routledge, pp. 85-109.

Oya, Carlos and Pons-Vignon, Nicolas (2010) 'Aid, Development and the State in Africa.' In: Padayachee, Vishnu, (ed.), The Political Economy of Africa. London: Routledge, pp. 172-198.

Oya, Carlos (2009) 'Groundnut sector liberalization from the point of view of producers’ strategies [in French].' In: Dahou, Tarik, (ed.), Libéralisation et politique agricole au Sénégal. Paris, France: Karthala, pp. 99-129.

Oya, Carlos (2009) 'La crisis alimentaria mundial y sus implicaciones para África [The world food crisis and its implications for Africa].' In: ICEX, (ed.), Claves de la Economía Mundial 2009. Madrid: Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior, pp. 447-454.

Oya, Carlos, Cramer, Christopher and Sender, John (2008) 'Discretion and Heterogeneity in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets.' In: de Brito, Luis, Castel-Branco, Carlos Nuno, Chichava, Sergio and Francisco, Antonio, (eds.), Reflecting on Economic Questions. Maputo, Mozambique: IESE, pp. 50-71.

Oya, Carlos (2007) 'China en África:¿Oportunidad o amenaza? [China in Africa: Opportunity or threat?].' In: ICEX, (ed.), Claves de la Economía Mundial 2007. Madrid: Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior, pp. 411-417.

Oya, Carlos and Santamaría, Antonio (2007) 'Desarrollo agrícola, transformaciones agrarias y agro-pesimismo [Agricultural development, agrarian transformations and agro-pessimism].' In: Oya, Carlos and Santamaría, Antonio, (eds.), Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Madrid: Akal, pp. 133-159.

Oya, Carlos (2007) 'Growth and economic development: An African dummy? [in Spanish].' In: Oya, Carlos and Santamaría, Antonio, (eds.), Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Madrid, Spain: Akal, pp. 17-53. (Economia Actual)

Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2007) 'Pobreza y empleo en África Subsahariana: Mitos y realidades [Poverty and labour in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myths and realities].' In: Oya, Carlos and Santamaría, Antonio, (eds.), Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Madrid: Akal, pp. 85-108.

Oya, Carlos (2006) 'Privatizaciones en el África subsahariana [Privatizations in Sub-Saharan Africa].' In: ICEX, (ed.), Claves de la Economía Mundial 2006. Madrid: Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior.

Oya, Carlos (2005) 'Growth miracles in Sub-Saharan Africa: Idiosyncratic Tales.' In: Claves de la Economia Mundial 2005 (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior, pp. 397-404.

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.

Oya, Carlos and Bolnick, B (2002) ''The Origin of PARPA poverty projections: a practical model of growth, distribution and poverty simulations' (in Portuguese).' In: Rolim, C, Franco, A, Bolnick, B and Anderson, P, (eds.), A Economica Moçambicana Comtemporânea: Ensaios (The Contemporary Mozambican Economy: Essays). Mozambique: Gabinete de Estudos, Ministry of Planning and Finance.

Journal Article

Meemken, Eva-Marie, Charlton, Diane, Christiaensen, Luc, Maertens, Miet, Oya, Carlos, Reardon, Thomas and Stemmler, Henry (2024) 'Better data for decent work in the global food system.' Nature Food, 5 (6). pp. 454-456.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2023) 'Do Chinese firms in Africa pay lower wages? A comparative analysis of manufacturing and construction firms in Angola and Ethiopia.' World Development, 168. p. 106266.

Nguyen, Anh-Thu, Oya, Carlos, Beban, Alice, Gironde, Christophe, Cole, Rob and Ehrensperger, Albrecht (2023) 'Agricultural commercialization in the Mekong region: A meta-narrative review and policy implications.' Journal of Land Use Science, 18 (1). pp. 128-151.

Wanda, Fernandes, Oya, Carlos and Monreal, Borja (2023) 'Building Angola: A Political Economy of Infrastructure Contractors in Post-War Angola.' Journal of Southern African Studies, 49 (1). pp. 25-47.

Graf, Sarah Lena and Oya, Carlos (2021) 'Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa.' Agricultural Systems, 193 (103229).

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2021) 'The politics of labour relations in global production networks: collective action, industrial parks, and local conflict in the Ethiopian apparel sector.' World Development, 146 (105564).

Pattenden, Jonathan, Campling, Liam, Castañón Ballivián, Enrique, Gras, Carla, Lerche, Jens, O'Laughlin, Bridget, Oya, Carlos, Pérez Niño, Helena and Sinha, Shreya (2021) 'Introduction: Covid‐19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 21 (3). pp. 582-590.

Oya, Carlos, Schaefer, Florian and Qi, Hao (2020) 'Contributions of Chinese Firms to Employment Dynamics in Africa: A Comparative Analysis Based on a Large-scale Survey = 中国企业对非洲就业发展的贡献: 基于一项大规模调查的比较性分析.' China Review of Political Economy = 政治经济学评论, 11 (6). pp. 184-224.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2020) 'Chinese Firms and Employment Dynamics in Africa: A Comparative Analysis = 中国企业和非洲就业发展: 一个比较分析.' China Journal of Political Economy = 政治经济学报, 18. pp. 63-134.

Oya, Carlos (2019) 'Labour and rural poverty.' Policy in Focus, 16 (1). pp. 11-13.

Oya, Carlos, Schaefer, Florian and Skalidou, Dafni (2018) 'The effectiveness of agricultural certification in developing countries: a systematic review.' World Development, 112. pp. 282-312.

Sender, John, Cramer, Christopher and Oya, Carlos (2018) 'Identifying the most deprived in rural Ethiopia and Uganda: A simple measure of socio-economic deprivation.' Journal of Eastern African Studies, 12 (3). pp. 594-612.

Skalidou, Dafni and Oya, Carlos (2018) 'The challenges of screening and synthesizing qualitative research in a mixed-methods systematic review. The case of the impact of agricultural certification schemes.' Journal of Development Effectiveness, 10 (1). pp. 39-60.

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.

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.

Oya, Carlos (2015) 'Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining ‘households’ in research on poverty.' Journal of Development Effectiveness, 7 (3). pp. 336-345.

Zhang, Qian Forrest, Oya, Carlos and Ye, Jingzhong (2015) 'Bringing Agriculture Back In: The Central Place of Agrarian Change in Rural China Studies.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 15 (3). pp. 299-313.

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.

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.

Cotula, Lorenzo, Oya, Carlos, Codjoe, Emmanuel Ashiedu, Eid, Abdurehman, Kakraba-Ampeh, Mark, Keeley, James, Lokaley Kidewa, Admasu, Makwarimba, Melissa, Michago Seide, Wondwosen, Ole Nasha, William, Owusu Asare, Richard and Rizzo, Matteo (2014) 'Testing Claims about Large Land Deals in Africa: Findings from a Multi-Country Study.' Journal of Development Studies, 50 (7). pp. 903-925.

Edelman, Marc, Oya, Carlos and Borras, Saturnino M. (2013) 'Global Land Grabs: historical processes, theoretical and methodological implications and current trajectories.' Third World Quarterly, 34 (9). pp. 1517-1531.

Oya, Carlos (2013) 'The Land Rush and Classic Agrarian Questions of Capital and Labour: a systematic scoping review of the socioeconomic impact of land grabs in Africa.' Third World Quarterly, 34 (9). pp. 1532-1557.

Oya, Carlos (2013) 'Rural wage employment in Africa: methodological issues and emerging evidence.' Review of African Political Economy, 40 (136). pp. 251-273.

Oya, Carlos (2013) 'Methodological reflections on ‘land grab’databases and the ‘land grab’literature ‘rush’.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 40 (3). pp. 503-520.

Oya, Carlos (2012) 'Introduction to a Symposium on Microfinance and Rural Development: Magic Bullet or Blank Bullet?' Journal of Agrarian Change, 12 (4). pp. 552-554.

Oya, Carlos (2012) 'Contract Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Approaches, Debates and Issues.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 12 (1). pp. 1-33.

Oya, Carlos (2011) 'Africa and the Millenium Developement Goals (MDGs): What´s Right, What's Wrong and What's Missing.' Revista de Economia Mundial (27). pp. 19-33.

Oya, Carlos (2010) 'Local and global food distribution: Malfunctioning markets.' The Broker (23). pp. 10-13.

Oya, Carlos (2010) 'Rural Labour Markets in Africa: The Unreported Source of Inequality and Poverty.' CDPR Development Viewpoint (57).

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.

Oya, Carlos (2009) 'The World Development Report 2008: inconsistencies, silences, and the myth of 'win-win' scenarios.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 36 (3). pp. 593-601.

Oya, Carlos and Olivié, Iliana (2009) 'Plan África 2009-12: se necesita más coherencia y concentración.' Estudios de Política Exterior, 23 (130). pp. 115-122.

Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2009) 'Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Women Workers in Rural Mozambique.' Feminist Economics, 15 (2). pp. 1-31.

Oya, Carlos (2009) 'Introduction to a Symposium on the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development?' Journal of Agrarian Change, 9 (2). pp. 231-234.

Oya, Carlos (2009) 'Ambiguities and biases in the definition and identification of the ‘poor’: Who is missing? What is missing?' Afriche e Orienti, 2009 (Sp. II). pp. 34-51.

Cramer, Christopher, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2008) 'Rural Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New View of Poverty, Power and Policy.' CDPR Policy Brief (1).

Cramer, Christopher, Oya, Carlos and Sender, John (2008) 'Lifting the Blinkers: A New View of Power, Diversity and Poverty in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets.' Journal of Modern African Studies, 46 (3). pp. 361-392.

Oya, Carlos (2008) 'Greater Africa-China Economic Cooperation: Will This Widen ‘Policy Space’?' Development Viewpoint (4).

Oya, Carlos (2007) 'Stories of Rural Accumulation in Africa: Trajectories and Transitions among Rural Capitalists in Senegal.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 7 (4). pp. 453-93.

Oya, Carlos (2007) 'Agricultural Maladjustment in Africa: What Have We Learned after Two Decades of Liberalisation?' Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 25 (2). pp. 275-97.

Oya, Carlos (2006) 'From State Dirigisme to Liberalisation in Senegal: Four Decades of Agricultural Policy. Shifts and Continuities.' The European Journal of Development Research, 18 (2). pp. 203-34.

Sender, John, Oya, Carlos and Cramer, Christopher (2006) 'Women Working for Wages: Putting Flesh on the Bones of a Rural Labour Market Survey in Mozambique.' Journal of Southern African Studies, 32 (2). pp. 313-333.

Oya, Carlos (2006) 'Regimi di accumulazione, democrazia e strutture di classe in Senegal [Accumulation regimes, Democracy and Class Structures in Senegal].' Afriche e Orienti, 2006 (3-4). pp. 22-44.

Oya, Carlos (2004) 'The empirical investigation of rural class formation: methodological issues in a study of large and mid-scale farmers in Senegal.' Historical Materialism, 12 (4). pp. 289-326.

Oya, Carlos (2001) 'Large and Middle-scale Farmers in the Groundnut Sector in Senegal in the Context of Liberalization and Structural Adjustment.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 1 (1). pp. 123-162.

Conference or Workshop Items

Oya, Carlos (2009) From Post-Washington to ‘Beijing consensus’ in Africa? Aid, economic policies and policy space. In: Africa Asia Centre Seminar Series, 28 April 2009, SOAS, Asia Africa Centre. (Unpublished)

Oya, Carlos (2006) The political economy of development aid as main source of foreign finance for poor African countries: loss of policy space and possible alternatives from East Asia. In: International Forum on Comparative Political Economy of Globalization, 1-3 September 2006, Beijing, China. (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2024) ONEILO-SIRAYE Programme Ethiopia: Evaluation Report. London: SOAS Global Development, Research report No.1.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2020) The politics of labour relations in global production networks: Collective action, industrial parks, and local conflict in the Ethiopian apparel sector. IDCEA Working Paper n. 076. London: SOAS University of London.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2019) Chinese firms and employment dynamics in Africa: A comparative analysis. IDCEA Synthesis Report. London: SOAS, University of London.

Oya, Carlos and Wanda, Fernandes (2019) Employment patterns and conditions in Angola. A comparative analysis of the infrastructure construction sector and building materials industry. IDCEA Research Report. London: SOAS, University of London.

Oya, Carlos and Schaefer, Florian (2019) Employment patterns and conditions in construction and manufacturing in Ethiopia: a comparative analysis of the road building and light manufacturing sectors. IDCEA Research Report. London: SOAS, University of London.

Oya, Carlos, Schaefer, Florian, Skalidou, Dafni, McCosker, Catherine and Langer, Laurenz (2017) Effects of certification schemes for agricultural production on socio-economic outcomes in low-and middle-income countries: a Systematic Review. Oslo: Campbell Systematic Reviews.

Bernstein, Henry and Oya, Carlos (2014) Rural futures. How much should markets rule? London: IIED Working Paper.

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

Oya, Carlos, McKinley, Terry and Bargawi, Hannah (2013) Growth Dynamics, Structural Change and Productive Employment to Reduce Poverty and Income Inequality. Analysis and Policy Recommendations. London: European Report on Development 2013. Background Paper.

Oya, Carlos (2010) Rural inequality, wage employment and labour market formation in Africa: Historical and micro-level evidence. Geneva: International Labour Office. Working Paper no. 97.

Bargawi, Hannah and Oya, Carlos (2009) 'Agribusiness for Development’: Who Really Gains? Perspectives from the Journal of Agrarian Change. London: Centre for Development Policy and Research, Development Viewpoint 36.

Heintz, James, Oya, Carlos and Zepeda, Eduardo (2008) Towards an Employment-centred Development Strategy for Poverty Reduction in The Gambia: Macroeconomic and Labour Market Aspects. UNDP.

Sender, John and Oya, Carlos (2007) Divorced, separated and widowed female workers in rural Mozambique. London: SOAS University of London: Department of Development Studies.

Sender, John, Cramer, Christopher and Oya, Carlos (2005) Unequal prospects: disparities in the quantity and quality of labour supply in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Social Protection Discussion Paper Series; No.0525.

Sender, John, Cramer, Christopher and Oya, Carlos (2004) Unequal Prospects: Disparities In The Quantity And Quality Of Labour Supply In Sub-Saharan Africa. London: Centre for Development Policy and Research, Discussion Paper 2301.

Book Reviews

Oya, Carlos (2014) 'Review of Morten Jerven Poor Numbers. How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It Ithaca / Londres, Cornell University Press, coll. « Cornell Studies in Political Economy », 2013.' Politique Africaine (133). pp. 187-192.

Oya, Carlos (2006) 'Review of: 'Farmers and Markets in Tanzania' by S. Ponte.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 5 (1). pp. 154-156.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Oya, Carlos (2024) Global China and Africa’s industrialization aspirations. Review of African Political Economy [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Other

Sender, John, Oya, Carlos and Cramer, Christopher (2006) 'Lifting the Blinkers: A New View of Power and Poverty in Mozambican Rural Labour Markets.' School of Oriental and African Studies. (Unpublished)