I study rural development and economic growth in the developing world, with a particular focus on smallholder agriculture and rural household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa. Areas of recent research include: smallholder access to land under evolving land institutions in sub-Saharan Africa; the efficiency of market intermediation services; the provision of infrastructure and other public goods; and small town development. In addition to traditional microeconomic and econometric research methods, I favor theoretical and empirical approaches which are explicitly spatial in nature, including spatial econometric methods and geographic information science.
Experience
–present
Spatial Economist, CGIAR System Organization
Education
2013
Michigan State University, PhD, Agricultural Economics
Publications
2019
The Transformation of Rural Africa, Jayne, T. S., Jordan Chamberlin, and Rui Benfica (editors). 2019. The Transformation of Rural Africa. Routledge: New York. ISBN13: 978-1-138-32549-4
2018
Africa's Unfolding Economic Transformation, Jayne, T.S., Chamberlin, J., Benfica, R., 2018. Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation. The Journal of Development Studies 54, 777-787. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1430774
2018
Transaction Costs, Land Rental Markets and Their Impact on Youth Access to Agriculture in Tanzania, Ricker-Gilbert, J., Chamberlin, J., 2018. Transaction Costs, Land Rental Markets and Their Impact on Youth Access to Agriculture in Tanzania. Land Economics 94(4), tbc. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/le-supplementary.html#v944
2016
What are the Drivers of Rural Land Rental Markets in sub-Saharan Africa, and how do they Impact Household Welfare? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia, Chamberlin, Jordan and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert. 2016. “What are the Drivers of Rural Land Rental Markets in sub-Saharan Africa, and how do they Impact Household Welfare? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98(5): 1507-1528. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaw021
Professional Memberships
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
International Association of Agricultural Economists