Publications

Journal Articles

– “Cash Grants to Informal Firms After Cyclone Idai: Beyond the Null”, with Peter Fisker and Finn Tarp, Disasters, 49(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12689

– “Why formality does not always benefit firms. Learning from Mozambique”, European Journal of Development Research, June 2025, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-025-00698-5 [single-authored]

– “What explains the disaster preparedness of micro-enterprises? Examining socio-psychological characteristics and information provision” with Finn Tarp, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105004

– “Local governance quality and law compliance. The case of Mozambican firms”, with Christian Estmann and John Rand, World Development, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105942

– “Informality and firm performance in Myanmar”, with Finn Tarp, The Journal of Development Studies, 58(7). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2061849

Working Papers

– (Dis)Empowered by context: Female entrepreneurs, firm performance and institutions, with Neda Trifkovic (forthcoming).

– From interest over self-exclusion to access: the role of social capital in firms’ credit journey. Evidence from Mozambican Manufacturing Firms, 2012-2022, with Juli Melembe and Hilário Muchabel (forthcoming).

– Social protection for the elderly in Mozambique: history, structure and potential effectiveness, with Sara Almeida, Sam Jones, Patricia Justino et al., WIDER Working Paper 2025/12. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2025/569-1

– Can social pensions for the elderly mitigate shocks? Lessons from Mozambique, with Sara Almeida, Sam Jones, Patricia Justino et al., WIDER Working Paper 2024/90. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2024/555-4

– “Cyclone impacts on manufacturing firms in Mozambique”, with Peter Fisker and Finn Tarp, WIDER Working Paper 2021/85. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2021/025-2

Policy reports, briefs and blogs

– Baseline round of Skills Survey with Youth (18-30) in Nampula, forthcoming. MUVA and Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program.

– Evaluating the impact of the Basic Social Subsidy Program on elderly well-being in Mozambique, 2025, with Sara Almeida, Sam Jones, Patricia Justino et al., Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program, Report.

– “Agricultural development in Mozambique: Trends, challenges and opportunities”, 2025, Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program: Report.

– “Survey of Mozambican manufacturing firms 2022”, with Giulia Barletta, Samuel Bryson, Peter Fisker et al., Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program: Report.

– “Myanmar micro, small, and medium enterprise survey. 2017: Descriptive Report”, with Marcelo Cardona, Henrik Hansen, John Rand, Paula Castro Rodriguez, Neda Trifkovic, Evert de Witte, Helge Zille, Khin Swe Latt and Finn Tarp. UNU-WIDER, University of Copenhagen, Central Statistical Organization.

– “Survey of Mozambican manufacturing firms 2017”, with Finn Tarp and Ricardo Santos, Report.

Blogs

– “Three challenges, three lessons: Collecting data on youth’s skills”, with Juneque Francisco, MUVA and Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program (forthcoming).

Policy briefs

– “Critical reflection on the formalization of firms in Mozambique”, with Hilário Muchabel, Research Brief 2024/01. Mozambique: Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Program.

Book chapters

– “The Viet Nam SME data 2005-15”, with John Rand, Finn Tarp and Neda Trifkovic, in: Rand, John and Tarp, Finn (eds.): Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam, Oxford University Press, p. 14-38, 2020.