Santos Bila

Dissertation Title: Essays on industrialisation, the global value chain and environmental quality in Africa. University: University of Johannesburg Institution: SAIIA

Daouda Thiam

Dissertation Title: Impact of improved cookstoves on empowerment and gender sensitive environmental disaster risk reduction. University: Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis (UGB) Institution: Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rural (IPAR)

Salavi Comlan Apollinaire-Fabrice

Dissertation Title: Life, Labor and Legacy: The Economic Cost of Migrants’ Returning University: African School of Economics Institution: African School of Economics (ASE)

Edafe Oluwatosin Deborah

Dissertation Title: Large-scale Agricultural Land Investments, Household Livelihood and Food Security in Nigeria. University: Covenant University, Nigeria Institution: Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)

Emmanuel Keith Kisaame

Dissertation Title: Welfare Effects of Privately Managed Cash Transfers on Refugee Children in Uganda. University: Makerere University Institution: Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)

Abeid Mzee Farahani

Dissertation Title: External Debt Dynamics and its effect on Economic Growth. An empirical evidence in Tanzania. University: University of Dar es Salaam Institution: The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)