John McPeak's Publications Page
Journal Articles
Peer Reviewed
"Risk and Intertemporal Substitution: Livestock Portfolios and Off-Take Among Kenyan Pastoralists" with Travis Lybbert. Journal of Development Economics. 97:415-426 (2012)
"Leaving or Staying: Inter-Provincial Migration in Vietnam". With Phuong Nguyen-Hoang. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 19(4): 473-500. (2010)
"Explaining Index Based Livestock Insurance to Pastoralists". With Sommarat Chantarat and Andrew Mude. Agricultural Finance Review. 70(3):333-352 (2010)
"Dynamic Field Experiments in Development Economics: Risk valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru" With Travis Lybbert, Francisco Glazara, Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen Boucher, Michael R. Carter, Sommarat Chantarat, Aziz Fadlaoui, and Andrew Mude. Agricultural & Resource Economics Review 39(2): 176-192 (2010)
"Do
Community Members Share Development Priorities?
Results of a Ranking Exercise in East African
Rangelands
"Empirical Forecasting of Slow-Onset Disasters for Improved Emergency Response: an Application to Kenya's Arid North." With Andrew Mude, Christopher B. Barrett, Robert Kaitho, and Patti Kristjanson. Food Policy. 34(4): 329-339 (2009)
"Challenging
Orthodoxies: Understanding Poverty in Pastoral Areas of
"Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa." With Cheryl Doss and Christopher B. Barrett. World Development. 36(8): 1453-68. (2008)
"Educational Investments in a Dual Economy" With Andrew Mude, Christopher B. Barrett and Cheryl Doss. Economica 74:351-369. (2007)
"Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs In Response To External Forecasts." With Travis Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, and Winnie Luseno. World Development 35(3):480-497. (2007)
"Confronting the Risk of Asset Loss: What role do livestock transfers in northern Kenya play?" Journal of Development Economics. 81(2): 415-437. (2006)
"Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya." With Cheryl R. Doss. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 88(3): 525-541. (2006)
“Welfare Dynamics in Rural Kenya and Madagascar,” Journal of Development Studies, With Christopher B. Barrett, Paswel Phiri Marenya, Bart Minten, Festus M. Murithi, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Frank Place, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, Jhon Rasambainarivo and Justine Wangila 42(2): 248-277 (2006)
“Individual and Collective Rationality in Pastoral Production: Evidence from Northern Kenya.” Human Ecology. 33(2): 171-197 (2005)
"Contrasting Income Shocks with Asset Shocks: Livestock Sales in Northern Kenya.” Oxford Economic Papers. 56: 263-284. (2004)
“Analyzing and Addressing Localized Degradation in the Commons.” Land Economics 78(4): 515-536 (2003)
“Assessing the Value of Climate Forecast Information for Pastoralists: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya” with Winnie Luseno, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Little and Getachew Gebru. World Development. 31(9):1477-1494. (2003)
“Differential Risk Exposure and Stochastic Poverty Traps Among East African Pastoralists,” with Christopher B. Barrett. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 83:3 674-679. (2001)
“Diversity in Income Generating Activities for Sedentarized Pastoral Women in Northern Kenya,” with Immaculate Nduma and Patti Kristjanson. Human Organization. 60(4): 319-325 (2001)
Not Peer Reviewed
"Policy, Technology and Management Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Transformation." Agricultural Economics. With David R. Lee and Christopher B. Barrett. 34(2): 123-127. (2006) Introduction for a special issue.
"The Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems." Environment and Development Economics. With David. R. Lee and Christopher B. Barrett. 11:9-13 (2006) Introduction for a special section.
Book Reviews
Review of "Ecology of African Pastoralist Societies" Human Ecology. 38(4):583-4 (2010)
Review of "Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 91(4): 1159-1160 (2009)
Book Chapters
"The Environment and Development." in The International Handbook of Development Economics. Amitava Krishna Dutt and Jamie Ros (Eds.) Edward Elgar Publishing. Volume 1, Chapter 28, pages 404-16 (2008)
"Linkages Between Community, Environment and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya" Guyo Haro, Godana Doyo, and John McPeak in Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: Lessons from Kenya Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, and John M. Omiti Editors. CABI Press. Reprinted from the 2005 World Development article. (2007)
"Introduction." With Peter D. Little in Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little. Editors. IT Publishing. (2006)
"Livestock Marketing in Marsabit District, Kenya, over the past fifty years." in Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little. Editors. IT Publishing. (2006)
"Livestock Market Organization and Price Distributions in Northern Kenya." With Alan M. Green, Christopher B. Barrett, and Winnie K. Luseno. in Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little. Editors. IT Publishing. (2006)
"Policy Implications and Future Research Directions." With Peter D. Little and Montague W. Demment in Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little. Editors. IT Publishing. (2006)
“Poverty Traps and Safety Nets.” with Christopher B. Barrett, in Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke. Alain de Janvry and Ravi Kanbur (eds.). Springer. (2006)
“Simulation Noise and the Estimation of Land Use Decisions in Kenya.” in Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics Riccardo Scarpa and Anna Alberini (eds.). Springer. (2005)
“Cursed If You Do, Cursed If You Don’t: the contradictory processes of pastoral sedentarization in Northern Kenya.” with Peter D. Little in As Pastoralists Settle: Social, Economic, and Health Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Northern Kenya, Eric Roth and Elliot Fratkin (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers. (2005)
Books
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy: Livelihoods in Pastoralist Communities. John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little, and Cheryl R. Doss. Routledge Press. 2012
Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little. Editors. IT Publishing. (2006) Order form
Research Briefs (most are co-authored)
2012
“Mapping
Transhumance
Corridors
in
West
Africa”
With Matthew Turner. GSFA
/
RIVERS
and
MLPI
2 projects
of
the
Adapting
Livestock
Systems
to Climate
Change
Collaborative
Research
Support
Project.
RB-03
2012.
(2012)
“Mali
Livestock
&
Pastoralist
Initiative
(MLPI-2)
Building
on
Success,
Looking
to the
Future”
«
Initiative
d’aide
aux
pasteurs
et à
l’élevage
au
Mali
(MLPI-2)
Bâtir
sur
les
succès,
regarder
vers
l’avenir
».
With Sarah Lupis and Jay Angerer.
Adapting
Livestock
Systems
to Climate
Change
Collaborative
Research
Support
Project.
PB-06
2011.
(2011)
2010
Risk Ranking in Northern Mali. GL CRSP Research Brief RB 10-01-MLPI
Role of Farmer Organizations in the Strategy for Improving the Quality of Life for Livestock Producers in Northern Mali. GL CRSP Research Brief. RB 10-02-MLPI
Animal Fattening in Northern Mali. GL CRSP Research Brief. RB 10-04-MLPI
Management and Use of Bourgou (Echinochloa stagnina). GL CRSP Research Brief. RB 10-05-MLPI
2009
Documenting Causes of Livestock Mortality Among Pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya GL CRSP research brief. GLCRSPbrief09-01
In What Ways are People in Pastoral Areas Integrated into the Cash Economy? GL CRSP research brief.GLCRSPbrief09-02
2008
Altering Poverty Dynamics with Index Insurance: Northern Kenya's HSNP+. AMA CRSP research brief. amabrief08-08
Insuring the Never before Insured: Explaining Index Insurance through Financial Education Games. AMA CRSP research Brief. amabrief08-07.pdf
"Changing Livelihoods, Risky Environments: Social and Economic Change among Pastoralists in East Africa." Global Livestock CRSP research Brief. 08-01-LITEK
"How Are They Surviving Out There? An Analysis of Total Income in the PARIMA Study Sites." Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief. 08-02-LITEK
2006
"Do Pastoral Husbands and Wives in Northern Kenya View Milk Markets Differently?" Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 06-02-PARIMA
"Empirical Forecasting of Slow-Onset Disasters for Improved Emergency Response: An application to Kenya's Arid Lands" Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 06-07-PARIMA
"Variation in Risk Perceptions across Individuals, Time, and Space: Evidence from Pastoral East Africa." Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 06-08-PARIMA
"Development Priorities in the Rangelands of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: Results of a Ranking Exercise Among Pastoralists." Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 06-09-PARIMA
2005
"Linkages Among Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya." With Guyo Haro and Godana Doyo. Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 05-01-PARIMA
"Do Livestock Transfers Among Gabra Herders Insure Against Herd Loss?" Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 05-09-PARIMA
2004
"Herd Accumulation: Pastoral Strategy to Reduce Risk Exposure." Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 04-05-PARIMA.
"Constraints Limiting Marketed Livestock Offtake Rates Among Pastoralists." Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 04-06-PARIMA.
2003
“Fuelwood Gathering and Use in Northern Kenya: Implications for Food Aid and Local Environments.” Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 03-01-PARIMA.
“Pastoral Sedentarization and Community Resilience in Response to Drought: Perspectives from Northern Kenya.” Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 03-02-PARIMA.
2002
"Poverty Traps and Resource Degradation." With Chris Barrett, Larry Blume, Bart Minten, Festus Murithi, Ben Okumu, Alice Pell, Frank Place, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, and Jhon Rasambainarivo. BASIS Brief #6, (January 2002.) basbrief06.pdf
2001
“Pastoralists’ Use of Markets.” Global Livestock CRSP Research Brief 01-04-PARIMA.
Consulting Reports
Report 1: Retrospective Assessment of Pastoral Policies in Ethiopia, 1991-2008, With Peter Little, Roy Behnke, and Getachew Gebru., Pastoral Economic Growth and Development Policy Assessment, Ethiopia, 30 pages. (2010)
Report 2: Future Scenarios for Pastoral Development in Ethiopia, 2010-2025, With Peter Little, Roy Behnke, and Getachew Gebru., Pastoral Economic Growth and Development Policy Assessment, Ethiopia, 57 pages. (2010)
Report 3: Policy Options for Pastoral Development in Ethiopia With Peter Little, Roy Behnke, and Getachew Gebru., Pastoral Economic Growth and Development Policy Assessment, Ethiopia, 14 pages. (2010)
Report 4:
Policy Options for Pastoral Development in Ethiopia and Reaction from the
Regions, With Peter Little, Getachew Gebru and Solomon Desta.,
Pastoral Economic Growth and Development
Policy Assessment, Ethiopia, 26 pages.