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Steven Haggblade

Professor, International Development

Phone:   517 355-0257
FAX:    517 432-1800
Email: blade@msu.edu

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1984
M.S., Michigan State University, 1979
B.A., Stanford University, 1975

Steven Haggblade is Professor, International Development in the Department of Agricultural Economics. He currently serves as MSU’s senior research advisor with the Food Security Research Project based in Lusaka, Zambia where he has worked for the past six years.

Professional Interests

  • Rural nonfarm economy
  • Agricultural growth and poverty reduction
  • Subsector supply chains that link farms and related nonfarm businesses with final consumers

Selected Publications

“Cassava as Drought Insurance: Food Security Implications of Cassava Trials in Central Zambia.”  2006.  Agrekon.  (March).  With Nikki Barratt, et al.

“Media Proliferation and Democratic Transition in Africa: The Case of Madagascar.”  2005.  World Development 33(11):1939-1957.  with Pascal Andriantsoa et al. 

 “Successes in African Agriculture: Results of an Expert Survey.”  2004.  World Development,  32(5):745-766.  with Eleni Gabre-Madhin. 

“Growth Linkages, Price Effects and Income Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa,” 2003.  Journal of African Economies 12(2):2-7-235.  with Paul Dorosh. 

“Seasonal Poverty in Madagascar: Magnitude and Solutions.”  2002.  Food Policy 27:493-518.  with Benoit Dostie and Josée Randriamamonjy.

Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh.  2000.  Johns Hopkins University Press.  Edited with Raisuddin Ahmed and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury.