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Oliver Masakure completed his PhD in Agricultural Economics at Reading University, UK and his MA and BA from University of Zimbabwe. Before coming to Laurier, Masakure was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.
His research interests cover a broad range of topics in development economics, health economics and labour economics.
- Masakure O. (2013) “Education Inequality and Economic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa.” In E. Shizha and A. Abdi (eds) Indigenous Discourses and Knowledge in Africa. Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
- Inwood, K and O. Masakure.(2013) “Poverty and Physical Well-being among the Coloured Population in South Africa.” Economic History of the Developing Regions 28(2),56-82.
- Henson, S., S, Jaffee, and O. Masakure. (2013). “The Participation of Smallholder Farmers in High-Value Exports Markets Governed by Standards: The Role of Exporter Procurement Practices.” In J.C. Beghin (ed). Non Tariff Measures with Market Imperfections: Trade and Welfare Implications. Frontiers of Economics and Globalization Series, Emerald Press.
- Masakure, O. “Education and Entrepreneurship in Canada: Evidence from (Repeated) Cross-sectional Data.” R&R Education Economics.
- Masakure, O. (2012). “An Empirical Test of Lazear's leadership theory using evidence from Ghana,” Applied Economics Letters 19(1), 79-82.
- Cranfield, J., S. Henson and O. Masakure. (2011). “Factors Affecting the Extent to which Consumers Incorporate Functional Foods into their Diets,” Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62(2), 375-392.
- Henson, S., O.Masakure and J. Cranfield. (2011). “Do Fresh Produce Exporters in sub-Saharan Africa benefit from Global GAP Certification?” World Development, 39(3),375-386.
- Field, S., O. Masakure and S. Henson. (2010). “Rethinking localization-a low income country perspective: the case of Asian Vegetables in Ghana.” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 3, 261-277.
- Cranfield, J.L., S. Henson and J. Northey and O. Masakure. (2010). “An assessment of consumer preference for Fair Trade coffee in Toronto and Vancouver.” Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(2), 307-325.
- Masakure, O., J.L. Cranfield and S. Henson. (2009). “Factors Affecting the Incidence and Intensity of Standards Certification Evidence from Exporting Firms in Pakistan.” Applied Economics 1-15iFirst.
- Masakure, O., J.L. Cranfield and S. Henson. (2009). “The financial performance of non-farm micro-enterprises in Ghana: A resource Based View.” Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 16(3), 466-484.
- Masakure, O., S. Henson and J.L. Cranfield. (2009). “Standards and Export Performance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Pakistan.” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 18(3), 395-419.
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