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Tessa Bold

  • Associate Professor
  • Stockholm University

Roles

Researchers

Tessa Bold is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. She was previously a Professor of Development Economics at the University of Frankfurt and holds a DPhil in Economics from Oxford University. Her research focuses on the modernization of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and the challenges of climate change for poor countries, among other topics.

 

Projects

Making agricultural extension work by embedding extension workers into the supply chain

Jakob Svensson, Tessa Bold, Tim Ohlenburg 31 Mar 2017 Completed
Project

Rural electrification: The potential and limitations of solar power

Anna Aevarsdottir, Nick Barton, Tessa Bold Active
Project

Dealing with fake agricultural inputs

Jakob Svensson, Tessa Bold 31 Oct 2014 Completed
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The high returns to low-cost private schooling in a poor country

Andrew Zeitlin, Tessa Bold, Justin Sandefur, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Mukhtar Abdi Ogle 1 Mar 2012
Project

Improving Services Delivery: An Assessment of Absenteeism Data

Jakob Svensson, Andrew Zeitlin, Tessa Bold, Kjetil Bjorvatn 31 Jul 2013 Completed
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Scaling-up Education Reforms in Kenya: An Evaluation of the Nationwide 'Teacher Internship Programme'

Justin Sandefur, Tessa Bold, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Mukhtar Abdi Ogle, Paul Wasanga 1 Mar 2012 Completed
Project

All contributions

5th Uganda Economic Growth Forum: Economic resilience, recovery and resurgent growth in Uganda

13 January 2022
Past Event

Uganda National Budget Conference and Economic Growth Forum FY 2019/20

12 September 2018 23:00-23:00 Kampala Serena Hotel
Past Event
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The impacts of rural electrification on labour supply, income and health: Experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania

Anna Aevarsdottir, Nick Barton, Tessa Bold
Working paper

Sub-standard quality of fertilisers and hybrid seeds makes adoption of modern inputs unprofitable

Tessa Bold
Blog

Low quality, low returns, low adoption

Tessa Bold, Kayuki Kaizzi, Jakob Svensson, David Yanagizawa-Drott
Policy brief
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Low quality, low returns, low adoption: Evidence from the market for fertilizer and hybrid seed in Uganda

Tessa Bold, Kayuki Kaizzi, Jakob Svensson, David Yanagizawa-Drott
Working paper
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Scaling-up Proven Education Interventions: Evidence from an RCT in Kenya (Policy Brief)

Tessa Bold, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur
Policy brief
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Scaling-up Proven Education Interventions: Evidence from an RCT in Kenya (Working Paper)

Tessa Bold, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng'ang'a, Justin Sandefur
Working paper
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The High Return to Low-Cost Private Schooling in a Developing Country (Policy Brief)

Tessa Bold, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur
Policy brief
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Private schooling cheaper and more effective than public alternative (Working Paper)

Tessa Bold, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur
Working paper