2026 James Thurlow: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	51	1331	1183	806	699	252	9410

Overview

James Thurlow is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on economics and policy related to food security, agriculture, and environmental impacts.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science

Subfields of their research encompass:

Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Global and Planetary Change
Modeling and Simulation

James Thurlow's key research topics cover:

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
COVID-19 impact on air quality
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Climate change impacts on agriculture

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James Thurlow include:

The Ukraine war and rising commodity prices: Implications for developing countries, 2023, Global Food Security
The Economic Costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a Simulation Exercise for Ghana, 2020, European Journal of Development Research
The short-term economywide impacts of COVID-19 in Africa: Insights from Ethiopia, 2021, African Development Review
Measuring changes in diet deprivation: New indicators and methods, 2023, Food Policy
Modeling the recovery dynamics of Ethiopia cattle population, 2021, Journal of Arid Environments

James Thurlow has also contributed to book publications, including:

Transforming Agribusiness in Nigeria for Inclusive Recovery, Jobs Creation, and Poverty Reduction: Policy Reforms and Investment Priorities, published by The World Bank eBooks in 2022

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

Elliot Mghenyi
Cora Dankers
Chidozie Anyiro
Karl Pauw
Emerta Aragie

James Thurlow's publications have appeared in several venues, with multiple works published in:

The World Bank eBooks
Global Food Security
European Journal of Development Research
African Development Review
Food Policy

Best Publications

The role of agriculture in African development.

Xinshen Diao;Peter Hazell;James Thurlow

735
Citations
The Role of Agriculture in Development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

Xinshen Diao;Peter B.R. Hazell;Danielle Resnick;James Thurlow

563
Citations
Climate and southern Africa's water-energy-food nexus

Declan Conway;Emma Archer van Garderen;Emma Archer van Garderen;Delphine Deryng;Stephen Dorling

515
Citations
Implications of Climate Change for Ghana's Economy

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443
Citations
Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique

Channing Arndt;Rui Benfica;Finn Tarp;James Thurlow

369
Citations
Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Winston Yu;Mozaharul Alam;Ahmadul Hassan;Abu Saleh Khan

304
Citations
Agricultural Growth, Poverty, and Nutrition in Tanzania

Kalie Pauw;James Thurlow;James Thurlow

228
Citations
Higher fuel and food prices: impacts and responses for Mozambique

Channing Arndt;Rui Benfica;Nelson Maximiano;Antonio M. D. Nucifora

215
Citations
The impact of climate change on wind and solar resources in southern Africa

Charles Fant;C. Adam Schlosser;Kenneth Strzepek

212
Citations
Introducing carbon taxes in South Africa

Theresa Alton;Channing Arndt;Rob Davies;Faaiqa Hartley

210
Citations
Social accounting matrices and multiplier analysis: an introduction with exercises.

Clemens Breisinger;Marcelle Thomas;James Thurlow

209
Citations
The Economy-wide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program

Channing Arndt;Karl Pauw;James Thurlow

183
Citations
FORMAL–INFORMAL ECONOMY LINKAGES AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Rob Davies;James Thurlow

176
Citations
The Ukraine war and rising commodity prices: Implications for developing countries

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172
Citations
Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies

Xinshen Diao;James Thurlow;Samuel Benin;Shenggen Fan

171
Citations
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Tanzania

Channing Arndt;William Farmer;Kenneth Strzepek;James Thurlow

153
Citations
Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Rwanda

S.E. Benin;J. Thurlow;X. Diao;C. McCool

146
Citations
The economic costs of extreme weather events: a hydrometeorological CGE analysis for Malawi

Karl Pauw;James Thurlow;Murthy Bachu;Dirk Ernst Van Seventer

141
Citations
Beyond Agriculture Versus Non-Agriculture: Decomposing Sectoral Growth–Poverty Linkages in Five African Countries

Paul Dorosh;James Thurlow

139
Citations
A STANDARD COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA

James Thurlow;Dirk Ernst van Seventer

136
Citations
Can Cities or Towns Drive African Development? Economy-wide Analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

Paul Dorosh;James Thurlow

129
Citations
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GREEN GROWTH: CASES FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA

Danielle Resnick;Finn Tarp;James Thurlow

125
Citations
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Tanzania: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY IN TANZANIA

Channing Arndt;William Farmer;Kenneth Strzepek;Kenneth Strzepek;James Thurlow;James Thurlow

79
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Channing Arndt International Food Policy Research Institute

Finn Tarp University of Copenhagen

Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute

Paul A. Dorosh International Food Policy Research Institute

Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Willem A. Landman University of Pretoria

Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute

Sherman Robinson International Food Policy Research Institute

Timothy J. Osborn University of East Anglia

External Links

Personal website of James Thurlow Google Scholar page

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