Recent Publications   

Hailu, Degol and Admasu Shiferaw (2012) What Determines Exit from Aid-Dependence? One Pager 139, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Admasu Shiferaw (2012) Macroeconomic Determinants of Exit from Aid-Dependence, Working Paper 90, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Raquel Tsukada (2012) Is the Distribution of Foreign Aid MDG-Sensitive? DESA Working Paper, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York.

Hailu, Degol and John Weeks (2011) Macroeconomic Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction: An Application to Post-Conflict and Resource-Rich Countries, DESA Working Paper 108, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York.

Hailu, Degol; Sara Rendtorff-Smith and Raquel Tsukada (2011) Small-Scale Water Providers in Kenya: Pioneers or Predators? Poverty Reduction/Environment and Energy Groups, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Books

Anderson, David; Susan Beckerleg; Degol Hailu and Axel Klein (2007) The Khat Controversy, Berg Publishers.
 
With John Weeks et al. (2003) Supporting Ownership: Swedish Development Cooperation with Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, Volume I, Sida Evaluations 02/33, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

With John Weeks et al. (2003) Supporting Ownership: Swedish Development Cooperation with Kenya, Tanzania,and Uganda, Volume II, Sida Evaluations 02/33.1, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
  

Chapters in Edited Books

McKinley, Terry and Degol Hailu (2010) “The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing” in McKinley, T. (eds) Economic Alternatives for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction, Palgrave.

Hailu, Degol (2010) “Spreading the Dollar Leaf: The Khat Trade in Northern and Southern Ethiopia", in Gebissa, E. (ed.) Taking the Place of Food: The Dilemma of Khat in Ethiopia, James Currey.

Castel-Branco, Carlos; Chris Cramer and Degol Hailu (2003) “Privatization and Economic Strategy in Mozambique”, in Addison, Tony (ed.) From Conflict to Recovery in Africa, Oxford University Press: Oxford.

Hailu, Degol; Rathin Roy and John Weeks (1999) “Economic Change and Illicit Drugs in Africa”, in The Drug Nexus in Africa, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, UNODCCP Monograph No. 1, pp. 47-69. 


Journal Articles

Beckerleg, Susan; Degol Hailu and Axel Klein (2009) “Regulating Khat - Dilemmas and Opportunities”, International Journal of Drug Policy, No. 16 June.
 
Hailu, Degol (2007) Review article in International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 3, Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective edited by David Turton, Ohio University Press and Addis Ababa University Press, Oxford, Athens and Addis Ababa: James Currey.

Hailu, Degol (2005) “Supporting A Nation: Khat Farming and Livelihoods in Ethiopia”, Drugs and Alcohol Today, Volume 5, Issue 3, November.

Hailu, Degol (2005) Review Article in the Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume. 5, No. 2, April. Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge Ethiopia 1875-1991 by Ezekiel Gebissa, Athens: Ohio University Press and London: James Currey, 2004. 


Working Papers

Hailu, Degol and Raquel Tsukada (2011) Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A Measure of Progress, Working Paper No. 78, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Costa, Joan; Degol Hailu; Elydia Silva and Raquel Tsukada (2009) The Implication of Water and Electricity Supply in Ghana for The Time Allocation of Women, Working Paper No. 59, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol; Rafael Osorio and Raquel Tsukada (2009) Privatization and Re-nationalization: What Went Wrong in Bolivia’s Water Sector? Working Paper No. 58, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. Brasilia.
 
Hailu, Degol (2007) Scaling-up HIV/AIDS Spending and Macroeconomic Management: The Case of Kenya, Conference Paper No. 4, Prepared for the Global Conference on HIV/AIDS and Macroeconomic Policies, International Poverty Centre (IPC), Brasilia, 20-22 November.

Castel-Branco, Carlos; Christopher Cramer and Degol Hailu (2001) Privatisation and Economic Strategy in Mozambique, UNU/WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2001/64.

Fine, Ben and Degol Hailu (2000) Convergence and Consensus: The Political Economy of Adjustment and Growth, CDPR Discussion Paper No. 14, Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS. University of London.   


Short Articles

Hailu, Degol and Raquel Tsukada (2011) Measuring MDG Achievements: Rate of Progress Matters Most, One Pager No. 125, International Policy Centrefor Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Costa, Joana; Degol Hailu; Elydia Silva and Raquel Tsukada (2009) Water Supply in Rural Ghana: Do Women Benefit? One pager No. 101, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol; Rafael Osorio and Raquel Tsukada (2009) Water Privatization and Renationalisation in Bolivia. Are the Poor Better Off? One Pager No. 100, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2009) The Global Economic Crisis Hampers Human Development. How? One Pager No. 95, International Policy Centre for InclusiveGrowth. Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and John Weeks (2009) Can Low-Income Countries Adopt Counter-Cyclical Policies? One Pager No. 92. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Gomes, Rui A. and Degol Hailu (2008) One Instrument, Many Targets: Timor-Leste’s Macroeconomic Policy Challenge, One Pager No. 93. International Policy Centre forInclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Sergei Suarez Dillon Soares (2009) What Explains the Decline in Brazil’s Inequality? One Pager No. 89. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu,Degol (2009) The Indonesian Response to the Financialand Economic Crisis: Is the Developmental State Back? One Pager No. 86. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2009) Is the Washington Consensus Dead? One Pager No. 82. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2009) The Rich Expand, the Poor Contract. The Paradox of Macroeconomic Policy in Ethiopia, One Pager No. 78. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2008) Are the Cheetahs Tracking the Tigers? Probing High Growth Rates in Africa, One Pager No. 70. November. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2008) The Macroeconomics of Scaling-Up Aid: What We Know in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia, One Pager No. 67. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu,Degol (2008) Equitable Access to Financial Services: Is Micro-financing Sufficient? One Pager No. 59. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hulya Dagdeviren and Degol Hailu (2008) Tariff Hikes with Low Investment: The Story of the Urban Water Sector in Zambia, One Pager No. 57. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2008) Equitable Access to Basic Services: Who will Guarantee it? One Pager No. 55. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol (2007) Should Khat Be Banned? The Development Impact, One Pager No.40. International Poverty Centre (IPC), Brasilia.


Policy Briefs

Hailu, Degol (2009) Aid and AIDS: Policy Changes and Responses in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania, Commonwealth Finance Ministers Reference Report. ISBN 978-0-9563722-0-8.

Hailu, Degol and Raquel Tsukada (2009) (eds.) Equitable Access to Basic Utilities: Public Verses Private Provision and Beyond, Poverty in Focus No. 18. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Raquel Tsukada (2009) "Equitable Access to Basic Utilities: An Overview", in Hailu and Tsukada (eds.) Equitable Access to Basic Utilities: Public Verses Private Provision and Beyond, Poverty in Focus No.18. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Sonal Singh (2009) The Macro-Micro Nexusin Scaling-Up Aid: The Case of HIV and AIDS Control in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia, Policy Research Brief No. 11. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Portia Hunt (2008) Utility Provision: Contract Design in the Interest of the Poor, Policy Research Brief No. 10. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Asad Kamran Ghalib and Degol Hailu (2008) Banking the Un-Banked: Improving Access to Financial Services, Policy Research Brief No. 9. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol and Fabio Veras Soares (2008) Cash Transfers: Lessons from Africa and Latin America, Poverty in Focus No. 15. International Poverty Centre (IPC). Brasilia.

Hailu, Degol; Marcelo Medeiros and Paula Nonaka (2008) "Legal Protection for Cash Transfers: Why We Need It", in Hailu, Degol and Fabio Veras Soares (eds.) Cash Transfers in Africa and Latin America: An Overview, Poverty in Focus No. 15. International Poverty Centre (IPC).Brasilia.

McKinley, Terry and Degol Hailu (2006) The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing, Policy Research Brief No. 1. International Poverty Centre (IPC).Brasilia.

Reports for International Organizations

Lead Author of UNDP (2010) What Will It Take To Achieve the Millennium Development Goals? An International Assessment (2010), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Hailu, Degol and John Weeks (2005) Economic Policies in Support of MDGs and Poverty Reduction, Paper Prepared for UNDP Workshop to Launch the Regional Project for Economic Policies in Support of MDGs and Poverty Reduction, Kigali, Rwanda, 21 - 23 March 2005.

Hailu, Degol (2003) “Investment Profile: South Africa” in Foreign Direct Investment Report: Commonwealth Insight, Commonwealth Business Council. ISBN 1-903431-21-2.


Publications without Web links

Hailu, Degol (2001/02) “Investment Profile: Mozambique” in the Commonwealth African Investment Almanac Kensington Publications Limited with the Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 1-901088-15-8.

Hailu, Degol (2000) Ever More Accidents and the Police Dither, Addis Tribune, 05 May 2000.

Hailu, Degol (1997) “What We Don’t Know About the Political Economy of Economic Policy Reform”, SOAS Economic Digest, January, Issue 1 No. 1.

Hailu, Degol (1997) “Deflation in a Growing Economy: The Experience of Ethiopia”, SOAS Economic Digest, June, Issue 1 No.2.

Hailu, Degol (1997) “What Happened to the Market Principle: Lesson from World Bank Lending”, SOAS Economic Digest, November, Issue 1 No. 3.