Research Focus: Development Economics, Health Economics, Political Economy

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

  • “Outreach Without Overreach: A Vaccination Campaign Does Not Create Backlash”(with Kevin Carney, Michael Kremer, Leah Rosenzweig, and Wendy Wong)
  • “In-Line Chlorination for Drinking Water in Rural Odisha, India: a Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial” (with Jeremy Lowe, Vaishnavi Prathap, Akito Kamei, Sidhartha Giri, Krushna Sahoo, Michael Kremer, Amy J. Pickering) [paper]

MAIN PublicationS

  1. Montas MC, Anyakora C, Maffioli EM. “Is Price Associated with the Quality of the Medicines? Quantitative Evidence from Nigeria”. PLoS ONE. December 2025; 20(12). [article]
  2. Bourret KM, Kankolongo MC, Lobo N, Mulunda JC, Akerman E, Maffioli EM, and Klingberg-Allvin M. “Research Capacity-Building of Midwives Expanding Access to Safe Abortion in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Transnational Research Collaborations with Civil Society Organizations”. Global Health Action. December 2025; 18 (1). [article]
  3. Seyoum T, Adbo AA, Amare NS, Klingberg-Allvin M, and Maffioli EM. “Direct and Opportunity Costs of Comprehensive Abortion Care for Women Living in Humanitarian Settings in the Ahmara Region, Ethiopia”. BMC Public Health. November 2025; 25: 3813. [article]
  4. Bourret KM, Kankolongo MC, Lobo N, Mulunda JC, Akerman E, Maffioli EM, Klingberg-Allvin M. “Experiences of Person-Centred Comprehnesive Abortion Care: A Qualitative Study Among Women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo”. Sexuality&Culture. June 2025; 1-22. [article]
  5. Maffioli EM, Lu Y, and Anyakora C. “Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics Are Associated With Antimicrobial Resistance: A Retrospective Country-Level Analysis”. BMJ Global Health. May 2025; 10:e017078. [article]
  6. Canana N, Pulido Tarquino IA, Enosse S, Baker K, Rodrigues M, Rassi C, Chauhan AS, Nnajii C, Candrinho B, and Maffioli EM. “Seasonal Chemoprevention (SMC) in Northern Mozambique: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis”. Malaria Journal. May 2025; 24(1):1-12. [article]
  7. Maffioli EM and Lu Y. “Allocation of Oral Cholera Vaccines in Africa”. Vaccines. May 2025; 13(5): 519. [article]
  8. Carney KE, Rosenzweig LR, Wong WN, Aketch F, Otieno J, Maffioli EM. “Can SMS Interventions Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Completion in Kenya?”. Journal of Development Economics. May 2025;174:103469. [article]
  9. Field E and Maffioli EM. “Are Behavioral Change Interventions Needed to Make Cash Transfer Programs Work for Children? Experimental Evidence from Myanmar”[article][research protocol]. Economic Development and Cultural Change. April 2025; 73(3):000-000.
  10. Maffioli EM and Anyakora C. “A Comparative Study Between Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectrometer and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) on the Sensitivity and Specificity”. PLoSONE. March 2025; 20(3): e0319523. [article]
  11. Bourret KM, Kankolongo MC, Lobo N, Banga D, Maffioli EM, Klingberg-Allvin M. “With an Unwanted Pregnancy, We Are Looking for Midwives in the Neighborhood to Show Us What to Do.” Stakeholder Perceptions of Midwife-Led Woman-Centred Comprehensive Abortion Care in the Province of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Qualitative Descriptive Study”. Midwifery. January 2025; 140:104238. [article]
  12. Lee H, Fiseha N, Bateisibwa J, Moyer C, Greenberg J, Maffioli EM. “Community Perceptions of Health Accountability Meetings with Local Politicians to Improve Healthcare Quality: A Qualitative Study in Western Uganda”. BMC Public Health. December 2024; 24: 3526. [article]
  13. Idigbe I, Cherian M, Salako A, Adewale B, Salako B, and Maffioli EM. “Safe Water Treatment Practices: A Qualitative Study on Point-of-Use Chlorination in Nigeria”. Journal of Global Health. September 2024;14:04178. [article]
  14. Maffioli EM, Tint Zaw N, and Field E. “A Comparison Between Different Models of Delivering Maternal Cash Transfers in Myanmar – Health Policy and Planning. August 2024; 39(7): 674–682 [article]
  15. Maffioli EM, Montas M, and Anyakora C. “Excessive Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Substandard and Falsified Drugs Should Also Raise Concerns in Low-Income Countries”, Viewpoints. Journal of Global Health. June 2024; 14:03029. [article]
  16. Gonzalez R and Maffioli EM. “Is the Phone Mightier than the Virus? Cell Phone Access and Epidemic Containment Efforts”. Journal of Development Economics. March 2024; 167: 103228. [article]
  17. Maffioli EM and Daisey Yu. “To What Extent Do We Learn from Past Epidemics: A Mobile Phone Survey of Selected Villages in Liberia”. Journal of Global Health Reports. January 2024; 7: e2023029. [article]
  18. Mattison C, Ateva E, de Bernis L, Binfa L, Egal JA, Kaufman K, Klingberg-Allvin M, Maffioli EM, Renfrew MJ, Sharma P. “Whose Voice Counts? Achieving Better Outcomes in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Research”. Commentary. BMJ Global Health. October 2023;8:e012680. [article]
  19. Maffioli EM., Headey D, Lambrecht I, Oo TZ, Tint Zaw N. “A Pre-Pandemic Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Program Had Sustained Benefits for Food Security and Diet Diversity in Myanmar during COVID-19″. Journal of Nutrition. February 2023; 153 (4): 1052-1062. [article] [blog]
  20. Maffioli EM. “The Local Health Impacts of Natural Resources’ Booms in Brazil”. Health Economics. November 2022; 32(2):462-500. [article]
  21. Avanceña AL, Miller A, Canana N, Dula J, Saifodine A, Cadrinho B, Maffioli EM. Achieving Malaria Testing and Treatment Targets for Children under five in Mozambique: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Malaria Journal. November 2022; 21(320). [article]
  22. Lee H, Veliz P,  Maffioli EM, Munro-Kramer ML, Sakala I, Chiboola NM, Ngoma T, Kaiser J, Rockers PC, Scott N, Lori J. “The Role of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) in Improving Community-Level Household Wealth, Financial Preparedness for Birth, and Utilization of Reproductive Health Services in Rural Zambia: A Secondary Analysis”.  BMC Public Health. September 2022; 22 (1): 1724. [article]
  23. Headey D, Goudet S, Lambrecht I, Oo TZ, Maffioli EM, and Toth R. “Poverty and Food Insecurity during COVID-19: Panel Phone Survey Evidence from Rural and Urban Myanmar in 2020”. Global Food Security. June 2022; 33:100626. [article]
  24. Maffioli EM and Gonzalez R. “Are Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics Good Predictors of Misinformation during an Epidemic?”. PLoS Global Public Health. March 2022; 2(3):e0000279. [article] Media coverage: Forbes
  25. Lee H, Maffioli EM, Veliz PT, Sakala I, Chiboola NM, Lori JR, “Direct and Opportunity Costs Related to Utilizing Maternity Waiting Homes in Rural Zambia”. Midwifery. February 2022; 105:103211. [article]
  26. Lee H, Maffioli EM, Veliz PT, Munro-Kramer ML, Phiri TK, Sakala I, Kaunda J, Chiboola NM and Lori JR, “Role of Savings and Internal Lending Groups (SILCs) in Improving Household Wealth and Financial Preparedness for Birth in Rural Zambia”. Health Policy and Planning. October 2021; 36 (8): 1269–1278. [article]
  27. Maffioli EM, “The Political Economy of Health Epidemics: Evidence from the Ebola Outbreak”. Journal of Development Economics. June 2021; 151:102651. [article]
  28. Maffioli EM, “Collecting Data During an Epidemic: A Novel Mobile Phone Research Method”, Journal of International Development. September 2020; 32(8): 1231-1255. [article]
  29. Maffioli EM, Prudhomme O’Meara W, Turner E, Mohanan M. “Can Individuals Beliefs Help Us Understand Non-Adherence to Malaria Test Results? Evidence from Rural Kenya”. Review of Development Economics. August 2020; 00:1–20.  [article] [appendix]
  30. Maffioli EM. “Consider Inequality: Another Consequence of the Coronavirus Epidemic”. Viewpoints. Journal of Global Health. June 2020. 10(1):010359. [article]
  31. Maffioli EM. Saran I, Mohanan M, Prudhomme O’Meara W. “Does Improving Appropriate Use of Malaria Medicines Change Population Beliefs in Testing and Treatment? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial”. Health Policy and Planning. June 2020, 35(5): 556-566. [article]
  32. Maffioli EM, “How Is the World Responding to the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Compared to the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic? The Importance of China as a Player in the Global Economy”. Perspective Piece, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. March 2020. 102 (5):924-925. [article]
  33. Maffioli EM, Hernandes Rocha TA, Vivas G, Rosales C, Staton C, Nickening Vissoci JR. “Addressing Inequalities in Medical Workforce Distribution: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study in Brazil”. BMJ Global Health. November 2019; 4:e001827. [article]
  34. Maffioli EM, Mohanan M. “Touching Beliefs: Using Touchscreen Technology to Elicit Subjective Expectations in Survey Research”. PLoS ONE. November 2018; 13(11): e0207484. [article]
  35. Prudhomme O’Meara W, Menya D, Laktabai J, Platt A, Saran I, Maffioli EM, et al. “Improving Rational Use of ACTs through Diagnosis-Dependent Subsidies: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Western Kenya”.  PLoS Medicine. July 2018; 15(7): e1002607. [article]
  36. Saran I, Maffioli EM, Menya D, Prudhomme O’Meara W. “Household Beliefs about Malaria Testing and Treatment in Western Kenya: The Role of Health Worker Adherence to Malaria Test Results”.  Malaria Journal. August 2017; 16, 1-10. [article]
  37. Maffioli, EM. “Is Traditional Male Circumcision Effective as HIV Prevention Strategy? Evidence from Lesotho”.  PLoS ONE. May 2017; 12 (5): e0177076. [article]
  38. Laktabai J, Lesser A, Platt A, Maffioli EM, Mohanan M, Menya D, Prudhomme O’Meara W, Turner EL. “An Innovative Public-Private Partnership to Target Subsidized Antimalarials: A Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Community Intervention in Western Kenya”.  BMJ Open. March 2017; 7(3):e013972. [article]
  39. Prudhomme O’Meara W, Mohanan M, Laktabai J, Lesser A, Platt A, Maffioli EM, Turner EL, Menya D. “Assessing the Independent and Combined Effects of Subsidies for Antimalarials and Rapid Diagnostic Testing on Fever Management Decisions in the Retail Sector: Results from a Factorial Randomised Trial in Western Kenya”.  BMJ Global Health. September 2016; 1(2):e000101. [article]