Agha Ali Akram

Publications

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Accepted, Revise & Resubmit, or Submitted:

• ​Keshaviah, A., Akram, A., Rizmie, D., Raxter, I., Hasan, R., Rahman, Z., Suchana, A. J.,  Jahan, F., Rahman, A., Rahman, M., Rahman, M., Diamond, M. B., & D'Agostino, A. L. (2025). A cost-benefit analysis of using wastewater monitoring to guide typhoid vaccine campaigns. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines. Revise and Resubmit.

 

• Akram, A. A., Abidoye, B. & Banda, A. (2025). Do effective weather information-based climate change adaptations for farmers exist? Evidence from Malawi. Working paper (available upon request).

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• Akram, A. & Thampanishvong, K. (2025). Balancing Climate Change Adaptation and Profitability in Agriculture: The potential of a diversification-based climate adaption from Thailand. Submitted (under review).​

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• Khalid, H., Akram, A., Fox, A. M. & (2025). Lotteries are an effective strategy for increasing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Experimental evidence from Pakistan. Submitted (under review). Primary Health Care Research & Development.

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• Akram, A. A., Khan, M., Bari, F. & Khanum, A. (2025). Could young women hold the key to increasing contraceptive demand? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Lahore, Pakistan. Submitted (under review).

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​Published:

• Akram, A. A., Abidoye, B., Kannan, S. & Omotoso, K. (2025). The impact of climate change on African agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Accepted. Climatic Change.

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• Khalid, H., Firdous, U., Jadoon, A., Stecher, C., Akram, A. A., & Fox, A. M. (2024). Can high-profile endorsements improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake and reduce hesitancy in Pakistan?. SSM-Health Systems, 3, 100020.

  • See also:​ Public Trust and the Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)​

 

• Akram, A. A., & Majid, H. (2024). Inclusivity, Gender, and Learning Gains: Are Online Education Platforms the Answer?. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 7(4), 319-330.

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• Shonchoy, A. S., Akram, A. A., Khan, M., Khalid, H., Mazhar, S., Khan, A., & Kurosaki, T. (2023). A Community Health Worker–Based Intervention on Anthropometric Outcomes of Children Aged 3 to 21 Months in Urban Pakistan, 2019–2021. American Journal of Public Health, 113(1), 105-114.

  • See also:

    • "Alleviating Childhood Stunting in Pakistan", Episode 18 CERP Podcasts

    • "High-Frequency Nutrition Counseling & Growth Monitoring to Address Childhood Stunting: Evidence from Pakistan", World Bank policy brief

    • "Pakistan: An RCT to assess effectiveness of the in-home Growth Monitoring Tool (GroMoTo) in addressing chronic childhood undernutrition in Pakistan", World Bank

    • Project website

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• Akram, A. A., & Mendelsohn, R. (2021). Akram, A. A., & Mendelsohn, R. (2021). Diaries to Increase the Adoption of Chlorine Tablets for Water Purification by Poor Households. Water Economics and Policy, 7(02), 1-34.

  • See also:

    • “Reducing Early Childhood Diarrhea Through Improved Learning”, DefeatDD

    • “New Ways of Reducing Early Childhood Diarrhea (aka: Do Poop Charts Work?)”, Evidence Action

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• Hasan, S. M., Akram, A. A., & Jeuland, M. A. (2021). Increasing Willingness to Pay for Urban Drinking Water Service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan. Utilities Policy, 71(2021).

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• Akram, A. A., & Mendelsohn, R. (2017). Agricultural water allocation efficiency in a developing country canal irrigation system. Environment and Development Economics, 22(5), 571-593.

  • See also:

    • Making Irrigation Work for Farmers. Panel discussion at the Consortium for Development Policy Research

    • How much are farmers losing from inefficient irrigation? Developing Pakistan Blog

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• Akram, A. A. (2013). Is a surface-water market physically feasible in Pakistan’s Indus Basin Irrigation System?. Water International, 38(5), 552-570.

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• Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Wielgosz, Benjamin, Zaidi, Fatima, Ringler, Claudia, Akram, Agha Ali, Bell, Andrew Reid and Issermann, Maikel, (2013). The policy landscape of agricultural water management in Pakistan. No. 1265, IFPRI Discussion Papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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• Akram, A. A., & Olmstead, S. M. (2011). The value of household water service quality in Lahore, Pakistan. Environmental and Resource Economics, 49(2), 173-198.

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• Jahangir Ikram, M., & Akram, A. A. (2007). Air pollution monitoring through a volunteer internet-based network. Environment and Urbanisation, 19(1), 225-241.

  • See also:​

    • Pakistan Air Sensor Network Provides Rare Access to Pollution Data. Yale Environment 360.​​

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