Trudy Owens

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15477
• fax0115 95 14159
• trudy.owens@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Trudy joined the School of Economics in February 2004 as a Lecturer. Her interests are in applied microeconomic research focusing on poverty, growth and non-governmental organisations in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. She is also working on the economics of Multiple Sclerosis in association with the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. She has published in Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Bank Economic Review, World Development and Journal of Development Studies.

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Recent Publications

• RONELLE BURGER and TRUDY OWENS, 2013. Receive grants or perish?: the survival prospects of Ugandan non-governmental organisations Journal of Development Studies.
• OWENS T, EVANGELOU N and WHYNES DK, 2012. Rationing and deprivation: disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom. The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care. (In Press.)
• LEYARO, V., MORRISSEY, O. and OWENS, T., 2010. Food prices, tax reforms and consumer welfare in Tanzania 1991–2007 International Tax and Public Finance. 17(4), 430-450
• BURGER, R. and OWENS, T., 2010. Promoting transparency in the NGO sector: examining the availability and reliability of self-reported data World Development. 38(9), 1263-1277

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• RONELLE BURGER and TRUDY OWENS, 2013. Receive grants or perish?: the survival prospects of Ugandan non-governmental organisations Journal of Development Studies.
• OWENS T, EVANGELOU N and WHYNES DK, 2012. Rationing and deprivation: disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom. The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care. (In Press.)
• LEYARO, V., MORRISSEY, O. and OWENS, T., 2010. Food prices, tax reforms and consumer welfare in Tanzania 1991–2007 International Tax and Public Finance. 17(4), 430-450
• BURGER, R. and OWENS, T., 2010. Promoting transparency in the NGO sector: examining the availability and reliability of self-reported data World Development. 38(9), 1263-1277
• RONELLE BURGER AND TRUDY OWENS, 2009. Socio-economic development and NGOs. In: ANHEIER, H., TOEPLER, S. AND LIST, R, ed., International Encyclopedia of Civil Society Springer.
• FAFCHAMPS, M. and OWENS, T., 2009. The determinants of funding to Ugandan nongovernmental organizations World Bank Economic Review. 23(2), 295-321
• BARR, A., FAFCHAMPS, M. and OWENS, T., 2005. The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda World Development. 33(4), 657-679
• OWENS, T., 2004. External support during the transition phase: roles for humanitarian aid and development assistance from a village perspective World Development. 32(10), 1711-1733
• OWENS, T., HODDINOTT, J. and KINSEY, B., 2003. The impact of agricultural extension on farm production in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe Economic Development and Cultural Change. 51(2), 337-357
• OWENS, T., HODDINOTT, J. and KINSEY, B., 2003. Ex-ante actions and ex-post public responses to drought shocks: evidence and simulations from Zimbabwe World Development. 31(7), 1239-1255
• GUNNING, J. W., HODDINOTT, J., KINSEY, B. and OWENS, T., 2000. Revisiting Forever Gained: Income Dynamics in the Resettlement Areas of Zimbabwe, 1983-96 Journal of Development Studies. VOL 36(PART 6), 131-154
• TRUDY OWENS AND ADRIAN WOOD, 1997. Export-oriented industrialisation through primary processing World Development. 25(9),