Nele Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 355456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nele Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nele |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Livestock Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2946-5771 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 273 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Anticipatory action and pastoralism in Africa: A synthesis of current challenges, opportunities, and priorities
This article synthesises the current situation vis‐à‐vis the aid modality of anticipatory action in pastoralist settings. Broadly comprising pre‐planned, pre‐financed interventions triggered by early warning systems and aimed at reducing the impacts of crises, anticipatory action has been effective at reducing the impact of shocks in multiple settings (particularly sudden‐onset shocks such as floods and cyclones). Yet, it has seemingly failed to …
Experiments in response-ability: Integrative medicine, rebel doctors and expanding repertoires of care
Recent years have seen the progressive expansion of Integrative Medicine (IM) as a self-proclaimed movement of medical professionals aiming to radically re-orient medicine's reductionist focus on disease and treatment towards a new approach centred on health and healing. Despite its increasing mainstream visibility, IM remains under-theorised in the social sciences and is often dismissed as a repackaged version of Complementary and Alternative Me…
Index-based Livestock insurance to support pastoralists against droughts
How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis
Women’s empowerment is a critical factor for nutrition and health outcomes. • There is no consensus on how empowerment should be measured. • With data from a single sample of Kenyan women, we compare five empowerment metrics. • We find striking differences between these common empowerment metrics. • Metric choice dramatically influences which women are identified as empowered. Research has identified women’s empowerment as a critical factor for n…
The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context
To make a difference in lower-income countries, agricultural innovations must be adopted and ultimately diffused across diverse local environments. This study contributes to the ongoing debate about the factors limiting the spread of agricultural innovations by considering the role of heterogenous supply in determining observed demand for the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product, which is a commercial insurance product serving historica…
Adapting the Women’s empowerment in nutrition index: Lessons from Kenya
Women face a disproportionate burden of malnutrition and food insecurity. Research has shown that women's empowerment can buffer women against nutritional problems. This paper contributes to ongoing efforts to measure women's empowerment that are both context-sensitive and universal, focusing on the recently developed Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). Earlier research has shown it is both a valid construct and positively related to d…
Assessing Mbiotisho: A smartphone application used to collect high‐frequency health and nutrition data from difficult‐to‐reach populations
There is an urgent need for improved and timely health and nutrition data. We developed and tested a smartphone application that caregivers from a pastoral population used to measure, record and submit high-frequency and longitudinal health and nutrition information on themselves and their children. The data were assessed by comparing caregiver-submitted measurements of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to several benchmark data sets, including …
Dynamics of improved agricultural technologies adoption: The chicken and maize paradox in Ethiopia
Empirical evidence on the dynamics of technology adoption generates additional insights. • There is contrasting evidence on the true state dependence of improved chicken and maize adoption decisions. • Technology generation and dissemination efforts seem inclined to crop production than livestock. • Unlike improved maize, existing technology generation, multiplication, and delivery systems for improved chicken look inadequate. • Introducing conte…
More-than-national and less-than-global: The biochemical infrastructure of vaccine manufacturing
The recent efforts to mount an R&D response to public health emergencies of international concern have led to the formation of what we term a biochemical infrastructure of vaccine development and production. In principle, this infrastructure is expected not only to curtail existing pandemics but also anticipate and contain yet-to-emerge future threats. Critically, by nature of its geographical distribution and technical modularity, that infrastru…
Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia
Competing Expectations in an Index-Based Livestock Insurance Project
Despite donor enthusiasm for index-based microinsurance, globally, pilots have struggled to realise its promises. This paper considers the Kenyan Index-Based Livestock Insurance pilot, investigating the competing expectations held by actors including (re)insurers, researchers, donors, NGOs, and pastoralists. We explore expectations’ impacts on partner involvement, project outcomes, sales, and the future outlook for Kenyan livestock insurance. Qua…
Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought
Quantifying household resilience with high frequency data: Temporal dynamics and methodological options
How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya
Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya
From Under the Wheels of the Juggernaut: Global Health Networks, Gold Standards and the Possibilities for Social Science Critique
At a recent Global Health conference, the plenary speaker, Melissa Leach, made the following observation: If the Ebola epidemic of 2014–15 has marked a defining moment for global health, highlighti
Political Risk, Democratic Institutions, and Foreign Direct Investment
There is a renewed interest in how political risk affects multinational corporations operating in emerging markets. Much of this research has focused on the relationship between democratic institutions and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Yet the existing studies suffer from data problems that only allow for indirect evidence of the relationship between political institutions and political risk. In this paper I utilize price data from po…
Electoral Competition and Agricultural Support in OECD Countries
Agricultural trade protectionism in developed countries remains a politically charged issue, yet few studies have attempted to explain the political dynamics behind this important trade issue. We consider agricultural subsidies as a type of distributive policy that targets the agricultural sector at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. Based on Cox (1987, 1990) and Myerson (1993), we argue that electoral systems that encourage politicians to a…
Federal Institutions and Multinational Investors: Federalism, Government Credibility, and Foreign Direct Investment
Political risk is an important factor in the decision to invest abroad. While the investment potential might be lucrative, there is always the risk that the host government will expropriate the profits and assets of the foreign investor. Political institutions, however, can serve as constraints on the actions of political actors in the host country. We argue that federal structures lower political risk. Joint-reputational accountability in overla…
Fiscal Federalism and International Capital: The Effects of Fiscal Federalism on Foreign Direct Investment and Sovereign Dept Ratings
Although the study of federalism has become one of the most intensely studied areas in economics and political science, no consensus has emerged on the impact of fiscal federalism on macroeconomic performance. I focus on one specific element of the debate- the role of fiscally federal institutions in allowing a country access to international capital markets. In an empirical analysis of 60 countries from 1975-1995 I find fiscal federalism has no …
Political Risk, Democratic Institutions, and Foreign Direct Investment
There is a renewed interest in how political risk affects multinational corporations operating in emerging markets. Much of this research has focused on the relationship between democratic institutions and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Yet the existing studies suffer from data problems that only allow for indirect evidence of the relationship between political institutions and political risk. In this paper I utilize price data from po…
Electoral Competition and Agricultural Support in OECD Countries
Agricultural trade protectionism in developed countries remains a politically charged issue, yet few studies have attempted to explain the political dynamics behind this important trade issue. We consider agricultural subsidies as a type of distributive policy that targets the agricultural sector at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. Based on Cox (1987, 1990) and Myerson (1993), we argue that electoral systems that encourage politicians to a…
Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya
Quantifying household resilience with high frequency data: Temporal dynamics and methodological options
Federal Institutions and Multinational Investors: Federalism, Government Credibility, and Foreign Direct Investment
Political risk is an important factor in the decision to invest abroad. While the investment potential might be lucrative, there is always the risk that the host government will expropriate the profits and assets of the foreign investor. Political institutions, however, can serve as constraints on the actions of political actors in the host country. We argue that federal structures lower political risk. Joint-reputational accountability in overla…
How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya
More-than-national and less-than-global: The biochemical infrastructure of vaccine manufacturing
The recent efforts to mount an R&D response to public health emergencies of international concern have led to the formation of what we term a biochemical infrastructure of vaccine development and production. In principle, this infrastructure is expected not only to curtail existing pandemics but also anticipate and contain yet-to-emerge future threats. Critically, by nature of its geographical distribution and technical modularity, that infrastru…
Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought
How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis
Women’s empowerment is a critical factor for nutrition and health outcomes. • There is no consensus on how empowerment should be measured. • With data from a single sample of Kenyan women, we compare five empowerment metrics. • We find striking differences between these common empowerment metrics. • Metric choice dramatically influences which women are identified as empowered. Research has identified women’s empowerment as a critical factor for n…
The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context
To make a difference in lower-income countries, agricultural innovations must be adopted and ultimately diffused across diverse local environments. This study contributes to the ongoing debate about the factors limiting the spread of agricultural innovations by considering the role of heterogenous supply in determining observed demand for the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product, which is a commercial insurance product serving historica…
Adapting the Women’s empowerment in nutrition index: Lessons from Kenya
Women face a disproportionate burden of malnutrition and food insecurity. Research has shown that women's empowerment can buffer women against nutritional problems. This paper contributes to ongoing efforts to measure women's empowerment that are both context-sensitive and universal, focusing on the recently developed Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). Earlier research has shown it is both a valid construct and positively related to d…
Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia
From Under the Wheels of the Juggernaut: Global Health Networks, Gold Standards and the Possibilities for Social Science Critique
At a recent Global Health conference, the plenary speaker, Melissa Leach, made the following observation: If the Ebola epidemic of 2014–15 has marked a defining moment for global health, highlighti
Fiscal Federalism and International Capital: The Effects of Fiscal Federalism on Foreign Direct Investment and Sovereign Dept Ratings
Although the study of federalism has become one of the most intensely studied areas in economics and political science, no consensus has emerged on the impact of fiscal federalism on macroeconomic performance. I focus on one specific element of the debate- the role of fiscally federal institutions in allowing a country access to international capital markets. In an empirical analysis of 60 countries from 1975-1995 I find fiscal federalism has no …
Federal Institutions and Multinational Investors: Federalism, Government Credibility, and Foreign Direct Investment
Political risk is an important factor in the decision to invest abroad. While the investment potential might be lucrative, there is always the risk that the host government will expropriate the profits and assets of the foreign investor. Political institutions, however, can serve as constraints on the actions of political actors in the host country. We argue that federal structures lower political risk. Joint-reputational accountability in overla…
Fiscal Federalism and International Capital: The Effects of Fiscal Federalism on Foreign Direct Investment and Sovereign Dept Ratings
Although the study of federalism has become one of the most intensely studied areas in economics and political science, no consensus has emerged on the impact of fiscal federalism on macroeconomic performance. I focus on one specific element of the debate- the role of fiscally federal institutions in allowing a country access to international capital markets. In an empirical analysis of 60 countries from 1975-1995 I find fiscal federalism has no …
Electoral Competition and Agricultural Support in OECD Countries
Agricultural trade protectionism in developed countries remains a politically charged issue, yet few studies have attempted to explain the political dynamics behind this important trade issue. We consider agricultural subsidies as a type of distributive policy that targets the agricultural sector at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. Based on Cox (1987, 1990) and Myerson (1993), we argue that electoral systems that encourage politicians to a…
Political Risk, Democratic Institutions, and Foreign Direct Investment
There is a renewed interest in how political risk affects multinational corporations operating in emerging markets. Much of this research has focused on the relationship between democratic institutions and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Yet the existing studies suffer from data problems that only allow for indirect evidence of the relationship between political institutions and political risk. In this paper I utilize price data from po…
From Under the Wheels of the Juggernaut: Global Health Networks, Gold Standards and the Possibilities for Social Science Critique
At a recent Global Health conference, the plenary speaker, Melissa Leach, made the following observation: If the Ebola epidemic of 2014–15 has marked a defining moment for global health, highlighti
Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya
How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya
Competing Expectations in an Index-Based Livestock Insurance Project
Despite donor enthusiasm for index-based microinsurance, globally, pilots have struggled to realise its promises. This paper considers the Kenyan Index-Based Livestock Insurance pilot, investigating the competing expectations held by actors including (re)insurers, researchers, donors, NGOs, and pastoralists. We explore expectations’ impacts on partner involvement, project outcomes, sales, and the future outlook for Kenyan livestock insurance. Qua…
Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought
Quantifying household resilience with high frequency data: Temporal dynamics and methodological options
Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia
Assessing Mbiotisho: A smartphone application used to collect high‐frequency health and nutrition data from difficult‐to‐reach populations
There is an urgent need for improved and timely health and nutrition data. We developed and tested a smartphone application that caregivers from a pastoral population used to measure, record and submit high-frequency and longitudinal health and nutrition information on themselves and their children. The data were assessed by comparing caregiver-submitted measurements of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to several benchmark data sets, including …
Dynamics of improved agricultural technologies adoption: The chicken and maize paradox in Ethiopia
Empirical evidence on the dynamics of technology adoption generates additional insights. • There is contrasting evidence on the true state dependence of improved chicken and maize adoption decisions. • Technology generation and dissemination efforts seem inclined to crop production than livestock. • Unlike improved maize, existing technology generation, multiplication, and delivery systems for improved chicken look inadequate. • Introducing conte…
More-than-national and less-than-global: The biochemical infrastructure of vaccine manufacturing
The recent efforts to mount an R&D response to public health emergencies of international concern have led to the formation of what we term a biochemical infrastructure of vaccine development and production. In principle, this infrastructure is expected not only to curtail existing pandemics but also anticipate and contain yet-to-emerge future threats. Critically, by nature of its geographical distribution and technical modularity, that infrastru…
How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis
Women’s empowerment is a critical factor for nutrition and health outcomes. • There is no consensus on how empowerment should be measured. • With data from a single sample of Kenyan women, we compare five empowerment metrics. • We find striking differences between these common empowerment metrics. • Metric choice dramatically influences which women are identified as empowered. Research has identified women’s empowerment as a critical factor for n…
The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context
To make a difference in lower-income countries, agricultural innovations must be adopted and ultimately diffused across diverse local environments. This study contributes to the ongoing debate about the factors limiting the spread of agricultural innovations by considering the role of heterogenous supply in determining observed demand for the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product, which is a commercial insurance product serving historica…
Adapting the Women’s empowerment in nutrition index: Lessons from Kenya
Women face a disproportionate burden of malnutrition and food insecurity. Research has shown that women's empowerment can buffer women against nutritional problems. This paper contributes to ongoing efforts to measure women's empowerment that are both context-sensitive and universal, focusing on the recently developed Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). Earlier research has shown it is both a valid construct and positively related to d…
Index-based Livestock insurance to support pastoralists against droughts
Anticipatory action and pastoralism in Africa: A synthesis of current challenges, opportunities, and priorities
This article synthesises the current situation vis‐à‐vis the aid modality of anticipatory action in pastoralist settings. Broadly comprising pre‐planned, pre‐financed interventions triggered by early warning systems and aimed at reducing the impacts of crises, anticipatory action has been effective at reducing the impact of shocks in multiple settings (particularly sudden‐onset shocks such as floods and cyclones). Yet, it has seemingly failed to …
Experiments in response-ability: Integrative medicine, rebel doctors and expanding repertoires of care
Recent years have seen the progressive expansion of Integrative Medicine (IM) as a self-proclaimed movement of medical professionals aiming to radically re-orient medicine's reductionist focus on disease and treatment towards a new approach centred on health and healing. Despite its increasing mainstream visibility, IM remains under-theorised in the social sciences and is often dismissed as a repackaged version of Complementary and Alternative Me…
Economics (16 works) · Business (11 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Finance (6 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 works) · Actuarial science (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Livestock (5 works)