Christopher Udry

16.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
87 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher Udry is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Soil Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Udry has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 32 papers in Soil Science and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher Udry's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (28 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (22 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (18 papers). Christopher Udry is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (28 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (22 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (18 papers). Christopher Udry collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and United Kingdom. Christopher Udry's co-authors include Timothy G. Conley, Markus Goldstein, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei‐Akoto, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Paul Collier, David E. Bloom, Marcel Fafchamps and Pranab Bardhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Udry

80 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana

2010 1.3k citations Timothy G. Conley, Christopher Udry American Economic Review profile →
Gender, Agricultural Production, and the Theory of the Household

1996 769 citations Christopher Udry profile →
Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa

1998 761 citations Christopher Udry et al. profile →
The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana

2008 715 citations Markus Goldstein, Christopher Udry profile →
Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints *

2014 647 citations Dean Karlan, Robert Osei et al. profile →
Risk and Insurance in a Rural Credit Market: An Empirical Investigation in Northern Nigeria

1994 633 citations Christopher Udry profile →
A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

2015 559 citations Dean Karlan, Robert Osei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Udry United States	34	4.1k	3.3k	2.3k	2.1k	2.1k	87	8.8k
Marcel Fafchamps United States	55	5.0k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	199	10.2k
Élisabeth Sadoulet United States	48	3.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	3.5k 1.7×	2.2k 1.0×	175	9.4k
Stefan Dercon United Kingdom	50	3.2k 0.8×	4.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.9×	185	10.5k
Alain de Janvry United States	52	3.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	4.4k 2.1×	2.7k 1.3×	212	11.2k
Michael R. Carter United States	45	2.9k 0.7×	5.2k 1.6×	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	148	9.4k
Agnes Quisumbing United States	59	3.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	4.6k 2.0×	3.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	214	12.2k
Klaus Deininger United States	55	4.0k 1.0×	6.1k 1.9×	1.3k 0.6×	5.1k 2.4×	3.6k 1.7×	284	13.0k
Cheryl R. Doss United States	37	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	107	5.7k
John Hoddinott United States	55	2.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	5.6k 2.4×	1.3k 0.6×	3.6k 1.7×	260	12.8k
Pranab Bardhan United States	45	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	879 0.4×	3.0k 1.5×	168	9.0k

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Blumenstock, Joshua, et al.. (2025). Estimating impact with surveys versus digital traces: Evidence from randomized cash transfers in Togo. Journal of Development Economics. 175. 103477–103477.

Karlan, Dean, et al.. (2024). Unconditional Cash Transfers: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations in Low and Middle Income Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

Wollburg, Philip, et al.. (2024). Crop yields fail to rise in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2312519121–e2312519121. 11 indexed citations

Baldwin, Kate, et al.. (2023). How political insiders lose out when international aid underperforms: Evidence from a participatory development experiment in Ghana. World Development. 169. 106296–106296. 2 indexed citations

Blumenstock, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Estimating Impact with Surveys versus Digital Traces: Evidence from Randomized Cash Transfers in Togo∗. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2022). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana's Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 4(4). 527–545. 8 indexed citations

Karlan, Dean, et al.. (2022). Machine learning and phone data can improve targeting of humanitarian aid. Nature. 603(7903). 864–870. 76 indexed citations

Goldstein, Markus, Dean Karlan, Harounan Kazianga, et al.. (2022). Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty. Nature. 605(7909). 291–297. 44 indexed citations

Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2021). Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Beaman, Lori, Dean Karlan, Bram Thuysbaert, & Christopher Udry. (2014). SelffSelection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Sipsma, Heather, Angela Ofori-Atta, Maureen Canavan, et al.. (2013). Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 288–288. 71 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, et al.. (2012). Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Microenterprise Development. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Isaac Osei‐Akoto, Robert Osei, & Christopher Udry. (2012). Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints. SSRN Electronic Journal. 36 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei‐Akoto, & Christopher Udry. (2012). Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, et al.. (2011). Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 78(1). 37–55. 65 indexed citations

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Conley, Timothy G. & Christopher Udry. (2010). Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana. American Economic Review. 100(1). 35–69. 1275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Udry, Christopher, Michael Wallerstein, Markus Goldstein, et al.. (2006). Development outreach 8 (1) : equity and development. 8. 1–44.

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Bardhan, Pranab & Christopher Udry. (2000). Readings in development microeconomics. MIT Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Aryeetey, Ernest & Christopher Udry. (1997). The characteristics of informal financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of African Economies. 6(1). 161–203. 42 indexed citations

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Aryeetey, Ernest, Lemma W. Senbet, & Christopher Udry. (1997). Financial Liberalisation and Financial Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis. Journal of African Economies. 6(1). 1–28. 5 indexed citations

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