Robert Townsend

1.1k total citations
47 papers, 613 citations indexed

About

Robert Townsend is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Townsend has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 613 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 10 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Robert Townsend's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (10 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (10 papers). Robert Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (10 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (10 papers). Robert Townsend collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Robert Townsend's co-authors include Colin Thirtle, Johann F. Kirsten, Nick Vink, David Hadley, Jenifer Piesse, Christopher L. Delgado, Rui Benfica, Maria Lee, J. van Zyl and Steven Jaffee and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Agricultural Economics and Applied Economics.

In The Last Decade

Robert Townsend

46 papers receiving 503 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Townsend South Africa 16 223 170 125 111 91 47 613
David Norman United States 15 305 1.4× 241 1.4× 104 0.8× 47 0.4× 94 1.0× 44 794
Praduman Kumar India 14 331 1.5× 194 1.1× 199 1.6× 40 0.4× 63 0.7× 47 649
Micah B. Masuku Eswatini 14 226 1.0× 113 0.7× 117 0.9× 50 0.5× 114 1.3× 50 568
Sulaiman Yusuf Nigeria 13 182 0.8× 225 1.3× 100 0.8× 76 0.7× 54 0.6× 56 647
Nicholas E. Rada United States 12 368 1.7× 195 1.1× 238 1.9× 81 0.7× 55 0.6× 37 708
A.J. Oskam Netherlands 13 285 1.3× 254 1.5× 155 1.2× 49 0.4× 80 0.9× 58 695
Madhur Gautam United States 16 377 1.7× 216 1.3× 224 1.8× 52 0.5× 95 1.0× 33 760
Alain Carpentier France 12 314 1.4× 319 1.9× 101 0.8× 119 1.1× 40 0.4× 18 647
David L. Debertin United States 13 357 1.6× 399 2.3× 109 0.9× 59 0.5× 45 0.5× 72 957
Lokman Zaibet Oman 15 104 0.5× 135 0.8× 71 0.6× 67 0.6× 60 0.7× 44 669

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Townsend

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Townsend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Townsend

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Townsend. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Townsend based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Townsend. Robert Townsend is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (2019). Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes. 1–44. 28 indexed citations
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Slavchevska, Vanya, et al.. (2018). Male outmigration and women's work and empowerment in agriculture : the case of Nepal and Senegal. 1–88. 6 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (2018). Future of food : maximizing finance for development in agricultural value chains. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 1–44. 19 indexed citations
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Fernandes, E. C. M., et al.. (2015). Future of food : shaping a climate-smart global food system. 1–32. 18 indexed citations
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Delgado, Christopher L., Robert Townsend, & Sergiy Zorya. (2012). Transmission of global food prices to domestic prices in developing countries : why it matters, how it works, and why it should be enhanced. 1–8. 7 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (2009). Impact of climate change on rice production in Southeast Asia: Towards better farmer production functions. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 6(37). 372044–372044. 2 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (2009). Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Thailand. American Economic Review. 99(2). 205–210. 53 indexed citations
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Thirtle, Colin, Robert Townsend, & Johan van Zÿl. (1999). Testing the Induced Innovation Hypothesis in South African Agriculture (An Error Correction Approach). World Bank policy research working paper. 4 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (1999). CATTLE IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES IN SOUTH AFRICA: MEASURING THE RETURNS TO RESEARCH INVESTMENTS. Agrekon. 38(1). 2 indexed citations
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Thirtle, Colin, et al.. (1999). THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S EXPENDITURES. Agrekon. 38(sup1). 143–155. 1 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert. (1999). Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Challenges. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 33 indexed citations
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Thirtle, Colin, et al.. (1998). THE RATE OF RETURN ON EXPENDITURES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC). Agrekon. 37(4). 612–622. 26 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert & Scott McDonald. (1998). Biased Policies, Agriculture and Income Distribution in South Africa: A Social Accounting Matrix Approach. Studies in Economics and Econometrics. 22(1). 91–114. 5 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert & J. van Zyl. (1998). Stages of growth in the South African economy: The role of agriculture. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. 1(2). 204–218. 2 indexed citations
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Thirtle, Colin, et al.. (1998). Testing The Induced Innovation Hypothesis: An Application to UK Agriculture, 1953–90. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 6(1). 1–28. 7 indexed citations
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Townsend, Robert, et al.. (1998). Biases of Technical Change in South African Agriculture: A Cost Function Approach. Studies in Economics and Econometrics. 22(2). 15–27. 4 indexed citations
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Piesse, Jenifer, et al.. (1997). HERD SIZE AND EFFICIENCY ON MIXED CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMS: CASE STUDIES OF CHIWESHE AND GOKWE, ZIMBABWE. Agrekon. 36(1). 59–80. 1 indexed citations
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Thirtle, Colin, et al.. (1995). Accounting for Productivity Differences in European Agriculture: Cointegration, Multilateral TFPs and R&D Spillovers. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 652–669. 9 indexed citations

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