Laston Petro Manja

Malawi Address:

New Economics Building, Office No. 1

University of Malawi,

Zomba, Malawi

Hi! I am an Economics PhD student, an active member of the Development Economics@Michigan community, and an African Presidential Scholars alumnus at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. I hold a position of Lecturer in Economics (tenure track) at the University of Malawi.

I have previously worked as a consultant with various organizations and international financial institutions, including the World Bank. I completed my MA in Economics and undergraduate studies at the University of Malawi. My current research interests are within issues of development and labor.

Here are links to my key networks: ORCID, Google Scholar, and LinkedIn.

News

Mar 21, 2023	Laston Manja admitted to Michigan's PhD in Economics.
Jan 1, 2021	Laston Manja joins Ford School Research team on Mozambique Project.
Aug 29, 2018	Manja excels in MA to be awarded prestigious World Bank internship

Selected Publications

Working Paper

Payment Delays for Cash Transfers - The Role of Subsistence Constraints

Laston Petro Manja

University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Fellowship 2022

Bib PDF

@article{manja2022,
  author = {Manja, Laston Petro},
  title = {Payment Delays for Cash Transfers - The Role of Subsistence Constraints},
  journal = {University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Fellowship},
  year = {2022},
}

RODE

Does Household Welfare Change with Finance Access? The Case of Women and the Youth in The Gambia.

Laston Petro Manja, and Isatou A. Badjie

Review of Development Economics, 2023

Bib

@article{manjabadjie2023,
  author = {Manja, Laston Petro and Badjie, Isatou A.},
  title = {<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13053">Does Household Welfare Change with Finance Access? The Case of Women and the Youth in The Gambia </a>},
  journal = {Review of Development Economics,},
  pages = {1-41},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13053},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13053},
  eprint = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rode.13053#},
}