De Matteis, Alessandro, Ellis, Frank and Valdes, Ivan (2017) The relevance of market prices for the design of transfer programs in response to food insecurity. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 66. pp. 202-211. ISSN 1062-9769
Ellis, Frank (2012) 'We Are All Poor Here': Economic difference, social divisiveness, and targeting cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (2). pp. 201-214. ISSN 0022-0388
Ellis, Frank and Manda, Elizabeth (2012) Seasonal food crises and policy responses: A narrative account of three food security crises in Malawi. World Development, 40 (7). pp. 1407-1417.
Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Mitchell, Tom and Ellis, Frank (2008) Avoiding repetition: Time for CBA to engage with the livelihoods literature? IDS Bulletin, 39 (4). pp. 53-59. ISSN 1759-5436
Ellis, Frank (2006) Agrarian change and rising vulnerability in rural sub-Saharan Africa. New Political Economy, 11 (3). pp. 387-397. ISSN 1356-3467
Iversen, Vegard, Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge, Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Ellis, Frank and James, Robert (2006) Private tax collection—remnant of the past or a way forward? Evidence from rural Uganda. Public Administration and Development, 26 (4). pp. 317-328. ISSN 0271-2075
Bahiigwa, G., Mdoe, N. and Ellis, F. (2005) Livelihoods research findings and agriculture-led growth. IDS Bulletin, 36 (2). pp. 115-120. ISSN 0265-5012
Ade Freeman, H., Ellis, F. and Allison, E. (2004) Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Kenya. Development Policy Review, 22 (2). pp. 147-171. ISSN 0950-6764
Ellis, Frank and Freeman, H. Ade (2004) Rural livelihoods and poverty reduction strategies in four African countries. Journal of Development Studies, 40 (4). pp. 1-30. ISSN 0022-0388
Ellis, Frank, Kutengule, Milton and Nyasulu, Alfred (2003) Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Malawi. World Development, 31 (9). pp. 1495-1510. ISSN 0305-750X
Ellis, Frank and Bahiigwa, Godfrey (2003) Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Uganda. World Development, 31 (6). pp. 997-1013. ISSN 0305-750X
Ellis, Frank and Mdoe, N.S. (2003) Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania. World Development, 31 (8). ISSN 0305-750X
Allison, E.H. and Ellis, F. (2001) The livelihoods approach and management of small-scale fisheries. Marine Policy, 25 (5). pp. 377-388. ISSN 0308-597X
Ellis, Frank (1998) Survey Article: Household Strategies and Rural Livelihood Diversification. Journal of Development Studies, 35 (1). pp. 1-38. ISSN 0022-0388
Ellis, Frank, Senanayake, Piyadasa and Smith, Marisol (1997) Food price policy in Sri Lanka. Food Policy, 22 (1). pp. 81-96. ISSN 0306-9192
Ellis, F. (2010) Strategic dimensions of rural poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. In: The Comparative Political Economy of Development (Chapter 3). Routledge Studies in Development Economics series . Routledge, UK, pp. 47-63. ISBN 978-0-415-55288-2
Ellis, F. (2006) Rural Poverty Reduction. In: The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978 1 84720 624 4
Ellis, Frank (2006) Livelihoods Approach. In: The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978 1 84720 624 4
Ellis, Frank (2006) Vulnerability and Coping. In: The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978 1 84720 624 4
Ellis, Frank (2008) 'We are all poor here’: economic difference, social divisiveness, and targeting cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Social Protection for the Poorest in Africa: Learning from Experience, 2008-09-08 - 2008-09-10.
Ellis, Frank, Devereux, Stephen and White, Philip (2009) Social protection in Africa. Edward Elgar, UK. ISBN 978 1 84844 258 0
Woldehanna, T., Hoddinott, J., Ellis, Frank and Dercon, S (2008) Dynamics of Growth and Poverty in Ethiopia (1995/96-2004/05). Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), Addis Ababa.
Cross, S. and Ellis, Frank (2006) Local Government Taxation Reform in Tanzania: A Poverty and Social Impact Analysis. The World Bank, Washington D.C.
Ellis, Frank and Woldehanna, T. (2005) Ethiopia Participatory Poverty Assessment 2004-05. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), Addis Ababa.
Ellis, Frank (2000) Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Ellis, Frank (1993) Peasant Economics: Farm Households and Agrarian Development. Cambridge University Press.
Ellis, Frank (1992) Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries. Cambridge University Press.