Development Economics and Policy – serie
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35 produkter
35 produkter
Del 20 - Development Economics & Policy
Optimal Allocation and Use of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin: Multi-Country and Intersectoral Analyses
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
837 kr
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Del 28 - Development Economics & Policy
Financial Markets for Small Enterprises in Urban and Rural Northern Thailand
Empirical Analysis on the Demand for and Supply of Financial Services, with Particular Emphasis on the Determinants of Credit Access and Borrower Transaction Costs
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
596 kr
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Del 24 - Development Economics and Policy
Lebensmittelkonsum Und -Konsumtrends in China
Eine Empirische Analyse Auf Der Basis Oekonometrischer Nachfragemodelle
Häftad, Tyska, 2002
609 kr
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Del 27 - Development Economics & Policy
Use and Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries' Small Businesses
Evidence from Indian Small Scale Industry
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
609 kr
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Del 30 - Development Economics & Policy
Institutional and Welfare Aspects of the Provision and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh and Peru
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
710 kr
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Del 31 - Development Economics & Policy
Transition in Vietnam
Impact of the Rural Reform Process on an Ethnic Minority
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
824 kr
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Del 32 - Development Economics & Policy
Economic Analysis of Decentralisation in Rural Ghana
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
493 kr
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Del 34 - Development Economics & Policy
Costs of Illness, Demand for Medical Care, and the Prospect of Community Health Insurance Schemes in the Rural Areas of Ethiopia
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
668 kr
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Del 44 - Development Economics and Policy
«Corruption Begets Corruption»
Zur Dynamik Und Persistenz Der Korruption
Häftad, Tyska, 2004
569 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2005
876 kr
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Del 49 - Development Economics & Policy
Determinants of Success of Collective Action on Local Commons
An Empirical Analysis of Community-based Irrigation Management in Northern Ghana
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
552 kr
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Del 60 - Development Economics & Policy
Economics of Gender and the Household in Developing Countries
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
406 kr
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This study focuses on gender differences and their implications for household decision making in terms of production, consumption, fertility and the measurement of welfare. Using econometric approaches, the study reveals that different preferences as well as unequal access to resources determine the outcomes of household decisions. However, preferences and responses to inequality are not static but change depending on risk behavior and the institutional setting as demonstrated with examples from agricultural production and household demand for consumption goods. The means to translate preferences into actual demand depend on the bargaining power married women have in household decision making. Furthermore, the results reveal that apparent gender differences in terms of demand lead to an identification problem of adult equivalence scales, when these are estimated using demand data.
Del 53 - Development Economics & Policy
Agricultural Policy and Soil Fertility Management in the Maize-based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
557 kr
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Del 51 - Development Economics & Policy
Effects of Gender Inequality in Resource Ownership and Access on Household Welfare and Food Security in Kenya
A Case Study of West Pokot District
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
596 kr
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Del 55 - Development Economics & Policy
Impact of EU Free Trade Agreements on Economic Development and Regional Integration in Southern Africa
The Example of EU-SACU Trade Relations
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
976 kr
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Del 56 - Development Economics & Policy
Modelling Infrastructure Investments, Growth and Poverty Impact
A Two-region Computable General Equilibrium Perspective on Vietnam
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
569 kr
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Del 57 - Development Economics & Policy
Coping with the Coffee Crisis
An Analysis of the Production and Marketing Performance of Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
552 kr
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Del 63 - Development Economics & Policy
Opening Up Knowledge Production through Participatory Research?
Agricultural Research for Vietnam’s Northern Uplands
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
736 kr
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Participatory approaches to project planning and implementation have been hotly debated in development cooperation and policy circles since the 1980s. This book contributes to the debate by focusing on international, development-oriented agricultural research. Based on fieldwork in rural northern Vietnam and interviews with researchers in Vietnam and Germany, the book analyzes the manifold meanings associated with the concept of participatory research, and the hurdles participatory research must overcome in practice. It demonstrates the need to recognize multiple meanings of ‘participation’ in a multicultural actor constellation, the importance of political and research institutions in governing researchers’ work, and the potential of participatory methods to contribute to ethically and methodologically sound research practice.
Del 61 - Development Economics & Policy
Land Property Rights and Natural Resource Use
An Analysis of Household Behavior in Rural China
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
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The general objective of this volume is to assess the effects of China’s rural land property system on land allocation and land use. For almost 30 years, farmers have individual land use rights, but a number of problems remain. Land reallocations cause tenure insecurity and an underinvestment in land. Land use rights are not allowed to be used as collateral for accessing credit. Furthermore, women are discriminated in the land allocation process. These issues are analyzed at the household as well as the village level. The results show that there exists significant heterogeneity rather than a uniform tenure system. The emerging land rental market can mitigate some of the defects of the land tenure system, but there exist administrative restrictions as well as information deficits which should be overcome by suitable institutional innovations.
Del 62 - Development Economics & Policy
Rural Development through Carbon Finance
Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol- Assessing Smallholder Participation by Structural Equation Modeling
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
904 kr
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In a timely contribution to the international discussion of the post-Kyoto climate regime this study hypothesizes that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the land use and forestry sector are an efficient instrument for climate change mitigation that contributes to rural development and poverty alleviation at the same time. To this end, the study analyzes socio-economic aspects of a forestry project established under the CDM rules considering an East African case study exemplarily. An agricultural household survey in Tanzania delivered the empirical data for the structural equation model at the center of the analysis. Looking at different farm assets it is shown that the benefits of land use-related climate projects go way beyond pure mitigation. They also have a positive impact on a very broad asset base on which poor farm households depend. Hence, the current CDM only allowing for afforestation and reforestation projects is far too restricted to deliver on its twin objective.
Del 68 - Development Economics & Policy
Education, Child Labor and Human Capital Formation in Selected Urban and Rural Settings of Pakistan
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
429 kr
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Education is essential for human resource development and sustainable socio-economic development of a society, as it can facilitate economic growth through the broader application of knowledge, skills, and the creative strength of a society. The other positive and long-term outcomes of education include the reduction of poverty and inequality, improvement of health status and good governance in the implementation of socio-economic policies. Keeping in view the role that education through human capital formation can play in the development of Pakistan where the population of the children below 14 years old is about 35 percent of the total population; this study aims at delineating the factors that are obstructing the educational activities of the children below the age of 14 years. Furthermore, the main research interest in this study was to see how pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors are impeding the process of human capital formation. The results indicate that variables such as parental education and perceptions of secular and non-secular education, role of mother in domestic authority, believe in tribal norms, religiosity of the head-of-household, child age and gender, and proximity to school are playing a significant role in the choice of childhood activities.
Del 66 - Development Economics & Policy
Economics of Land Degradation
Toward an Integrated Global Assessment
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
651 kr
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Land degradation is increasingly considered as a global problem. The extent of degraded and degrading areas adversely impacts on large numbers of people and leads to significant social and economic costs, thus raising the questions: In which way is it worth taking action against land degradation? Where and when should action take place, and what are costs related to certain actions? For policy makers it is important to know the social and economic costs linked to the current and future status of land degradation. A conceptual framework that allows comparing the costs of action against land degradation versus the costs of inaction is provided in this book. The applicability of the framework is illustrated with case studies and prepares the ground for a global assessment on the costs of land degradation.
Del 69 - Development Economics & Policy
Household Food Consumption, Women’s Asset and Food Policy in Indonesia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
670 kr
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This study addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, the study reveals that food expenditure patterns, particularly those of the poor households, warrant food policy attention. The poor households spent more on alcohol and tobacco goods when their income increased. The impact evaluation of the «Rice for the Poor» program reveals that the program enabled beneficiaries to increase expenditures on nutrient-rich, animal source foods; however, unintended program impacts also exist. The analysis of gender roles indicates that resource distribution and power relations within households are important considerations in the development of food policy.
Del 70 - Development Economics & Policy
China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
Evolution, Design and Impacts
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
654 kr
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The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. It holds the primary objective of insuring rural residents against catastrophic health expenses, protecting them from impoverishment caused by medical expenses. The objective of this study, therefore, is to explore variation in the determinants of household enrolment in this scheme and the impact of enrolment on health care utilization and medical expenditures in three large geographic regions in China and further to simulate the reimbursement package design in order to achieve better financing protection and policy effectiveness.
Del 73 - Development Economics & Policy
Assessment of Pesticide Use Reduction Strategies for Thai Highland Agriculture
Combining Econometrics and Agent-based Modelling
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
763 kr
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This study combines econometrics and agent-based modelling to evaluate the impacts of a range of pesticide use reduction strategies in the context of Thai highland agriculture. Pesticide productivity and pesticide overuse are quantified, while determinants of the adoption of innovations in pesticide use reduction are estimated. On that basis, the Mathematical Programming-based Multi Agent System (MPMAS), a bio-economic simulation model, is used to ex-ante assess the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in combination with a series of market-based instruments that boost the transition to more sustainable pest control practices. The MPMAS simulation results demonstrate that, over five years, it is possible to bring down levels of pesticide use significantly without income trade-offs for farm agents. A proportional tax, increasing the price of synthetic pesticides by 50% on average, together with bio-pesticide subsidies for IPM proves to be the most cost-effective and practicable policy package. IPM practices are adopted by up to 75% of farm agents and pesticide use reductions reach up to 34%.
Del 74 - Development Economics & Policy
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
868 kr
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This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia’s future energy security with a focus on long-term model of the energy sector, and institutional arrangements required for decentralized energy initiatives. Data from Ethiopian rural households reveal negative welfare effects associated with traditional biomass energy utilization, while increases in the opportunity cost of fuelwood collection is associated negatively with allocation of labour to agriculture and fuelwood use. It appears that investment on integrated energy source diversification improves sustainability and resilience, but increases production cost. Innovations that improve alternative sources reduce production cost, improve energy security, and thus serve as an engine of economic growth.
Del 75 - Development Economics & Policy
Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare
Evidence from the Shoe and Flower Cluster in Ethiopia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
757 kr
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The author examines the productivity, profitability and welfare effects of industrial clustering and a public policy promoting industrial clusters in Ethiopia. He uses reliable counterfactuals as well as original enterprise and worker level data. By investigating the effect of firm, time, entrepreneur and site specific factors as well as endogenous location choice issues, the author finds strong evidence for the existence of significant agglomeration economies in the Ethiopia leather footwear cluster. Using primary survey data collected from firms which benefited from the cluster policy and those that did not, both before and after the implementation of the policy, the author shows the unintended negative impact of a cluster prompting policy in Ethiopia. The book is essential reading for those who are interested in the gender and welfare impact of female full time labor force participation in industrial jobs.
Del 76 - Development Economics & Policy
Impact of Technological Innovation on the Poor
Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture in Bangladesh
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
786 kr
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The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year panel data from indigenous households in the northern and north-western regions of Bangladesh. By different panel estimation methods he analyses the IAA value chain participation dynamics and indicates that education and household size, access to extensions and market information, community-based organisations (CBO) membership are positively associated with participation and continuing participation in IAA value chain activities. Welfare impact results indicate that IAA value chain participation is positively correlated to household income and consumption frequency of some goods, particularly fish. Assessment of the comparative socio-environmental impacts of rice monoculture and rice-fish based IAA practices suggests that rice-fish based IAA is a sustainable alternative to rice monoculture.
Del 77 - Development Economics & Policy
Private Sector and the Marginalized Poor
An Assessment of the Potential Role of Business in Reducing Poverty and Marginality in Rural Ethiopia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
868 kr
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The book examines the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia by providing improved agricultural inputs to marginalized poor farmers. By creating a marginality map the author analyzes who and where the marginalized poor are. Data from a household survey about purchasing behavior, demand and needs indicates that this group can be a promising market segment for the private sector if adequate business models are applied. Yet, an analysis of the institutions governing agricultural input markets shows that investments by the private sector are discouraged by de facto monopolies of the government on crucial elements of the different supply chains, including seed breeding, fertilizer imports and finance.
Del 78 - Development Economics & Policy
Biomass Energy Economics and Rural Livelihood in Sichuan, China
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
627 kr
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This book presents a study focusing on household biomass energy use and its impacts on livelihoods in rural China. It advances the literature by triangulating the existing econometric approaches to robustly analyze energy using behaviors at the micro level. Based on a developed agricultural household model, it firstly investigates the determinants of household energy choice behaviors by analyzing household revealed and stated preferences. On the production side, it tests the competition between biomass collection and agricultural production by estimating the profit function. And finally, it examines the effects of price changes in exogenous markets on household biomass energy using behaviors by jointly estimating household consumption, production and labor allocation decisions.