Development Economics & Policy – serie
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Optimal Allocation and Use of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin: Multi-Country and Intersectoral Analyses
Häftad, 2001
885 kr
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Efficient, equitable and sustainable water management at the river basin level plays a crucial role in solving growing water shortages. However, water allocation decisions are highly complex due to the temporal and spatial variation in supply and demand. The increasing competition for water among …
Institutional and Welfare Aspects of the Provision and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh and Peru
Av Shyamal Chowdhury, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2002
750 kr
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Information and communication technologies, henceforth ICTs, have received enormous attention in recent times. During the decade of the 90s, there was a significant expansion in ICT infrastructure both in the context of industrialized and developing countries. Notwithstanding these facts, a …
Transition in Vietnam
Impact of the Rural Reform Process on an Ethnic Minority
Häftad, 2002
851 kr
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This book presents an analysis of the transition process with particular emphasis on the agricultural sector in Vietnam. Focusing on the ethnic minority of the Black Thai in the mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, the impact of the rural reform process on their livelihood is examined. The …
Economics of On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity in Ethiopia
Incentives, Attribute Preferences and Opportunity Costs of Maintaining Local Varieties of Crops
Av Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye, F. J. Heidhues m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
934 kr
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The issue of maintaining a diverse gene pool in the form of crop varieties is very topical world wide. This is caused by the potential benefit of crop genetic resources for addressing future demand emanating from unforeseen agricultural problems. This volume is mainly concerned with on-farm …
Economics of Gender and the Household in Developing Countries
Häftad, 2008
433 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 …
Modelling Infrastructure Investments, Growth and Poverty Impact
A Two-Region Computable General Equilibrium Perspective on Vietnam
Av Clemens Breisinger, Franz Heidhues
Häftad, 2006
606 kr
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Evaluation pro-poor growth enhancing investments in infrastructure and rural development requires comprehensive appraisal tools. Traditional methods have taken a project or sector perspective that did not capture economy-wide effects. However, in addition to inter-sectoral effects, large-scale …
Opening Up Knowledge Production through Participatory Research?
Agricultural Research for Vietnam’s Northern Uplands
Häftad, 2009
778 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 …
Rural Development through Carbon Finance
Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol- Assessing Smallholder Participation by Structural Equation Modeling
Häftad, 2009
963 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 …
Economics of Land Degradation
Toward an Integrated Global Assessment
Av Ephraim Nkonya, Nicolas Gerber m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
673 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? …
Household Food Consumption, Women’s Asset and Food Policy in Indonesia
Inbunden, 2013
709 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 …
China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
Evolution, Design and Impacts
Av Dan Liu
Inbunden, 2014
697 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 …
Assessment of Pesticide Use Reduction Strategies for Thai Highland Agriculture
Combining Econometrics and Agent-based Modelling
Inbunden, 2015
807 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 …
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
Av Dawit Guta
Inbunden, 2015
926 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 …
Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare
Evidence from the Shoe and Flower Cluster in Ethiopia
Inbunden, 2016
807 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, …
Impact of Technological Innovation on the Poor
Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture in Bangladesh
Inbunden, 2016
813 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 …
Private Sector and the Marginalized Poor
An Assessment of the Potential Role of Business in Reducing Poverty and Marginality in Rural Ethiopia
Inbunden, 2016
897 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 …
Biomass Energy Economics and Rural Livelihood in Sichuan, China
Av Qiu Chen
Inbunden, 2018
669 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 …
Economy-Wide Policy Modeling of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Identifying Synergies and Tradeoffs on Food, Energy, and Water Security in Malawi
Inbunden, 2018
774 kr
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The volume contributes to the food-energy-water nexus by developing modeling frameworks for ex-ante policy simulation. The frameworks are used to analyze four policies - biofuels production, irrigation expansion, improved cookstoves and agroforestry - that provide a large scope for realizing …
Consumption Choices
The effects of food production, markets and preferences on diets in India
Av Till Ludwig
Inbunden, 2019
716 kr
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Rural areas in developing countries have the world’s highest rates of undernutrition. Based on primary data from an innovative new study in India, this book unravels the complex and manifold causes for the prevalence of weak local diets, breaking down why food consumption choices of rural …
Collateral Damage Autocracy?
On the Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Political System
Inbunden, 2020
748 kr
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Anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that economic sanctions, a popular tool of modern foreign policy, have a negative collateral damage to the political system of the target state. However, it is not clear under which circumstances sanctions have an autocratizing effect. Newer data on …
Von Den Potenzialen Zur Realitaet: Wie Die Afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion Gesteigert Werden Kann
Investitionen Und Politische Prioritaeten Fuer Eine Ausreichende, Naehrstoffreiche Und Nachhaltige Lebensmittelversorgung
Inbunden, 2022
887 kr
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Zur Steigerung der Nahrungsmittelproduktion in Afrika sind Investitionen in die berufliche Bildung, Agrarforschung, Digitalisierung, Mechanisierung, nachhaltige Landnutzung und Kleinbewässerung nötig. Zugang zu Kapital und Märkten muss verbessert, politische Stabilität gewährleistet, Bauernverbände …
From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production
Investment and policy priorities for sufficient, nutritious and sustainable food supplies
Av Joachim von Braun, Assefa Admassie m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
897 kr
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This book identifies ways in which Africa can realize its potential to secure a supply of food for affordable and healthy diets through the sustainable use of its own resources. The focus is on investment, cooperation, and policy action. The agenda proposed here is intended to be a long-term one, …
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
Av Wolfram Erhardt, Franz Heidhues
Häftad, 2002
630 kr
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This study examines the demand for and supply of financial services for small entrepreneurs in Northern Thailand. Particular emphasis is placed on credit technologies deployed by formal and informal institutions and on determinants of credit access and borrower transaction costs. The study …
Lebensmittelkonsum Und -Konsumtrends in China
Eine Empirische Analyse Auf Der Basis Oekonometrischer Nachfragemodelle
Av Mingzhi Sheng, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2002
649 kr
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Use and Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries’ Small Businesses
Evidence from Indian Small Scale Industry
Av Dietrich Müller-Falcke, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2002
629 kr
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Small businesses constitute an important part of developing countries’ economies. They are considered to operate on low technological levels. However, in the growing discussion on information and communication technologies (ICTs) and economic development small businesses have been identified as …
Economic Analysis of Decentralisation in Rural Ghana
Av Felix Asante, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2003
521 kr
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Many countries around the world have been attempting – for several reasons and with various degrees of intention and success – to create or strengthen local governments in recent years. Ghana is one of these countries and since 1998 has been going through a decentralisation process, that is moving …
Costs of Illness, Demand for Medical Care, and the Prospect of Community Health Insurance Schemes in the Rural Areas of Ethiopia
Av Abay Asfaw, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2003
705 kr
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After the ‘Health for All’ declaration of the Alma Ata conference, many countries in the developing world have been trying to provide basic health services to their population. However, it has become increasingly clear that due to market failure, state failure, and other reasons, the conventional …
«Corruption Begets Corruption»
Zur Dynamik Und Persistenz Der Korruption
Av Thomas Herzfeld, Franz Heidhues
Häftad, 2004
587 kr
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Diese Studie untersucht die Dynamik und Persistenz der Korruption im internationalen Vergleich. Dazu werden fünf verschiedene subjektive Korruptionsindikatoren mit Hilfe zwei verschiedener Methoden ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse der Kerndichteschätzung zeigen eine zweigipflige Verteilung der …
Determinants of Success of Collective Action on Local Commons
An Empirical Analysis of Community-Based Irrigation Management in Northern Ghana
Av Kadir Osman Gyasi, Franz Heidhues
Häftad, 2005
570 kr
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The growing recognition of the potential of local institutions to assure the sustainability of natural resources has motivated the devolution of the management and responsibility over local commons from the state to local user groups. In Ghana, farmer management of irrigation systems has become an …
Agricultural Policy and Soil Fertility Management in the Maize-based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi
Av Hardwick Tchale, Joachim Von Braun
Häftad, 2006
606 kr
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This study assesses the impact of agricultural policy on soil fertility management and productivity in the smallholder maize-based farming system in Malawi. The study applies econometric and farm household modeling to address three specific objectives: to characterize factors affecting farmers’ …
