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Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices
Investments in infrastructure – such as roads – typically aim to reduce transport costs, stimulate trade, and make new production activities viable. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the need for such investments is widely acknowledged ...
Infrastructure Agriculture MozambiqueResearch Brief
How can agro-processing value chains be developed to strengthen regional integration in Southern Africa?Regional integration in Africa has potential for increasing regional trade and contribute towards industrialization and economic development...
Regional integration Agriculture Agro-processingWorking Paper
Influence of institutional factors on the performance of the agricultural sector in MozambiqueThis paper is a review of the institutions and the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, using an analysis table adapted to the assessment of the connections between the institutions and economic development...
Agriculture Environment InstitutionsJournal Article
Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Insurance Agriculture RiskJournal Article
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculturePart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Viet Nam Agriculture MisallocationWorking Paper
Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovationSome entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption...
Innovation Technology Agricultural technologyWorking Paper
Agro-processing, value chains, and regional integration in Southern AfricaRegional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread...
Regional integration Agriculture Agro-processingWorking Paper
Hidden from the data: Landholding patterns and women’s low work participation rates in West Bengal, IndiaCompared with most other Indian states, women’s reported work participation rates have historically been low in West Bengal. This trend is more prominent in rural areas...
Women's work Women's work participation rates AgricultureSeminar
Rugazia Nyombi on rural economy diversification and its effects on food securityRugazia Nyombi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 November. Abstract - Rural economy Diversification and Its Effects on Food Security of Households in Tanzania Agriculture has for long dominated Tanzania’s rural economic setup with...
Seminar
Jakob Svensson on the low quality trap: evidence from the market for maize in UgandaJakob Svensson will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 16 October 2019. Abstract - The low quality trap: evidence from the market for maize in Uganda Agriculture remains the main source of income for the large majority of the world’s poor...
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Agricultural development, trade, and income distribution: A 2015 social accounting matrix multiplier decomposition approach for MozambiqueThis paper considers the impact of agriculture and international trade development on income distribution and economic activity in Mozambique...
Agriculture Income distribution Multiplier effectsWorking Paper
Exploring the potential for growth and trade in fruit and oilseed-to-edible oils value chains following political shifts in ZimbabweZimbabwe’s persistent economic challenges since the early 1990s have been largely attributed to unpopular political decisions at the expense of building productive capacity in different sectors of the economy...
Agriculture Edible oils OilseedsJournal Article
Agricultural extension, intra-household allocation and malariaCan agricultural development programs improve health-related outcomes? We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of a large-scale agricultural extensionprogram in Uganda to causally identify its effects on malaria...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentJournal Article
Legal Empowerment of the Poor through Property Rights Reform: Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Property Land RightsJournal Article
Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from MozambiqueThe impact of commercial farms on smallholders in developing countries remains highly controversial...
Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economicsWorking Paper
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agricultureWe examine important changes in agriculture in Vietnam in the context of ongoing structural changes in the economy...
Agriculture Misallocation Productivity