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Trees, Tenure and ConflictTree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also faced disputes with competing claimants and the state. I show that the introduction of Para rubber had similar effects in the Benin...
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Assessment of demand in agro-processing machinery in the SADC regionThis working paper is the fourth in a series that forms part of the project ‘Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development’, a three-year partnership between UNU-WIDER and the South African government aimed at generating a better...
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How does joint evolution of social trust and land administration shape economic outcomes?This paper examines how the interaction of social trust and institutions, such as land administration, affects household economic decisions in Vietnam. Using a panel dataset of rural households from 2008 to 2014, we show that negative consequences of...
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Export Dynamism and Market AccessMarket access liberalization has influenced product-specific growth of world exports and contributed to the shift in the structure of world exports of manufactures towards electrical and electronic goods (including parts and components), goods that...
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Export Dynamism and Market AccessPart of Journal Special Issue Developing Countries in the WTO Regime
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The Value of Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas to Developing CountriesPart of Book The WTO, Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda
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Entrepreneurship and Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee IndustryPart of Journal Special Issue Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries
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Food Price Policy in an Era of Market InstabilityThis book is Open Access and available here. Food price volatility is one of the major challenges facing current and future global food systems. Since 2006, global food prices have fluctuated greatly around an increasing trend and price spikes were...
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The Political Economy of Food Price PolicyPart of Book Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability
Book Chapter
The Political Economy of Food Price PolicyPart of Book Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability
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A Tale of Two CountriesThis paper looks at differences in spatial and temporal variation of rice yields in China and Brazil. We find that rice yields in China have converged over time and that rice production has become more and more homogeneous. In contrast, rice yields...
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Beyond IndustrializationIndustrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place has varied over time, many have agreed with Nicholas Kaldor that the kind of economic growth that leads to high real income per...