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A Ricardian Analysis of the Distribution of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Agro-ecological Zones in Africa

Seo, Sungno Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel - 2009

This paper examines the distribution of climate change impacts across the sixteen Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZs) of Africa. We combine net revenue from livestock and crops and regress total net revenue on a set of climate, soil, and socio-economic variables with and without country fixed effects....

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Rational expectations? : Evidence from planting decisions in semi-arid India

Giné, Xavier (contributor); Townsend, Robert M. (contributor) - 2008

Rational Expectations? Evidence from Planting Decisions in Semi-Arid India Xavier Giné, Robert M … Rational Expectations? Evidence from Planting Decisions in Semi-Arid India Xavier Gin´e∗ The World Bank Robert M. Townsend U …. of Chicago James Vickery New York Fed First draft: June 11, 2007 This draft: October 22, 2007 Abstract In regions of semi-arid …

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A Ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa

Seo, Sungno Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel; … - 2008

-Ecological Zones. Certainly, desert areas are less suitable for farming except near oases or irrigation infrastructure. Lowland semi-arid … AEZs. The AEZs are classified into dry savannah, humid forest, moist savannah, semi-arid, and sub-humid by the length of … sub humid zones. Farmers earn lower profits in high elevation dry savannah, humid forest, and semi arid zones, the …

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Livelihood risk from HIV in semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh

Gandhi, B. Valentine Joseph (contributor); … - 2008

This paper discusses the livelihood dynamics in the fragile landscape of the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of Andhra Pradesh … ; agriculture ; health ; semi-arid tropics …-92-9230-097-5 Research Paper No. 2008/49 Livelihood Risk from HIV in Semi-Arid Tropics of Rural Andhra Pradesh B. Valentine Joseph …