reforms in Fujian, China that began in 2002. The different extent of the reform and its different timing across regions … management responses to forest certification. The results of this paper have wide implications to policymakers in China and … risks and poverty need to be coupled with such reforms in order to increase investment in long-term, productivity enhancing …

There are only few states in the United States where state income relies heavily on tourism industry, and Vermont is … agriculturally based rural community, which provide an excellent opportunity for tourism industry development. Vermont economy also … sustain tourism industry in Vermont helps to preserve rural community environment as well as nature beauty in Vermont …

In this paper, we investigate factors affecting total household consumption and poverty in Uganda using household … effects of particular policies on the national poverty rate, we developed a simulation model from our regression estimates …

poverty, and relative deprivation among smallholder maize growers in Zambia. The analysis contributes to the literature by …

large price shocks with respect to poverty analysis. Using a Ugandan household survey data set and an estimated flexible … similar consumption side poverty impact analyses. Second, to provide a sense of the magnitude in the loss of fidelity from … using a less flexible instead of a more flexible demand system within computable general equilibrium analyses of poverty …

reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife’s income provided by the husband and wife are in agreement in only … poverty. …

A procedure is developed to examine the ex-post impacts of improved maize varieties on poverty in rural Ethiopia. Yield … effects to identify the counterfactual income distribution without improved maize arieties. Poverty impacts are estimated as … the differences in poverty indices computed using observed and counterfactual income distributions. Improved maize …

reducing rural poverty among their objectives, but are ISPs achieving these objectives? We use data from two nationally …, poverty severity, and the probability of household income falling below the US$2 and US$1.25/capita/day poverty lines. Results … substantively reduce the probability or severity of poverty. …