higher-income consumers. Urbanization occurs sooner when rural or urban productivity is higher or transport costs are lower … achieves various thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for country fixed effects and neighbors' urbanization using spatial … techniques, we find that the date at which each cell passes each urbanization threshold is positively associated with its …

Abstract: This essay is an evaluation of year one of the Rural Business Development (RBD) program for small rice …

by experience; extension and credit are the major drivers of agricultural efficiency levels in Africa. …

agriculture has encroached into marginal or fragile lands, leaving little room for the expansion of agricultural lands (Kraybill …; However, many extension programs throughout Sub-Saharan Africa have the reputation of being largely ineffective (Dejene 1989 … extension programs in Uganda and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. …

(1) to identify the differences in regional development patterns and (2) to measure the explanatory relevance and effect …