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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel

Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010. Results from preceding cross-sectional analyses are found to be robust: (a) rising consumptions for all but the top decile were associated with increased...

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The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics

Burgess, Robin; Hansen, Matthew; Olken, Benjamin; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and threatens the world … incentives of local bureaucrats and politicians who enforce forest policy may be critical to combating tropical deforestation. We … with increased deforestation and with lower prices in local wood markets, consistent with a model of Cournot competition …

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Export Restrictions and Price Insulation During Commodity Price Booms

Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world prices. If this is done by countries accounting for a large share of the market, its effect is offset by increases in world price volatility. This study shows the nature of the...

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Asia’s Growth, the Changing Geography of World Trade, and Food Security: Projections to 2030

Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with...

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Emerging Economies, Productivity Growth, and Trade with Resource-Rich Economies by 2030

Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Rapid economic growth in some emerging economies in recent decades has significantly increased their global economic importance. If this rapid growth continues and is strongest in resource-poor Asian economies, the growth in global demand for imports of primary products also will continue, to...

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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

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Human Development in Africa: A Long-run Perspective

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Long-run trends in Africa’s well-being are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to … experienced in other developing regions. Within Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has fallen steadily behind the North since mid-20th …

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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no …

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Land deals in Africa: pioneers and speculators

Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...

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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …

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