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The rural non-farm economy, Livelihoods and their

Davis, Junior - EconWPA - 2005

The rural non-farm economy (RNFE) may be defined as comprising all those activities associated with waged work or self-employment in income generating activities (including income in-kind) that are not agricultural but which generate income (including remittances etc.) rural areas. In some...

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Key emerging and conceptual issues in the development of the rural non-farm economy in developing countries and transition economies

Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk - EconWPA - 2005

unable to make a living in agriculture. For these reasons, a healthy RNFE holds out the prospect of improved livelihoods for …

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Empirical Investigation of Autonomy and Motivation

Petrova, Kameliia - EconWPA - 2005

I study the effect of workers' motivation on the firm's choice of how much autonomy employees should be given. The main hypothesis of the paper is that employers give autonomy to workers who are already especially motivated. The empirical work is based on data from Wave 1 of the Health and...

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Coasean economics and the evolution of marine property in Hawaii

kaiser, brooks; roumasset, james - EconWPA - 2004

The standard view that the absence of property rights is inefficient contradicts the Coasean proposition that the relative efficiency of different institutions depends on their ability to economize on transaction costs. Moreover, the comparative theory of open access and private property...

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From Decentralisation of Planning to People's Planning: Experiences of the Indian States of West Bengal and Kerala

Charvak - EconWPA - 2005

From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States that have made significant progress in this area. The...

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Centralization and Decentralization of Public Policy in a Complex Framework

Alfano, Maria Rosaria - EconWPA - 2005

usefulness of new optimizing procedures for the governance of decentralization. The first section of the paper explores both … positive and normative issues related to centralization and decentralization in a globalized framework as well as the … conflicting centralization and decentralization processes. Finally, this paper concludes with an exploration of how a form of in …

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