recipient's level of income or quality of institutions and policies; we find that short-impact aid causes growth, on average … with stronger institutions or longer life expectancies (better health). We also find a significant negative relationship …

income of land, the fixed capital formation in the industrial sector, the development of the credit markets, the literature …

land quality and input use. These findings suggest that farmers optimally choose to employ inputs less intensively in lower …-quality lands under sharecropping and, then, these lands end up being less productive. Land- quality selection bias (as opposite to …

This paper uses valuation data from Quotable Value New Zealand to examine changes in the value of the rural land in New … Zealand between 1989 and 2003. The value of rural land reflects the profitability of agriculture as well as the returns to … alternative land uses, and has a large impact on the prosperity of rural areas. The paper highlights the importance of both …

indigenous population and the rest two are inhabited by immigrants Muslim population from Bangladesh) this study aims at knowing … groups of villages (Group-1 consisting indigenous population and Group-2 consisting the immigrants from Bangladesh) can be … the land) as well as the sources of income harnessed by them. The inhabitants of Group-2 villages, once they have enough …

defined property rights, resulting from delayed land reform. Our empirical analysis shows that the decline in agricultural …