may mute their impact on productive investment. In an experiment in Malawi, we cross-cut cash transfers with an "input … fair," designed to reduce transport costs to access agricultural inputs. Cash alone increases investment by 27%, while the … joint provision of cash and the input fair increases investment by about 40%; thus, the incremental effect of the input fair …

prediction in an original data set of whether ethnic groups around the world traditionally prayed for rain. We find that prayer … for rain is more likely among ethnic groups dependent on intensive agriculture for subsistence and that ethnic groups …

environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and … markets, and a core thesis of impact investing that some eligible markets do not receive sufficient investment capital …

agricultural yields and low food prices. Critical to this success has been sustained public sector investment combined with a … decentralized and competitive research system in the US. Recent intellectual property reforms motivated increased private investment …. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …

for drinking, sanitation, and agriculture. Water conservation can be a means to mitigate the economic damages associated …

This paper highlights the role of agriculture in the American economy and society over time and points to farmer …