agricultural sector and a significant increase in rice productivity. A resulting increase in output has been associated with a …-ante approaches, the authors investigate the implications of the changes in rice productivity and prices for the welfare of households …. They find that the net effects of increased rice productivity and lower rice prices have benefited the poor. Regardless of …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been … for half of economic growth. Finally, institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally …