This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 18 developing countries over the period 1961-1985. We use a nonparametric, output-based Malmquist index and a parametric variable coefficients Cobb-Douglas production function to examine, whether our estimates confirm results from other...

Theoretical studies indicate that the welfare of the developing countries might either be improved or damaged by the strengthening of their own intellectual property rights. Net gains through their agricultural sectors will be positive if the payoff from new innovations is sufficiently different...

Books reviewed include: Review of World Development Report 2000/2001: "Attacking Poverty", World Bank; CAP Regimes and the European Countryside by F. Brouwer and P. Lowe; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Income Risk Management in Agriculture; Agriculture and Economic Growth:...