This paper aims at testing the impact of the recent oil boom on the performance of grain markets in Niger. In this country transport costs constitute the bulk of trade costs so that the spike in fuel price may negatively affect trade thus leading to shortages and price tensions on local grain...

The objective of this paper is to test the presence of barriers to agricultural trade in West and Central Africa. Despite the political and institutional development that promoted free trade within the customs and monetary unions in this region, the surveys conducted by independent regional...

We examine the consequences of land tenure insecurity on economic growth in Brazil. We use an overlapping generations model with two sectors: an agricultural sector and a manufacturing sector. The technology in each sector relies on a specific production factor and labour: land is specific to...

We examine the consequences of land tenure insecurity on economic growth in Brazil. We use an overlapping generations model with two sectors: an agricultural sector and a manufacturing sector. Land is specific to the agricultural sector and capital goods are specific to the manufacturing sector....