This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation in Viet Nam. We … combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data. We study … deforestation holding constant the average intensive tenure (average share of land held in tenure among those with land title). We …

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper … argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour … Africa intersect with voting behaviour and political party development. -- Africa ; democratization ; political parties …

This paper revisits the link between exchange rate regimes and trade in the context of Africa's exchange rate … Africa's experience with that of the world. Our results suggest that both currency unions and direct pegs promote bilateral … trade in Africa vis-à-vis more flexible exchange rate regimes,and that their effect is almost double for the region than …

-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital … ; absorptive capacity ; technology ; Africa …

. -- tourism ; economic growth ; Africa ; panel vector autoregression …

Over the past two decades, donors increasingly linked foreign aid to democracy objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet … and how foreign aid affects the process of democratic consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa by examining two potential … consolidation. Economic aid, on the other hand, has no effect on democratic consolidation. -- Africa ; democratic consolidation …

change in Africa. Africa's development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical …