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Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia

Ali, Daniel Ayalew - 2017

The 2007/08 commodity price boom triggered a ?rush? for land in developing countries. Yet, many affected countries lacked the regulatory infrastructure to cope with such demand and reliable data on investors? performance. This study uses the example of Ethiopia to show how simple improvements in...

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Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection

Lederman, Daniel - 2016

This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce...

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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies in Transport and Agriculture

Commander, Simon - 2017

particular generate in two important sectors?transport and agriculture?in two countries in the Middle East and North Africa, the … Arab Republic of Egypt (transport) and the Republic of Yemen (agriculture). The focus is mainly on the costs associated …

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Land Productivity and Plot Size : Is Measurement Error Driving the Inverse Relationship?

Desiere, Sam - 2020

by trained technicians, and is recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization for the accurate measurement of crop …

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Moving Off the Farm : Land Institutions to Facilitate Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China

Deininger, Klaus W. - 2017

Agriculture has made major contributions to China's economic growth and poverty reduction, but the literature has … households to exit from agriculture or send family members to the non-farm sector. It finds that land tenure insecurity, measured … by the history of past land reallocations, discourages households from quitting agriculture. The recognition of land …

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Collecting the Dirt on Soils : Advancements in Plot-Level Soil Testing and Implications for Agricultural Statistics

Carletto, Calogero; Aynekulu, Ermias; Gourlay, Sydney; … - 2020

Much of the current analysis on agricultural productivity is hampered by the lack of consistent, high quality data on soil health and how it is changing under past and current management. Historically, plot-level statistics derived from household surveys have relied on subjective farmer...

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Urban Infrastructure Investment and Rent-Capture Potentials

Viguie, V. - 2017

In a context of rapid urbanization and energy transition, massive investments will be required to develop efficient public transport networks. Capturing the increase in land value caused by transport infrastructure (for example, through a betterment tax) appears a promising way to finance public...

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Can a Market-Assisted Land Redistribution Program Improve the Lives of the Poor? Evidence from Malawi

Datar, Gayatri - 2017

This paper uses a rural household survey dataset collected in 2006 and 2008 to investigate the impact of a market-based land resettlement project in southern Malawi. The program provided a conditional cash and land transfer to poor families to relocate to larger plots of farm land. The average...

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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh

Samad, Hussain A. - 2017

The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called Infrastructure Development Company Limited and its partner organizations to devise a credit scheme for marketing solar home system units and making these an affordable...

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A Review of Solar Energy : Markets, Economics and Policies

Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017

Solar energy has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years due to both technological improvements resulting in cost reductions and government policies supportive of renewable energy development and utilization. This study analyzes the technical, economic and policy aspects of solar energy...

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