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Land Fragmentation, Cropland Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania
Deininger, Klaus - 2017
Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the transition. But many believe it led to a holding structure too fragmented to be efficient, and that public efforts to consolidate plots are needed to lay the foundation for greater...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971501
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Gender and Agriculture : Inefficiencies, Segregation, and Low Productivity Traps
Croppenstedt, Andre - 2017
Women make essential contributions to agriculture in developing countries, where they constitute approximately 43 …
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Moving Off the Farm : Land Institutions to Facilitate Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China
Deininger, Klaus - 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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Agriculture and the Clean Development Mechanism
Larson, Donald F. - 2017
Many experts believe that low-cost mitigation opportunities in agriculture are abundant and comparable in scale to …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972607
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976774
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Can Solar Lanterns Improve Youth Academic Performance? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
Kudo, Yuya - 2017
This study conducted an experimental intervention in unelectrified areas of northern Bangladesh to investigate the effectiveness of solar products in improving children's educational achievement. It found that treated households substituted solar lanterns for kerosene-based lighting products,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964646
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Scaling Up Distributed Solar in Emerging Markets : The Case of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Sakr, Dalia Abdelhamid Mahmoud - 2017
should explore interventions to unlock opportunities in the agriculture and tourism sectors. Third, the government should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951526
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975697