This paper introduces the derived process of the empirical mode that the investment in education has made a good contribution to the economic growth. Based on this point, taking Yongchuan region as an example and depending on the related statistics collected from 1981 to 2008, the paper carries...

This paper examines the impact of spatial connectivity development on household income growth and non-agriculture labor supply, combining household panel data and village census in Indonesia. Empirical results show that the impacts of the improvement of local road quality in the area (positively...

Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit den informellen Märkten für Wasser und Land im landwirtschaftlichen Sektor von Entwicklungsländern mit Schwerpunkt Indien. Im ersten Teil werden mit Methoden der deskriptiven Statistik aufgearbeitete Daten aus einer von der Autorin in Tamil...

An analysis of the present situation of rural areas in general, and of the Romanian ones in particular, represents an endeavour which cannot be undertaken in the absence of a historical analysis of the development of the rural environment, given the fact that the rural space has never been a...

The agrarian reform of 1921 aggravated the contrasts between large, medium, and small-scale land properties, putting once more into focus the fact that the Romanian agricultural economy was based on the large properties, while the social economy was primarily focused on subsistence, which was...

In inter-war Romania, the agrarian reform of 1918-1921 was a topic of research and prioritized debate. A reference event in the modern history of the country, the issue still is, at present, and most likely also in the long term, a topic of historical-economic research of considerable...

This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the Africaregional level. It reviews first the theory and evidence of knowledge and growth spillovers generally andsecond the evidence in the African context. Given the limited and scattered evidence...

Livestock farming is an important facet of agriculture and livelihood in South Africa. It forms the essence of rural agriculture contributing food, socio-economic stability, employment and income. After the liberalization of the agricultural sector and phasing out of past protection mechanisms...

"Watershed governance typically relies on more or less formal inter-organizational networks whose structure is likely to influence the success of cooperation. An emerging body of literature seeks to analyze the role of networks in natural resource management. This paper aims at contributing to...