This paper uses new poverty data based on household level surveys to analyze changes in rural poverty and rural-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the firmer Soviet Union. The paper presents a series of hypotheses to explain differences across...

Decision makers lacking crucial specialist know-how often consult with better informed but biased experts. In our model the decision maker's choice problem is binary and her preferred option depends on the state of the world unknown to her. The expert observes the state and sends a report to the...

Wie kommt die Normativität ins Spiel? Die ordonomische Antwort auf diese Frage lautet lapidar: durch institutionelle Reformen. Wie voraussetzungsreich diese Antwort ist, wird durch einen Vergleich des ordonomischen Forschungsprogramms mit Friedrich Schillers politischer Reformagenda einer...

Using data from 3,120 farm households surveyed in 2000 and 2006, the paper tests for factors that affect the degree and extent of households' participation in the rural land rental market. The survey period coincided with the full implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program...

Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, results show that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on farmer beneficiaries. It has led to higher real per capita incomes and reduced poverty incidence between 1990 and 2000. Compared to nonagrarian...

The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and poverty reduction strategies. It covers issues related to agriculture, forest and urban lands, land administration and management and government...

Die Ausbreitung des neuartigen Corona-Virus (SARS-CoV-2) stellt die Welt vor große und bislang nicht gekannte Herausforderungen. Nachdem das Virus im Dezember 2019 in China zum ersten Mal beobachtet wurde, breitet es sich inzwischen weltweit aus. Zur Eindämmung des Virus wurden in vielen...