The primary objective of this report is to review the trends in public investment in Water for Agriculture Production (WfAP) at the national and subnational levels. Specifically, this report aims to i) review the national and sub-national literature on investment in WfAP with specific reference...

In rural Africa and the Middle East, many ecosystems are on the verge of collapse. The interplay of social, ecological, and political-economic forces has compromised the ability of farmers to sustain their precious soil. As a result, farmers, and especially women farmers, face a constant daily...

A vast firm productivity literature finds that otherwise similar firms differ widely in their productivity and that these differences persist through time, with important implications for the broader macroeconomy. These stylized facts derive largely from studies of manufacturing firms in wealthy...