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Pathways To Development : What We Know And Don’t Know

Nallari, Raj - In: Development Outreach 13 (2011) 1, pp. 3-7

Sixty years of development experience tells us that the pathways to development are varied, guided by different visions, different strategies, and different definitions of progress. If sustained growth is the measure, then progress has also been mixed. Between 1990 and 2008, the developing...

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Robin Hood's Compromise: The Economics of Moderate Land Reforms

Bandiera, Oriana; Levy, Gilat - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-23

increases productivity, total surplus in the economy, and the welfare of rural workers. Compared to the classic redistribution …

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The Development of Urban Land Policy in China

Ling, Li; Isaac, David - In: Property Management 12 (1994) 4, pp. 12-17

Describes the historical background to urban land policy in China. Since 1979, policies of economic reform have been instituted. In the new “socialist market economy”, incentive‐based competition between enterprises has arisen and managers and workers now have interest and returns more...

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Agricultural Productivity and Land Inequality: Evidence from the Philippines

Bequet, Ludovic - In: The World Bank Economic Review 38 (2024) 2, pp. 229-250

How do agricultural productivity gains affect the distribution of agricultural land? Exploiting three waves of census …

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How Research Can Assist Policy : The Case of Economic Reforms in Uganda

Mackinnon, John; Reinikka, Ritva - In: World Bank Research Observer 17 (2002) 2, pp. 267-292

Research has had a powerful impact on policy in Uganda, affecting the climate of opinion, improving the quality of the policy debate, and helping focus public policy and intervention on poverty reduction. Uganda's successful use of knowledge and research to help set public policy priorities...

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Gender and Agriculture: Inefficiencies, Segregation, and Low Productivity Traps

Croppenstedt, Andre; Goldstein, Markus; Rosas, Nina - In: World Bank Research Observer 28 (2013) 1, pp. 79-109

less likely to be active in commercial farming than their male counterparts. These gender differences in land productivity … services. In this paper, we review the evidence on productivity differences and access to resources. We discuss some of the … productivity of land and overall production are likely to be large. …

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The farmland property rights deformity: the history, reality and reform

Luo, Biliang; Fu, Bo - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 4, pp. 435-458

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize the institutional evolution of China's farmland property rights deformity with its internal logic, analyze its property rights deformity and the invasions of these rights under the family operation background, and puts forward fundamental...

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Land tenure security and land investments in Northwest China

Ma, Xianlei; Heerink, Nico; van Ierland, Ekko; van den … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 2, pp. 281-307

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of perceived land tenure security in China on farmers' decisions to invest in relatively long‐term land quality improvement measures, taking into account the potential endogeneity of tenure security. Design/methodology/approach –...

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A legal and economic analysis of graffiti

D’Amico, Daniel J.; Block, Walter - In: Humanomics 23 (2007) 1, pp. 29-38

Purpose – To analyze the legal, ethical, and economic implications of governmentally criminalized graffiti. Design/methodology/approach – First the paper presents the act of graffiti as a minor form of rebellion against an unjust government according to the criteria of just war theory. Once...

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Kautilya on law, economics and ethics

Sihag, Balbir S. - In: Humanomics 25 (2009) 1, pp. 75-94

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the status of economic analysis of laws relating to property and contracts during ancient times in India. Design/methodology/approach – Modern research tools are used to present Kautilya's ideas on contracts and property. Findings –...

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