"An examination of privatization from an economic perspective. The authors evaluate the effects of ownership transfer on economic performance and market structure in seven developing countries: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Malawi"--Handbook of...

Analysis of rural households and environmental resources is beset by inadequate data, especially in Africa. Using purpose-collected panel data from Zimbabwe, we demonstrate seven empirical regularities in the rural poverty-environment relationship. Most importantly, environmental resources make...