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Transition in Vietnam
Bio-economics of Sustainable Land Management in Uganda
Land degradation is a serious economic and environmental threat contributing to declining agricultural productivity, poverty and food insecurity. The extent and rate to which land …
Performance and Impact of Microfinance
This study assesses the performance and impact of microfinance from group lending schemes with joint liability in Malawi. The study applies econometric models to technology …
The Outcomes and Their Determinants from Community-company Contracting Over Forest Use in Post-decentralization Indonesia
Decentralization in Indonesia allowed forest-dependent communities to legally trade in their customary forest rights for a share in timber rents. Despite uncertain property rights, …
Rural Development through Carbon Finance
In a timely contribution to the international discussion of the post-Kyoto climate regime this study hypothesizes that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the land use …
China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. It holds the primary objective of insuring rural …
The Impact of EU Free Trade Agreements on Economic Development and Regional Integration in Southern Africa
North-South Free Trade Agreements are supposed to improve African countries' access to competitive inputs and consumer goods, to assist in creating an enabling trading environment …
The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Rural Households
Despite the plethora of discussions on the potentials of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, efforts to bridge the so-called digital divide have …
Coping with the Coffee Crisis
At the turn of the millennium, world coffee prices dropped to their lowest levels in 30 years giving rise to the most severe crisis experienced by the coffee sector. The study …
The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Farm Households in China
Observing the dramatic development and distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China, it is increasingly recognized that these technologies are an …
Operational Assessment of Monetary Poverty by Proxy Means Tests
Despite the concern among donors, governments and practitioners about their success in reaching the poor, the lack of reliable low-cost tools makes it difficult to determine if …
Impact of Technological Innovation on the Poor
The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year panel data from indigenous …