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Economic disruptions, markets and food security
(2020-12-30)
Idiosyncratic and covariate shocks have considerable impacts on household food security and welfare. While impacts of covariate and idiosyncratic shocks have been widely documented, the mitigating role of infrastructure ...
International analyses of natural resource curse and Kazakhstan’s related economic performance with special attention to its wheat and energy sectors
(2015-09-09)
The bottom line of this study is to examine the role of natural resource endowments for economic growth and institutional quality with special focus on Kazakhstan and CIS countries. It is documented that resource rents ...
Farmer Innovation in Rural Ghana: Determinants, Impacts and Identification
(2015-11-23)
Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the key sources of innovation, many studies on ...
Resource Allocation for Health in Tanzania – Determinants and Development Implications
(2015-04-09)
The optimal allocation of scarce resources for health improvement is a crucial factor to lower the burden of disease and to strengthen the productive capacities of people living in developing countries. This research project ...
Empowerment of Girls and Women in Rural Pakistan: Migration, Decision-making and Consciousness
(2020-11-24)
This thesis analyses the effect of migration of men on women and children left behind in rural households in Pakistan. Part one analyses the impact on left-behind women’s participation in household decisions and number of ...
Policies for food security in India: an assessment of current policies and reform options
(2016-09-27)
Ever since India’s independence large-scale government interventions have been drastically shaping the landscape of the food grain sector. From a famine-prone country, India has become a large exporter and stockholder, ...
Water Policy in South Africa: Effects, impacts, and the associated transaction costs in the Olifants Basin
(2016-06-24)
South Africa as a water scarce country recognizes that it is no longer possible to augment existing water supplies. The country has therefore intensified efforts to implement its comprehensive National Water Act, which ...
Economics of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management and Poverty in Eastern Africa: The Extent, Drivers, Costs and Impacts
(2016-05-24)
Land degradation – defined by the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative as a “reduction in the economic value of ecosystem services and goods derived from land” – is a serious impediment to improving rural livelihoods ...
Resilience, collapse and reorganization of a rangeland socio-ecological system in South Africa
(2016-05-24)
Communal rangelands in semi-arid areas are complex socio-ecological systems (SES). Their complexity arises from non-linear feedbacks between the social- and the ecosystem. To understand the social system requires tackling ...
Public Services, Social Protection, and Poverty: Evidence from Indonesia
(2016-04-25)
Although global poverty reduction strategies have achieved some positive results, 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. Two principal strategies are commonly used to tackle poverty: the provision of public ...