The book examines the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia by providing improved agricultural inputs to marginalized poor farmers. By creating a margin
The author examines the productivity, profitability and welfare effects of industrial clustering and a public policy promoting industrial clusters in Ethiopia. He uses reliable counterfactuals as well
This book presents a study focusing on household biomass energy use and its impacts on livelihoods in rural China. It advances the literature by triangulating the existing econometric approaches to ro
This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia’s future energy security with a focus on long-term model of the energy sector, and institutio
Grovermann presents students, academics, researchers, policy makers, and professionals working in a variety of contexts with a econometric and agent-based study of the impacts of a wide range of agric
This study by an African scholar looks at the challenges of commercializing small subsistence farms in Kenya for larger markets. The author points out that agriculture and related trades are the major
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 households in the norther
This study is particularly concerned with the education system in Pakistan for youth ages 5 to 14 and its effect on the economic development of the country. The country is suffering economically, and
The rise of China and India is rapidly reshaping the world economy, with far-reaching implications for every national and regional government, business community, and individual citizen.Arising from
Across the world, while income inequality among countries is declining, there is clear evidence that health related inequities are on the increase. Health is a key component of an individual's wellbe
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw many reflect on the political, economic and socialchanges of recent years. The legacy of communism andthe economic prospects of post-commun
The "development credibility" of the current trade regime in general, and the WTO in particular, is at stake. The Doha Round aims to reverse the brewing scepticism by providing a reliable engine of tr
