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      The Outcomes and Their Determinants from Community-company Contracting Over Forest Use in Post-decentralization Indonesia

      Charles Palmer,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun

      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, communities engaged in negotiations with firms…

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      Costs of Illness, Demand for Medical Care and the Prospect of Community Health Insurance Schemes in the Rural Ares of Ethiopia: Development Economics and Policy Vol 34

      Abay Asfaw

      Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien. After the ‘Health for All’ declaration of the Alma Ata conference, many countries in the developing world have been trying to provide…

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      Health Insurance Demand and Health Risk Management in Rural China

      Yuansheng Jiang

      Good health is widely believed to be intimately associated with economic growth and development. A number of governments of developing countries have been combating poverty and boosting development through providing…

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      An International Nutrition Index: Concept and Analyses of Food Insecurity and Undernutrition at Country Levels

      Doris Wiesmann

      Hunger and malnutrition are the plight of millions of people, especially in developing countries. This study argues that the lack of a comprehensive measure for nutrition and food security has…

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      Bio-Economics of Sustainable Land Management in Uganda

      Johannes Woelcke

      Contents: Land degradation and farm household economics - Agriculture in Uganda: development constraints and opportunities - Integrated approach to bio-economic modeling in Eastern Uganda - Economic and ecological impacts of…

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      The Economics of Volunteer Labor Supply: An Application to Countries of a Different Development Level

      Susanne Ziemek

      Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)–Justus Liebig-Universiteat Giessen, 2003.

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      Biotechnology and Value-Added Traits in Food Crops: Relevance for Developing Countries and Economic Analysis

      Roukayatou Zimmermann

      Staple food crops can be genetically modified to produce higher amounts of micronutrients or antigens as edible vaccines. Such new crop traits - enhancing the nutritional quality of the food…

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      Regional Integration Beyond the Traditional Trade Benefits–Labor Mobility Contribution: The Case of Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire

      Adama Konseiga

      The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) seeks at changing the weak intra-regional trade and the strong disparities between countries. How to achieve such an objective, given the heterogeneous…

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      Modelling Infrastructure Investments, Growth and Poverty Impact: A Two-Region Computable General Equilibrium Perspective on Vietnam

      Clemens Breisinger

      Evaluation pro-poor growth enhancing investments in infrastructure and rural development requires comprehensive appraisal tools. Traditional methods have taken a project or sector perspective that did not capture economy-wide effects. However…

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      Effects of Gender Inequality in Resource Ownership and Access on Household Welfare and Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of West Pokot District

      Pamela Marinda

      This volume has one broad objective: to assess gender-based inequalities with respect to access to and control of land, financial and human capital and how these factors affect household welfare…

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      The Impact of Eu Free Trade Agreements on Economic Development and Regional Integration in Southern Africa: The Example of Eu-Sacu Trade Relations

      Mareike Meyn

      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 and to help to improve…

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      Transition in Vietnam: Impact of the Rural Reform Process on an Ethnic Minority

      Annette Luibrand,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Von Braun

      Contents: Transition process in Vietnam - Study on the Black Thai - Ethnic Minority Group in Northern Vietnam - Impact of the Rural Reform Process on the Livelihood - Farming…

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      Rural Off-farm Employment and Its Effects on Adoption of Labor Intensive Soil Conserving Measures in Tanzania

      John Kedi Mduma,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun

      This study analyzes two related aspects: households’ participation in off-farm employment as a livelihood strategy and the effects of participation in off-farm employment on households’ adoption of labor intensive soil…

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      Determinants of Commercial Orientation and Sustainability of Agricultural Production of the Individual Farms in Romania

      Borbala E. Balint,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun

      Subsistence farming, a widespread phenomenon in developing countries, emerged as well in Central and East European and former Soviet Union countries during their transformation process from a centrally planned to…

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      Transition in Vietnam: Impact of the Rural Reform Process on an Ethnic Minority

      Annette Luibrand,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Von Braun

      Contents: Transition process in Vietnam - Study on the Black Thai - Ethnic Minority Group in Northern Vietnam - Impact of the Rural Reform Process on the Livelihood - Farming…

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      The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (Icts) on Rural Households

      GI-Soon Song

      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 suffered from the lack of convincing…

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      Incentives in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes

      F Markus Kaiser

      The author presents a promising tool to increase the coverage rate of community-based health insurance schemes (CBHI) and access to medical care for poor population groups in developing countries. He…

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      An Economic Analysis of Public Good Provision in Rural Russia: The Case of Education and Health Care

      Daniela Lohlein

      Adequate access to public goods plays an important role in the economic and rural development of any country. For the transition countries, however, providing public goods is particularly problematic owing…

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      The Economics of Rural Health Insurance: The Effects of Formal and Informal Risk-Sharing Schemes in Ghana

      Isaac Osei-Akoto

      Many households in Ghana are exposed to risks from preventable diseases, poor weather, and economic mismanagement but they have limited access to quality health care because of existing ineffective financing…

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      Agricultural Trade Liberalization in the Wto and Its Poverty Implications: A Study of Rural Households in Northern Vietnam

      Sabine Daude

      This volume analyzes poverty implications of agricultural liberalization commitments of the WTO. The chosen micro-macro approach examines the link between international trade liberalization policies and impacts at household level. The…

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      Determinants of Success of Collective Action on Local Commons: An Empirical Analysis of Community-Based Irrigation Management in Northern Ghana

      Kadir Osman Gyasi

      The growing recognition of the potential of local institutions to assure the sustainability of natural resources has motivated the devolution of the management and responsibility over local commons from the…

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      Land Property Rights and Natural Resource Use: An Analysis of Household Behavior in Rural China

      Stephan Piotrowski,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun,Professor Manfred Zeller

      Originally presented as the author’s dissertation (doctoral)–University of Hohenheim, 2008.

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      Economics of Micronutrient Malnutrition: The Demand for Nutrients in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Olivier Ecker,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun,Professor Manfred Zeller

      Micronutrient malnutrition is a serious public health problem, especially in developing countries. Hence, evaluating the nutritional impacts of market and policy changes requires more than just a calorie focus. This…

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      Operational Assessment of Monetary Poverty by Proxy Means Tests: The Example of Peru

      Julia Johannsen,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun,Professor Manfred Zeller

      Originallly presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)–Universiteat Geottingen, 2008.

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      Determinants of Commercial Orientation and Sustainability of Agricultural Production of the Individual Farms in Romania

      Borbala E Balint,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

      Subsistence farming, a widespread phenomenon in developing countries, emerged as well in Central and East European and former Soviet Union countries during their transformation process from a centrally planned to…

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      The Impact of Policy Reform and Institutional Transformation on Agricultural Performance: An Economic Study of Ethiopian Agriculture

      Tadesse Beyene,Beyene Tadesse Ferenji

      Inspired by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, many less developed countries have carried out economic policy reforms and institutional changes. However, it has become increasingly clear that…

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      Agricultural Policy and Soil Fertility Management in the Maize-Based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi

      Hardwick Tchale,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun (Bar-Ilan University, Israel),H Tchale

      This study assesses the impact of agricultural policy on soil fertility management and productivity in the smallholder maize-based farming system in Malawi. The study applies econometric and farm household modeling…

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      Rural Off-Farm Employment and Its Effects on Adoption of Labor Intensive Soil Conserving Measures in Tanzania

      John Kedi Mduma,Franz Heidhues,Joachim Braun (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

      This study analyzes two related aspects: households’ participation in off-farm employment as a livelihood strategy and the effects of participation in off-farm employment on households’ adoption of labor intensive soil…

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