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Policy Research Working Papers
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The policy research working papers below are drawn from the World Bank's institutional archives. Each link opens a page with an abstract of the document and several download options. Choose the 'light-weight documents' option for easy download.
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Impact and Adaptation to Climate Change| WPS6188 | Climate change, agriculture and food security in Tanzania | Arndt, Channing; Farmer, William; Strzepek, Kenneth; Thurlow, James | 2012/09 | | WPS6080 | Aligning climate change mitigation and agricultural policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Larson, Donald F.; Dinar, Ariel; Blankespoor, Brian | 2012/06 | | WPS5239 | Will the clean development mechanism mobilize anticipated levels of mitigation ? | Rahman, Shaikh M.; Dinar, Ariel; Larson, Donald F. | 2010/03 | | WPS5117 | Climate volatility and poverty vulnerability in Tanzania | Ahmed , Syud Amer; Diffenbaugh, Noah S.; Hertel , Thomas W.; Lobell, David B.; Ramankutty, Navin; Rios, Ana R.; Rowhani, Pedram | 2009/11 |
Agriculture| WPS6206 | Distortions to agriculture and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Anderson, Kym; Bruckner, Markus | 2012/09 | | WPS5943 | Optimal food price stabilization in a small open developing country | Gouel, Christophe; Jean, Sebastien | 2012/01 | | WPS5928 | Reducing distortions in international commodity markets : an agenda for multilateral cooperation | Hoekman, Bernard; Martin, Will | 2012/01 | | WPS5865 | Can social safety nets alleviate seasonal deprivation ? evidence from northwest Bangladesh | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Khaleque, M. Abdul; Samad, Hussain A. | 2011/10 | | WPS5665 | Measuring the impacts of global trade reform with optimal aggregators of distortions | Laborde, David; Martin, Will; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique | 2011/05 |
Agricultural Growth and Productivity| WPS6190 | Should African rural development strategies depend on smallholder farms ? an exploration of the inverse productivity hypothesis | Larson, Donald F.; Otsuka, Keijiro; Matsumoto, Tomoya; Kilic, Talip | 2012/09 | | WPS6031 | Food security and storage in the Middle East and North Africa | Larson, Donald F.; Lampietti, Julian; Gouel, Christophe; Cafiero, Carlo; Roberts, John | 2012/04 | | WPS5717 | Can diaries help improve agricultural production statistics ? Evidence from Uganda | Deininger, Klaus; Carletto, Calogero; Savastano, Sara; Muwonge, James | 2011/06 | | WPS5621 | Agriculture and the clean development mechanism | Larson, Donald F.; Dinar, Ariel; Frisbie, J. Aapris | 2011/04 | | WPS5478 | Can Africa replicate Asia's green revolution in rice ? | Larson, Donald F.; Otsuka, Keijiro; Kajisa, Kei; Estudillo, Jonna; Diagne, Aliou | 2010/11 | | WPS5472 | Measures of fixed capital in agriculture | Butzer, Rita; Mundlak, Yair; Larson, Donald F. | 2010/11 | | WPS5410 | Costs of taxation and benefits of public goods with multiple taxes and goods | Anderson, James E.; Martin, Will | 2010/09 | | WPS5235 | Incomplete markets and fertilizer use : evidence from Ethiopia | Zerfu, Daniel; Larson, Donald F. | 2010/03 | | WPS5258 | Resource management and the effects of trade on vulnerable places and people : lessons from six case studies | Larson, Donald F.; Nash, John | 2010/03 | | WPS5158 | Soil fertility, fertilizer, and the maize green revolution in East Africa | Matsumoto, Tomoya; Yamano, Takashi | 2009/12 |
Rural Development| WPS6096 | Causes and implications of credit rationing in rural Ethiopia : the importance of spatial variation | Ayalew Ali, Daniel; Deininger, Klaus | 2012/06 | | WPS6055 | Gender, geography and generations : intergenerational educational mobility in post-reform India | Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad | 2012/05 | | WPS5867 | Estimating the long-term impacts of rural roads : a dynamic panel approach | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Koolwal, Gayatri B. | 2011/10 | | WPS5765 | Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa : pilot evidence from Rwanda | Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus; Goldstein, Markus | 2011/08 | | WPS5710 | Crossing boundaries : gender, caste and schooling in rural Pakistan | Jacoby, Hanan G.; Mansuri, Ghazala | 2011/06 | | WPS5258 | Resource management and the effects of trade on vulnerable places and people : lessons from six case studies | Larson, Donald F.; Nash, John | 2010/03 |
Land Policy| WPS6032 | Land fragmentation, cropland abandonment, and land market operation in Albania | Deininger, Klaus; Savastano, Sara; Carletto, Calogero | 2012/04 | | WPS5949 | Moving off the farm: Land institutions to facilitate structural transformation and agricultural productivity growth in China | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing; Xia, Fang | 2012/01 | | WPS5864 | What drives the global "land rush" ? | Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris | 2011/10 | | WPS5765 | Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa : pilot evidence from Rwanda | Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus; Goldstein, Markus | 2011/08 | | WPS5727 | Productivity effects of land rental markets in Ethiopia : Evidence from a matched tenant-landlord sample | Deininger, Klaus; Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Alemu, Tekie | 2011/07 | | 59463 | Rising global interest in farmland : can it yield sustainable and equitable benefits? | Deininger, Klaus; Byerlee, Derek; Lindsay, Jonathan; Norton, Andrew; Selod, Harris; Stickler, Mercedes | 2011/01 | | WPS5461 | General equilibrium effects of land market restrictions on labor market : evidence from wages in Sri Lanka | Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad | 2010/10 | | WPS5338 | Inheritance law reform and women's access to capital : evidence from India's Hindu succession act | Deininger, Klaus; Goyal, Aparajita; Nagarajan, Hari | 2010/06 | | WPS5244 | Going digital : credit effects of land registry computerization in India | Deininger, Klaus; Goyal, Aparajita | 2010/03 | | WPS4442 | Assessing the functioning of land rental markets in Ethiopia | Deininger, Klaus; Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Alemu, Tekie | 2007/12 |
Infrastructure| WPS6095 | Who benefits most from rural electrification ? evidence in India | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Samad, Hussain A.; Ali, Rubaba; Barnes, Douglas F. | 2012/06 | | WPS5867 | Estimating the long-term impacts of rural roads : a dynamic panel approach | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Koolwal, Gayatri B. | 2011/10 | | WPS5463 | Energy poverty in rural and urban India : are the energy poor also income poor ? | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Barnes, Douglas F.; Samad, Hussain A. | 2010/11 | | WPS5472 | Measures of fixed capital in agriculture | Butzer, Rita; Mundlak, Yair; Larson, Donald F. | 2010/11 | | WPS5332 | Energy access, efficiency, and poverty : how many households are energy poor in Bangladesh ? | Barnes, Douglas F.; Khandker, Shahidur R.; Samad, Hussain A. | 2010/06 | | WPS4484 | On measuring the benefits of lower transport costs | Jacoby, Hanan G.; Minten, Bart | 2008/01 | | WPS4097 | Road network upgrading and overland trade expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa | Buys, Piet; Deichmann, Uwe; Wheeler, David | 2006/12 | | WPS3875 | The poverty impact of rural roads : evidence from Bangladesh | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Bakht, Zaid; Koolwal, Gayatri B. | 2006/04 | | WPS2845 | The spatial division of labor in Nepal | Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad | 2002/05 | | WPS2663 | Agglomeration economies and productivity in Indian industry | Lall, Somik; Shalizi, Zmarak; Deichmann, Uwe | 2001/08 |
Community-Driven DevelopmentRural Informal and Micro Finance| WPS6204 | Grameen bank lending : does group liability matter ? | Khandker, Shahidur R. | 2012/09 | | WPS5331 | Seasonal and extreme poverty in Bangladesh : evaluating an ultra-poor microfinance project | Khandker, Shahidur R.; Khalily, M. A. Baqui; Samad, Hussain A. | 2010/06 | | WPS3826 | Incomplete contracts and investment : a study of land tenancy in Pakistan | Jacoby, Hanan G.; Mansuri, Ghazala | 2006/02 | | WPS2998 | Does micro-credit empower women : evidence from Bangladesh | Pitt, Mark M.; Khandker, Shahidur R.; Cartwright, Jennifer | 2003/03 | | WPS2945 | Microfinance and poverty - evidence using panel data from Bangladesh | Khandker, Shahidur R. | 2003/01 |
Economics and Institutions of Water (Completed)| WPS4294 | Scarperation : an empirical inquiry into the role of scarcity in fostering cooperation between international river riparians | Dinar, Shlomi; Dinar, Ariel; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep | 2007/07 | | WPS4083 | Water allocation strategies for the Kat Basin in South Africa : comparing negotiation tools and game theory models | Dinar, Ariel; Farolfi, Stefano; Patrone, Fioravante; Rowntree, Kate | 2006/12 | | WPS4073 | Cooperative game theory and its application to natural, environmental, and water resource issues : 2. application to natural and environmental resources | Zara, Stefano; Dinar, Ariel; Patrone, Fioravante | 2006/11 | | WPS4074 | Cooperative game theory and its application to natural, environmental, and water resource issues : 3. application to water resources | Parrachino, Irene; Dinar, Ariel; Patrone, Fioravante | 2006/11 | | WPS3641 | Applications of negotiation theory to water issues | Carraro, Carlo; Marchiori, Carmen; Sgobbi, Alessandra | 2005/06 | | WPS3636 | Comparison of institutional arrangements for river basin management in eight basins | Blomquist, William; Dinar, Ariel; Kemper, Karin | 2005/06 | | WPS3637 | Decentralization of river basin management : a global analysis | Dinar, Ariel; Kemper, Karin; Blomquist, William; Diez, Michele; Sine, Gisele; Fru, William | 2005/06 | | WPS3550 | Feedback links between economy-wide and farm-level policies : application to irrigation water management in Morocco | Roe, Terry; Dinar, Ariel; Tsur, Yacov; Xinshen Diao | 2005/03 | | WPS3527 | Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the Murray Darling River Basin, Austrialia | Blomquist, William; Haisman, Brian; Dinar, Ariel; Bhat, Anjali | 2005/02 | | WPS3528 | Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the Warta River Basin, Poland | Blomquist, William; Tonderski, Andrzej; Dinar, Ariel | 2005/02 |
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