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Agriculture and Rural Development
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The research program on agricultural and rural development focuses on three broad themes: (1) effective ways to raise productivity (2) supplying public goods and dealing with external effects, and (3) ways to address poverty, volatility and vulnerability.
More about the program | Research Manager: Will Martin |
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POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS |  | Gender, geography and generations: Intergenerational educational mobility in post-reform India
The paper analyzes educational mobility from 1992/93 to 2006, with a special emphasis on gender and geography. The only group that experienced substantial improvements is women in urban and developed areas, with the lower-caste women benefiting the most.
Working Paper 6055, May 2012 | | Land fragmentation, cropland, abandonment, and land market operation in Albania
This paper uses information from the 2005 Albania Living Standards Survey (LSMS) to explore the impact of fragmentation on productivity of land use. The analysis finds no support for the argument that fragmentation reduces productivity.
Working Paper 6032, April 2012 | | Food security and storage in the Middle East and North Africa
Under the right conditions, food stocks can buffer domestic prices from international price spikes.
Working Paper 6031, April 2012 | | More working papers >> |
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