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Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Developing CountriesImpact of, and Adaptation to, Climate Change in Agriculture in Africa and South America| WPS4717 | How will climate change shift agro-ecological zones and impact African agriculture ? | Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Mendelsohn, Robert | 2008/09 | | WPS4342 | Measuring the economic impact of climate change on Ethiopian agriculture : Ricardian approach | Deressa, Temesgen Tadesse | 2007/09 | | WPS4364 | The economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Cameroon | Molua, Ernest L.; Lambi, Cornelius M. | 2007/09 | | WPS4305 | A ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland | Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Mendelsohn, Robert | 2007/08 | | WPS4307 | Crop selection : adapting to climage change in Africa | Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Mendelsohn, Robert | 2007/08 | | WPS4334 | The economic impact of climate change on Kenyan crop agriculture : a ricardian approach | Kabubo-Mariara, Jane; Karanja, Fredrick K | 2007/08 | | WPS4306 | The impact of climate change on African agriculture : a ricardian approach | Maddison, David; Manley, Marita; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep | 2007/08 | | WPS4308 | The perception of and adaptation to climate change in Africa | Maddison, David | 2007/08 | | WPS4287 | A cross-country analysis of public debt management strategies | Melecky, Martin | 2007/07 | | WPS4288 | Actual crop water use in project countries : a synthesis at the regional level | Wahaj, Robina; Maraux, Florent; Munoz, Giovanni | 2007/07 |
Land Policy| WPS4442 | Assessing the functioning of land rental markets in Ethiopia | Deininger, Klaus; Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Alemu, Tekie | 2007/12 | | WPS4448 | Land reforms, poverty reduction, and economic growth : evidence from India | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing; Nagarajan, Hari K. | 2007/12 | | WPS4454 | Land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation : productivity and equity impacts in China | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing | 2007/12 | | WPS4447 | Securing property rights in transition: lessons from implementation of China's rural land contracting law | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing | 2007/12 | | WPS4363 | Property rights in a very poor country : tenure insecurity and investment in Ethiopia | Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Dercon, Stefan; Gautam, Madhur | 2007/09 | | WPS4323 | Determinants and consequences of land sales market participation : panel evidence from India | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing ; Nagarajan, Hari K. | 2007/08 | | WPS4324 | Efficiency and equity impacts of rural land rental restrictions : evidence from India | Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing; Nagarajan, Hari K. | 2007/08 | | WPS4218 | Rural land certification in Ethiopia : process, initial impact, and implications for other African countries | Deininger, Klaus; Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Holden, Stein; Zevenbergen, Jaap | 2007/04 | | WPS4125 | Incentives, supervision, and sharecropper productivity | Jacoby, Hanan G.; Mansuri, Ghazala | 2007/02 | | WPS3871 | Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition? | Ravallion, Martin; van de Walle, Dominique | 2006/04 |
Infrastructure| 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 | | WPS2567 | Policy reform, economic growth, and the digital divide - an econometric analysis | Dasgupta, Susmita; Lall, Somik; Wheeler, David | 2001/03 | | WPS2496 | Perspectives on the sources of heterogeneity in Indian industry | Lall, Somik V.; Rodrigo, G. Chris | 2000/11 | | WPS2457 | Urban and regional dynamics in Poland | Deichmann, Uwe; Henderson, Vernon | 2000/09 | | WPS2253 | Revenue recycling and the welfare effects of road pricing | Parry, Ian W.H.; Bento, Antonio Miguel R. | 1999/12 |
Brown Issues and Health| WPS3888 | Firms' environmental performance : does news matter ? | Mamingi, Nlandu; Dasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Hong, Jong Ho | 2006/04 | | WPS3776 | Health effects and pesticide perception as determinants of pesticide use : evidence from Bangladesh | Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Huq, Mainul | 2005/11 | | WPS3777 | Pesticide traders' perception of health risks : evidence from Bangladesh | Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Mamingi, Nlandu | 2005/11 | | WPS3624 | Pesticide poisoning of farm workers : implications of blood test results from Vietnam | Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Wheeler, David; Nhan Thi Lam; Khuc Xuyen | 2005/06 | | WPS3428 | Who suffers from indoor air pollution? evidence from Bangladesh | Dasgupt, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M.; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David | 2004/10 | | WPS3393 | Indoor air quality for poor families: new evidence from Bangladesh | Dasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M.; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David | 2004/09 | | WPS3417 | Is environmentally-friendly agriculture less profitable for farmers ? evidence on integrated pest management in Bangladesh | Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Wheeler, David | 2004/09 | | WPS3383 | Air pollution during growth : accounting for governance and vulnerability | Hamilton, Kirk; Dasgupta, Susmita; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler,David R. | 2004/08 | | WPS3344 | Disclosure of environmental violations and the stock market in the Republic of Korea | Dasgupta, Susmita; Jong Ho Hong; Laplante, Benoit; Mamingi, Nlandu | 2004/06 | | WPS2756 | Incomplete enforcement of pollution regulation : bargaining power of Chinese factories | Hua Wang; Mamingi, Nlandu; Laplante, Benoit; Dasgupta, Susmita | 2002/01 |
Community-Driven DevelopmentRural Investment Climate| WPS4131 | Will markets direct investments under the Kyoto Protocol ? | Larson, Donald F.; Breustedt, Gunnar | 2007/02 | | WPS3271 | The environment as a factor of production | Considine, Timothy J.; Larson, Donald F. <BR> | 2004/04 | | WPS2995 | Commodity market reform in Africa : some recent experience | Akiyama, Takamasa; Baffes, John; Larson, Donald F.; Varangis, Panos | 2003/03 | | WPS2812 | Can financial markets be tapped to help poor people cope with weather risks ? | Skees, Jerry; Varangis, Panos; Larson, Donald; Siegel, Paul | 2002/03 | | WPS2803 | Determinants of agricultural growth in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand | Mundlack, Yair; Larson, Donald F.; Butzer, Rita | 2002/03 | | WPS2793 | Agricultural markets and risks - management of the latter, not the former | Varangis, Panos; Larson, Donald; Anderson, Jack R. | 2002/02 | | WPS2787 | Do farmers choose to be inefficient? evidence from Bicol, Philippines | Larson, Donald F.; Plessmann, Frank | 2002/02 | | WPS2602 | Sugar policy and reform | Larson, Donald F.; Borrell, Brent | 2001/05 | | WPS2458 | Choosing rural road investments to help reduce poverty | Van de Walle, Dominique | 2000/10 | | WPS2296 | An ecological and historical perspective on agricultural development in Southeast Asia | Hayami, Yujiro | 2000/03 |
Rural Informal and Micro FinanceRural Non-Farm EconomyGreen Issues| WPS2687 | Geographic patterns of land use and land intensity in the Brazilian Amazon | Chomitz, Kenneth M.; Thomas, Timothy S. | 2001/10 | | WPS2583 | How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand | Cropper, Maureen; Puri, Jyotsna; Griffiths, Charles | 2001/04 | | WPS1888 | What do doctors want? developing incentives for doctors to serve in Indonesia's rural and remote areas | Chomitz, Kenneth M.; Setiadi, Gunawan; Azwar, Azrul; Ismail, Nusye; Widiyarti | 1998/03 | | WPS1788 | An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad | Chomitz, Kenneth M.; Griffiths, Charles | 1997/06 | | WPS1726 | Roads, population pressures, and deforestation in Thailand, 1976-89 | Cropper, Maureen; Griffiths, Charles; Mani, Muthukumara | 1997/02 | | WPS1444 | Roads, lands, markets, and deforestation : a spatial model of land use in Belize | Chomitz, Kenneth M.; Gray, David A. | 1995/04 |
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