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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 Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies: Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh
by S. R. Khandker and W. Mahmud
July 2012
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|  Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030: The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society
by L. Christiaensen
August 2012
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WORKING PAPERS |
 | Foreign Wage Premium, Gender and Education: Insights from Vietnam Household Surveys
This paper investigates the differential impacts of foreign ownership on wages for different types of workers (in terms of educational background and gender) in Vietnam using the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys of 2002 and 2004.
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6421, April 2013 |
| Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of employment opportunities created by foreign-owned firms as a determinant of internal migration and destination choice using the Vietnam Migration Survey 2004 and the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2004.
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6420, April 2013 |
| Export Liberalization, Job Creation and the Skill Premium: Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
This paper explores how the expansion of labor-intensive manufacturing exports resulting from the United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2001 translated into wages of skilled and unskilled workers and the skill premium in Vietnam through the channel of labor demand.
Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6419, April 2013 |
| Food Prices, Wages, and Welfare in Rural India
Rural households across the income spectrum benefit from higher agricultural commodity prices.
Working Pape 6412, April 2013 |
| Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, public intervention is essential to alleviate hunger and malnutrition.
Working Paper 6393, March 2013 |
| Does Access to Finance Matter in Microenterprise Growth? Evidence from Bangladesh
Returns to microenterprise investment are found to be high. Microfinance institutions can play a larger role in supporting microenterprise growth.
Working Paper 6333, January 2013 |
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