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Rural Development
Zusammenfassung
In many developing countries, poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. Therefore, rural development is one of the greatest challenges for many developing economies, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a key condition for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Rural areas are characterised by a high degree of vulnerability of their inhabitants, e.g. in the face of droughts. Other exogenous shocks, such as diseases or fluctuations of agricultural commodity prices, can also have drastic consequences for the well-being of individual households. Against this background, the Research Area is working on the following projects on rural development:
- Agricultural premium markets and rural development
- Welfare effects of the AIDS pandemic
Project partner: Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences (University of Kiel)
Recent Publications
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Forthcoming
- Arslan, A., Reicher, C. (Forthcoming). The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee. Journal of African Economies
- Böhme, M., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals. World Development
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2012
- Böhme, M., Thiele, R. (2012). Informal-formal Linkages and Informal Enterprise Performance in Urban West Africa. Kiel Working Paper, 1751, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 24 pp.
- Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2012). The Impact of the 2008 Hadramout Flash Flood in Yemen on Economic Performance and Nutrition: A Simulation Analysis. Kiel Working Paper, 1758, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 27 pp.
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2011
- Arslan, A., Kleemann, L. (2011). More Money for Small Farmers. D&C, 2011/02, 66.
- Arslan, A. (2011). Shadow vs. market prices in explaining land allocation: Subsistence maize cultivation in rural Mexico. Food Policy, 36(5), 605-613.
- Arslan, A., Reicher, C. (2011). The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee. Journal of African Economies, 20(5), 704-736.
- Arslan, A., Taylor, J. (2011). Whole-household Migration, Inequality and Poverty in Rural Mexiko. Kiel Working Paper, 1742, Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 24 pp.
- Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Al-Riffai, P., Robertson, R., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2011). Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security: Evidence from Yemen. Kiel Working Paper, 1747, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 34 pp.
- Kleemann, L. (2011). Organic Pineapple Farming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders?. Kiel Working Papers, 1671, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 38 pp.
- Kleemann, L. (2011). Pineapple Faming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders?. In: D. Neuhoff, N. Halberg, I.A. Rasmussen, J. Hermansen, C. Ssekyewa, and S.M. Sohn (eds), Organic is Life - Knowledge for Tomorrow (2):137-140.
- Wiebelt, M., Breisinger, C., Ecker, O., Al-Riffai, P., Robertson, R., Thiele, R. (2011). Climate Change and Floods in Yemen: Impacts on Food Security and Options for Adaptation. IFPRI Discussion Paper, 1139, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. 48 pp.
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2010
- Arslan, A., Reicher, C. (2010). The Effects of the Coffee Trademarking Initiative and Starbucks Publicity on Export Prices of Ethiopian Coffee. Kiel Working Papers, 1606, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany, 20 pp.
- Bussolo, M., Godart, O., Lay, J., Thiele, R. (2010). The Impact of Commodity Price Changes on Rural Households: The Case of Uganda. In: Ataman Aksoy and Bernard M. Hoekman (eds), Food Prices and Rural Poverty. CEPR and World Bank, Washington, D.C.
- Hagen, J., Omar Mahmoud, T., Trofimenko, N. (2010). Orphanhood and Critical Periods in Children’s Human Capital Formation: Long-Run Evidence from North-Western Tanzania. Kiel Working Paper, 1649, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 32 pp.
- Kleemann, L., Effenberger, A. (2010). Price Transmission in the Pineapple Market – What Role for Organic Fruit?. Kiel Working Paper, 1626, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 25 pp.
- Lechthaler, W. (2010). Diversification as Income Maximizing Strategy. Journal of Income Distribution, 19(3-4), 9-16.
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2009
- Arslan, A., Taylor, E. (2009). Farmers' Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99(4), 956-972.
- Lay, J., Ackah, C. (2009). Gender Impact of Agricultural Liberalization: Evidence from Ghana. R. E. de Hoyos and M. Bussolo (eds), Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: A Macro-Micro Approach. Palgrave McMillan, London.
- Lay, J., Golan, J. (2009). More Coffee, More Cigarettes? Coffee Market Liberalization, Gender, and Bargaining in Uganda. R. E. de Hoyos and M. Bussolo (eds), Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: A Macro-Micro Approach. Palgrave McMillan, London.
- Lay, J., Nahrloch, U., Omar Mahmoud, T. (2009). Shocks, Structural Change, and the Patterns of Income Diversification in Burkina Faso. African Development Review, 21 (1), 36-58.
- Omar Mahmoud, T., Thiele, R. (2009). Does AIDS-Related Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia. Kiel Working Paper, 1530, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 23 pp.
- Schweickert, R., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2009). Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Devaluation in a Dollarized Economy - A CGE Analysis for Bolivia. In: S. Klasen, F. Nowak-Lehmann (eds), Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America. MIT Press
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2008
- Lay, J., Michuki M'Mukaria, G., Omar Mahmoud, T. (2008). Few Opportunities, Much Desperation: The Dichotomy of Non-agricultural Activities and Inequality in Western Kenya. World Development, 36 (12), 2713-2732.
- Lay, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2008). Shocks, Policy Reforms, and Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: A Simulation Analysis. Review of Development Economics, 12(1), 37-56.
- Schüler, D., Lay, J. (2008). Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana.
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2007
- Bussolo, M., Godart, O., Lay, J., Thiele, R. (2007). The Impact of Coffee Price Changes on Rural Households in Uganda. Agricultural Economics, 37 (2/3), 293-303 .
- Klasen, S., Grosse, M., Lay, J., Spatz, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2007). Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: Addressing Data Gaps and Modeling Policy Choices. In: S. Klasen, M. Grimm, A. McKay (eds), Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth: Analytical Issues and Findings from Country Cases. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
