Abstract How does the amount of land that youth expect to inherit affect their migration and employment decisions? We explore this question in context rural Ethiopia using a 2014 cross‐sectional dataset indicating whether or not household members from previous 2010 survey had migrated by 2014, which sector they worked 2014. estimate fixed effects model exploit exogenous variation timing redistributions overcome endogenous decisions about how much bequeath descendants. find larger expected...

Abstract This study adopts a cross‐sectional spatial approach to examine the relationship between transport infrastructure, population location, and agricultural production in Sub‐Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). We find that both are spatially concentrated near large cities, with 41.4% of 23.6% (in value terms) within 2.5 hours travel time cities. Taking into account agroecological other factors, we statistically significant association...

Abstract Concerns over the potential effects of COVID‐19 pandemic have led to trade restrictions by major rice exporters, contributing an average 25% increase in Thai and Vietnamese export prices between December 2019 March–September 2020. This article assesses consequences these price increases Papua New Guinea (PNG), where 99% is imported. Utilizing data from a PNG 2018 rural household survey along with earlier national data, we examine consumption patterns estimate demand parameters for...

Abstract Agricultural productivity in the highlands of Ethiopia is threatened by severe land degradation, resulting significant reductions agricultural GDP. In order to mitigate ongoing erosion and soil nutrient loss, government initiated a Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) targeting 177 micro‐watersheds six regions Country. This study evaluates impact SLMP on value production across diverse agro‐ecological zones using panel survey from 2010 2014. Results suggest need for long‐term...

How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women's participation and involvement in decision-making their community household? We conducted a 2018 survey experiment with female male adults approximately 1000 households Papua New Guinea. Employing an established treatment to subtly alter respondents' perception wellbeing, we find that increased feelings deprivation make both men women significantly more likely girls' schooling paid...

Ongoing debate over water management along the Blue Nile and land degradation in Ethiopia emphasizes need for efficiency gains agricultural production through sustainable (SLM). However, previous SLM studies overlook tradeoffs involved maintaining investments time. We address this limitation by combining a household survey that evaluates economic impacts of maintenance, with hydrological model explores location-specific infrastructure effects. then use multi-market to evaluate alternative on...

Papua New Guinea is an economic leader in the Pacific region via its extractive resources. However, these industries do not provide employment opportunities for country's 6.4 million (80% of total population) rural inhabitants. Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) could offer additional source structural change, whereby benefits are capitalized by domestic and urban households along value chain. In 2018, we administered a survey to over 1000 gauge whether with NFEs afford better diets. We...

A severe El Niño event in 2015/16 decimated an important share of Papua New Guinea's (PNG) local crop production, leaving 10 per cent the population with significant food shortages. Lack recent socio‐economic data and analysis country's rural impeded efforts to plan mitigate ensuing crisis. This paper presents most poverty Guinea nearly a decade, renewed effort inform consumption livelihood patterns some remote, lowland areas. We designed household survey that collected detailed expenditure...

Abstract The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor kernel-based matching techniques measure impact sustainable land watershed management (SLWM) on value production at plot level. Analysis suggests that plots received SLWM investments (terraces, bunds, check dams) within first study period (1992–2002) had 24 per...

The overarching message from the growth literature is that a transition low-productivity agricultural sector to high-productivity manufacturing necessary for structural change. Although sub-Saharan Africa has experienced substantial economic rates, rural–urban migration contributed very little this progress. Migration peri-urban areas may offer prospects diversification out of agriculture with lower moving costs and job-search frictions than urban centers. We document patterns worker...

Abstract Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) experienced positive GDP growth at approximately 4.3% per year during the last decade. With increases in overall wealth within country, PNG is facing a double burden of malnutrition: comparatively high child stunting rates and growing overweight obesity epidemic. We focus on latter by evaluating trends agri-food import data from 2001 to 2018 household consumption 2009/10. Results The analysis presented this paper raises three red flags. First,...

El enfoque de manejo un hábitat para proteger a una sola especie ha sido criticado por su negligencia en la conservación general riqueza especies aves. Sin embargo, se hicieron plantaciones solo tipo vegetación—plántulas pino Banks (Pinus banksiana) misma edad—han sembradas manera extensiva el norte Michigan, Estados Unidos, restaurar poblaciones especie, reinita Setophaga kirtlandii. Se sabe que kirtlandii también utiliza rojo americano (P. resinosa) como reproductivo, lo nos hace...

AbstractWe contribute to the debate on spatial allocation of infrastructure investments by examining where these generate highest economic return ('spatial efficiency'), and identifying trade-offs when coverage is made more equitable across regions equity'). We estimate models firm location choice in Uganda, drawing insights from new geography literature. The main findings show that manufacturing firms gain being areas offer a diverse mix activities. Public other locations are likely attract...