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Working Papers

2018

1. Pro-poor growth in Indonesia: Challenging the pessimism of Myrdal's Asian Drama
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)

2017

2. Evolution and Implementation of the Rastra Program in Indonesia
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
3. Food Security, Structural Transformation, Markets and Government Policy
   Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Food Security, Structural Transformation, Markets and Government Policy, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell (2017) View citations (19) (2017)
4. Working Paper 259 - Structural Transformation and Food Security: Their Mutual Interdependence
   Working Paper Series, African Development Bank

2014

5. Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Rapidly Changing Role of Rice
   Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Rapidly Changing Role of Rice, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell (2014) View citations (21) (2014)

2013

6. Coping with Climate Change: A Food Policy Approach
   2013 Conference (57th), February 5-8, 2013, Sydney, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (1)

2011

7. West African Experience with the World Rice Crisis, 2007-2008- Working Paper 242
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)

2009

8. Did Speculation Affect World Rice Prices?
   Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) View citations (34)
9. Rice Price Formation in the Short Run and the Long Run: The Role of Market Structure in Explaining Volatility
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (15)
10. Supermarkets, Modern Supply Chains, and the Changing Food Policy Agenda
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)

2008

11. The Structural Transformation as a Pathway out of Poverty: Analytics, Empirics and Politics
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (65)

2007

12. Pathways Out of Poverty During an Economic Crisis: An Empirical Assessment of Rural Indonesia
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (25)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (22)
    Departmental Discussion Papers, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (22)

2006

13. The Pathways out of Poverty in Rural Indonesia: an empirical assessment
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics View citations (1)

2005

14. Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth: An Asian Perspective
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth: An Asian Perspective, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) (2008) View citations (7) (2008)

2004

15. Food Security and Economic Growth: An Asian Perspective
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (14)
16. Food Security in Indonesia: Current Challenges and the Long-Run Outlook
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (9)
17. The Road to Pro-Poor Growth: The Indonesian Experience in Regional Perspective
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article The road to pro-poor growth: the Indonesian experience in regional perspective, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2004) View citations (49) (2004)

2002

18. Did Indonesia's Cries of 1997/98 Affect Child Nutrition? A Cohort Decomposition Analysis of National Nutrition Surveillance Data
    Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy View citations (8)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2002) View citations (3)

1999

19. Proceedings of a Conference of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium: The Macro Dimensions of Food Security: Economic Growth, Equitable Distribution, and Food Price Stability
    1998: Policy Reform, Market Stability, and Food Security Conference, June 1998, Alexandria VA, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

1998

20. Adding value through policy-oriented research: reflections of a scholar-practitioner
    Impact assessments, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)

1995

21. Agriculture and Economic Growth: Conceptual Issues and the Keynian Experience
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (3)
    Also in Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1994) View citations (16)
    Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1994) View citations (16)
22. Dutch Disease and Agriculture in Indonesia: The Policy Approach
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development

1990

23. RURAL DIVERTSIFICATION: LESSONS FROM EAST ASIA
    Working Papers, World Bank - Technical Papers
24. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
    1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1986

25. Private Decisions and Public Policy: The Price Dilemma in Food Systems of Developing Countries
    Food Security International Development Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (2)

1979

26. Estimating Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis
    1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1979) View citations (36) (1979)

1978

27. AGRICULTURAL-FOOD POLICY REVIEW: Proceedings of Five Food Policy Seminars
    Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (1)

1967

28. A Consistent Estimate of the Animal Product Contribution to GDP in West Pakistan
    Center for International Affairs (CIA) Archive, Harvard University, Center for International Affairs

Journal Articles

2023

1. Back in the Soup: Now What?
   Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2023, 20, (2), 1-6
2. Universal Food Security: How to End Hunger While Protecting the Planet by Glenn Denning, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2023, 448 pp
   The Developing Economies, 2023, 61, (2), 158-161

2022

3. How to Manage a World Food Crisis: A Viewpoint
   Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2022, 19, (2), 1-10
4. Periphery and Small Ones Matter: Interplay of Policy and Social Capital
   Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2022, 58, (1), 97-99

2020

5. Asia's Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology over 50 Years by Asian Development Bank, Manila, ADB, 2020, xxix + 583 pp
   The Developing Economies, 2020, 58, (3), 254-257
6. Living Standards in Southeast Asia: Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900–2015
   Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2020, 56, (2), 251-254

2017

7. Food Security, Structural Transformation, Markets and Government Policy
   Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2017, 4, (1), 4-19 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Food Security, Structural Transformation, Markets and Government Policy, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (2017) View citations (17) (2017)

2016

8. David Rieff The Reproach of Hunger: Food, Justice, and Money in the Twenty-First Century New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015. xxviii + 402 p. $27.00; $18.96 (pbk)
   Population and Development Review, 2016, 42, (1), 145-147
9. Land and Development in Indonesia: Searching for the People’s Sovereignty
   Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2016, 52, (3), 409-411
10. The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies, by David E. Sahn ( Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2015 ), pp. 493
    The Economic Record, 2016, 92, (296), 147-149

2015

11. Transformation of the Indonesian Agrifood System and the Future beyond Rice: A Special Issue
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2015, 51, (3), 369-373 View citations (5)

2014

12. Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Rapidly Changing Role of Rice
    Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2014, 1, (1), 73-90 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Rapidly Changing Role of Rice, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (2014) View citations (18) (2014)

2012

13. Structural Transformation, the Changing Role of Rice, and Food Security in Asia: Small Farmers and Modern Supply Chains
    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2012, 9, (1), 21-35
    Also in Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2012, 09, (01), 15 (2012)
14. The Economics of the Food System Revolution
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 225-264 View citations (61)

2010

15. A Century-Long Perspective on Agricultural Development
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 92, (2), 447-468 View citations (70)
16. International Best Practice in Food Policy: Reflections on Food Policy Analysis
    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2010, 7, (1), 83-92 View citations (1)
    Also in Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2010, 07, (01), 10 (2010) View citations (1)
17. Reflections on food crises past
    Food Policy, 2010, 35, (1), 1-11 View citations (78)

2009

18. Do Supermarkets Change the Food Policy Agenda?
    World Development, 2009, 37, (11), 1812-1819 View citations (28)

2008

19. Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth: An Asian Perspective
    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2008, 5, (1), 1-27 View citations (7)
    Also in Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2008, 05, (01), 29 (2008) View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth: An Asian Perspective, Working Papers (2005) View citations (27) (2005)
20. INDONESIAN RICE PRODUCTION: POLICIES AND REALITIES
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2008, 44, (1), 65-80 View citations (18)
21. RICE POLICY IN INDONESIA: A SPECIAL ISSUE
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2008, 44, (1), 33-44 View citations (8)
22. Staving off the global food crisis
    Nature, 2008, 453, (7196), 722-723

2007

23. Experts address the question: “In your view, do agricultural subsidies in developed countries benefit or harm the majority of the poor in developing countries?”
    Natural Resources Forum, 2007, 31, (4), 318-321
24. Managing Food Price Instability in Asia: A Macro Food Security Perspective
    Asian Economic Journal, 2007, 21, (1), 1-18 View citations (16)

2005

25. Professor Dr Saleh Afiff: An appreciation
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2005, 41, (3), 305-307
26. Pro‐poor Growth
    Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2005, 19, (2), 1-17 View citations (6)
27. Supermarketization of the "Emerging Markets" of the Pacific Rim: Development and Trade Implications
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2005, 36, (01), 10 View citations (19)

2004

28. Food Policy in the Era of Supermarkets: What’s Different?
    The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2004, 1, (2), 202-219 View citations (3)
29. Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia's crisis
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (1), 21-44 View citations (93)
30. The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Induced Organizational, Institutional, and Technological Change in Agrifood Systems
    The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2004, 1, (2), 168-183 View citations (64)
31. The road to pro-poor growth: the Indonesian experience in regional perspective
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2004, 40, (2), 177-207 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper The Road to Pro-Poor Growth: The Indonesian Experience in Regional Perspective, Working Papers (2004) View citations (53) (2004)

2003

32. The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (5), 1140-1146 View citations (415)

2000

33. The macro dimensions of food security: economic growth, equitable distribution, and food price stability
    Food Policy, 2000, 25, (3), 283-295 View citations (55)

1997

34. Farmers and Markets: The Political Economy of New Paradigms
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (2), 621-627 View citations (80)
35. POLICY ARENA Building efficiency in agricultural marketing: The long-run role of BULOG in the Indonesian food economy
    Journal of International Development, 1997, 9, (1), 133-145 View citations (7)
36. Transforming agrarian economies
    Agricultural Economics, 1997, 15, (3), 223-225
37. Transforming agrarian economies: Transforming Agrarian Economies: Opportunities Seized, Opportunitis Missed, Thomas Tomich, Peter Kilby and Bruce Johnston, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, USA, 1995, xx + 474 pp., US$25.00, ISBN 0-8014-8245-3
    Agricultural Economics, 1997, 15, (3), 223-225
38. Valuing Social Science Research and Policy Analysis
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (5), 1545-1550 View citations (2)

1996

39. Liberalized Agricultural Markets in Low-Income Economies: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1996, 78, (3), 830-832

1995

40. Getting agriculture moving: do markets provide the right signals?
    Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 455-472 View citations (28)
41. Introduction to getting agriculture moving
    Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 379-383

1994

42. Population, Poverty, and Policies
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 261-65 View citations (2)

1992

43. Agriculture and economic development revisited
    Agricultural Systems, 1992, 40, (1-3), 21-58 View citations (11)

1990

44. Anne Booth. Agricultural Development in Indonesia. Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin, 1988, vii + 295 pp., price unknown
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 72, (2), 506-507

1989

45. Food price policy: The rationale for government intervention
    Food Policy, 1989, 14, (1), 17-27 View citations (60)

1988

46. Ravallion, Martin. Markets and Famines. New York? Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. viii + 203, $43.00
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 70, (3), 760-762

1986

47. Prospects and Some Policy Problems of Agricultural Development in China: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1986, 68, (2), 461-463
48. Redesigning Rural Development from a Food Policy Perspective: Review Article
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1986, 34, (4), 855-60

1984

49. Macro Prices and Structural Change
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984, 66, (2), 196-201 View citations (4)

1983

50. Japan and the U.S.: Trading Shots Over Beef and Oranges
    Challenge, 1983, 26, (4), 18-24

1981

51. China and the World Grain Market
    Challenge, 1981, 24, (4), 13-21
52. Is There "Curvature" in the Slutsky Matrix?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (3), 395-402 View citations (34)

1980

53. Critical food issues of the eighties: Edited by Marylin Chou and David P. Harmon, Jr Pergamon Press, New York, 1979, 404 pp. $32.50
    Food Policy, 1980, 5, (4), 323-325
54. Food prices and food policy analysis in LDCs
    Food Policy, 1980, 5, (3), 188-199 View citations (4)
55. The new politics of food: edited by Don F. Hadwiger and William P. Browne Lexington books, Lexington, MA, 1978, 267 pp. $13.00
    Food Policy, 1980, 5, (4), 323-323
56. The role of US agriculture in foreign policy: Edited by Richard M. Fraenkel, Don F. Hadwiger, and William P. Browne Praeger Publishers, New York, 1979, 253 pp. $11.75
    Food Policy, 1980, 5, (4), 323-323

1979

57. Estimating Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1979, 61, (5), 982-987 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis, 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington (1979) View citations (37) (1979)

1976

58. Editorial
    Journal of Development Economics, 1976, 3, (3), 209-209
59. Fertiliser and food policy in LDCs
    Food Policy, 1976, 1, (2), 143-154 View citations (1)
60. Food Policy in China
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1976, 15, (01), 18 View citations (4)
61. Interaction of Energy and Food Prices in Less Developed Countries: Reply
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1976, 58, (3), 595

1975

62. Interaction of Energy and Food Prices in Less Developed Countries
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1975, 57, (2), 219-224 View citations (2)
63. The Political Economy of Rice in Asia: A Methodological Introduction
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1975, 14, (3), 6 View citations (15)
64. The Political Economy of Rice in Asia: Indonesia
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1975, 14, (3), 36 View citations (20)
65. The Political Economy of Rice in Asia: Lessons and Implications
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1975, 14, (4), 15 View citations (15)

1974

66. A Model of Rice Marketing Margins in Indonesia
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1974, 13, (2), 24 View citations (20)
67. The Demand for Fertilizer in Developing Countries
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1974, 13, (3), 28 View citations (4)

1972

68. Employment Aspects of Investment in Rice Marketing in Indonesia
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1972, 11, (01), 30 View citations (1)

1971

69. Rice Policy in Indonesia
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1971, 10, (2), 30 View citations (1)
70. Using a Probabilistic Frontier Production Function to Measure Technical Efficiency
    Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79, (4), 776-94 View citations (44)

1969

71. The Turnip, the New Husbandry, and the English Agricultural Revolution
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1969, 83, (3), 375-395 View citations (13)

1968

72. A Projection Model of the U.S. Shrimp Market
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1968, 08, (3), 14

1967

73. A Consistent Estimate of the Value of Animal Products in West Pakistan
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1967, 7, (4), 485-503

Books

2009

1. A World Without Agriculture: The Structural Transformation in Historical Perspective
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (76)

Chapters

2019

1. Regional developments [in 2019 Global Food Policy Report]
   Chapter 10 in 2019 Global food policy report, 2019, pp 86-117

2014

2. The political economy of food security: a behavioral perspective
   Chapter 2 in Handbook on Food, 2014, pp 22-40

2012

3. Structural Transformation, Small Farmers, and Food Security in Asia
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2007

4. Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?
   Elsevier View citations (108)

2002

5. Agriculture and economic development
   Chapter 29 in Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 2002, vol. 2, Part 1, pp 1487-1546 View citations (68)

1988

6. The agricultural transformation
   Chapter 08 in Handbook of Development Economics, 1988, vol. 1, pp 275-331 View citations (210)