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1597: Perspectives on the role of the state in economic development: Taking stock of the “Developmental State†after 35 years

Jordan Kyle

1596: Exploring extensions of the Subramanian–Deaton cost per calorie approach: Imputing nutrient intake from foods prepared and consumed away from home and other composite foods

Dena M. Mwangi, John L. Fiedler and Celeste Sununtnasuk

1595: Estimating spatial basis risk in rainfall index insurance: Methodology and application to excess rainfall insurance in Uruguay

Francisco Ceballos

1594: The effect of land inheritance on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Katrina Kosec, Hosaena Ghebru, Brian Holtemeyer, Valerie Mueller and Emily Schmidt

1593: How headquarters relocation is affected by rising wages and ownership: Evidence from China's annual survey of industrial enterprises, 1999–2008

Qingtao Wang, Kevin Z. Chen, Longwen Chiang and Xuanli Xie

1592: External shocks, food security, and development: Exploring scenarios for Central America

Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Piñeiro, Valeria and Pablo Elverdin

1591: The role of learning in technology adoption: Evidence on hybrid rice adoption in Bihar, India

Jared Gars and Patrick Ward

1590: Building effective clusters and industrial parks

Xiaobo Zhang

1589: Nepal’s 2072 federal constitution: Implications for the governance of the agricultural sector

Jordan Kyle and Danielle Resnick

1588: Entitlement fetching or snatching? Effects of arbitrage on India’s public distribution system

Suman Chakrabarti, Avinash Kishore and Devesh Roy

1587: Changing preferences through experimental games: Evidence from sanitation and hygiene in Tamil Nadu

Yaniv Stopnitzky

1586: Climate change, agriculture, and adaptation in the Republic of Korea to 2050: An integrated assessment

Nicola Cenacchi, Youngah Lim, Timothy Sulser, Shahnila Islam, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Richard Robertson, Chang-Gil Kim and Keith D. Wiebe

1585: The dark side of competition: Gender differences

Simone Chang, Kamhon Kan and Xiaobo Zhang

1584: Harnessing net primary productivity data for monitoring sustainable development of agriculture

Nathaniel P. Robinson, Cindy M. Cox and Jawoo Koo

1583: Effects of agricultural mechanization on smallholders and their self-selection into farming: An insight from the Nepal Terai

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Rudra Bahadur Shrestha, Basu Dev Kaphle, Madhab Karkee, Suroj Pokhrel and Anjani Kumar

1582: The agricultural sector as an alternative to illegal mining in Peru: A case study of Madre de Dios

Piñeiro, Valeria, Jenny Thomas and Pablo Elverdin

1581: What drives diversification of national food supplies? A cross-country analysis

Samira Choudhury and Derek Headey

1580: Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh

Greg Seymour and Maria S. Floro

1579: Youth employment, agricultural transformation, and rural labor dynamics in Nigeria

Margaret Abiodun Adesugba and George Mavrotas

1578: Farm size and effects of chemical fertilizer price on farm households: Insights from Nepal Terai

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Sabnam Shivakoti, Binod Bhattarai, Madhab Karkee, Suroj Pokhrel and Anjani Kumar

1577: Energy use and rural poverty: Empirical evidence from potato farmers in north China

Zihan Li, Yazhen Gong and Kevin Z. Chen

1576: Does a “Blue Revolution†help the poor? Evidence from Bangladesh

Shahidur Rashid, Nicholas Minot and Solomon Lemma

1575: Do development projects crowd out private-sector activities? A survival analysis of contract farming participation in northern Ghana

Isabel Lambrecht and Catherine Ragasa

1574: Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation

Danielle Resnick

1573: Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices: Increase knowledge about seed selection and seed storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda

Bjorn Van Campenhout, Senne Vandevelde, Wilberforce Walukano and Piet Van Asten

1572: What drives input subsidy policy reform? The case of Zambia, 2002–2016

Danielle Resnick and Mason, Nicole, M.

1571: Using household consumption and expenditure surveys to make inferences about food consumption, nutrient intakes and nutrition status: How important is it to adjust for meal partakers?

John L. Fiedler and Dena M. Mwangi

1570: Improving household consumption and expenditure surveys’ food consumption metrics: Developing a strategic approach to the unfinished agenda

John L. Fiedler and Dena M. Mwangi

1569: Microcredit in Viet Nam: Does it matter?

Jonathan Haughton and Shahidur Khandker

1568: Micronutrient policy process in Malawi

Suresh Chandra Babu, Steven Haggblade, Elizabeth Mkandawire, Flora Nankhuni and Sheryl L. Hendriks

1567: Framework to assess performance and impact of pluralistic agricultural extension systems: The best-fit framework revisited

Guy Faure, Kristin Davis, Catherine Ragasa, Steven Franzel and Suresh Chandra Babu

1566: Food markets and nutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004–2005)

Wim Marivoet

1565: Learning from China? Manufacturing, investment, and technology transfer in Nigeria

Yunnan Chen, Irene Yuan Sun, Rex Uzonna Ukaejiofo, Tang Xiaoyang and Bräutigam, Deborah

1564: Using cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda

Hazel Jean Malapit, Kathryn Sproule and Chiara Kovarik

1563: New modalities for managing drought risk in rainfed agriculture: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Odisha, India

Patrick Ward and Simrin Makhija

1562: Using zero tillage to ameliorate yield losses from weather shocks: Evidence from panel data in Haryana, India

Md Tajuddin Khan, Avinash Kishore, Divya Pandey and Pramod Kumar Joshi

1561: Limits to green revolution in rice in Africa: The case of Ghana

Catherine Ragasa and Antony Chapoto

1560: Will China’s demographic transition exacerbate its income inequality? A CGE modeling with top-down microsimulation

Xinxin Wang, Kevin Z. Chen, Sherman Robinson and Zuhui Huang

1559: Comparing apples to apples: A new indicator of research and development investment intensity in agriculture

Alejandro Nin-Pratt

1558: Have Chinese firms become smaller? If so, why?

Qiming Yang, Xiaobo Zhang and Wu Zhu

1557: Export competition issues after Nairobi: The recent World Trade Organization agreements and their implications for developing countries

Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio and Jonathan Hepburn

1556: Adoption of food safety measures among Nepalese milk producers: Do smallholders benefit?

Anjani Kumar, Ganesh Thapa, Pramod Kumar Joshi and Devesh Roy

1555: Making pulses affordable again: Policy options from the farm to retail in India

Pramod Kumar Joshi, Avinash Kishore and Devesh Roy

1554: Implications of slowing growth in emerging market economies for hunger and poverty in rural areas of developing countries

David Laborde Debucquet and Will Martin

1553: Impacts of CAADP on Africa’s agricultural-led development

Samuel Benin

1552: Do beliefs about agricultural inputs counterfeiting correspond with actual rates of counterfeiting? Evidence from Uganda

Maha Ashour, Lucy Billings, Daniel Gilligan, Jessica Hoel and Naureen Karachiwalla

1551: Agricultural inputs policy under macroeconomic uncertainty: Applying the kaleidoscope model to Ghana’s Fertilizer Subsidy Programme (2008–2015)

Danielle Resnick and David Mather

1550: Gender dimensions on farmers’ preferences for direct-seeded rice with drum seeder in India

Md Tajuddin Khan, Avinash Kishore and Pramod K. Joshi

1549: A farm-level perspective of the policy challenges for export diversification in Malawi: Example of the oilseeds and maize sectors

Michael E. Johnson, Brent Edelman and Cynthia Kazembe

1548: The distribution of power and household behavior: Evidence from Niger

Fleur Wouterse