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1244: Parametric decomposition of the malmquist index in an output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture

Xiyuan Liao, Hongfang Shen and Bingxin Yu

1243: Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?

Olivier Ecker, Athur Mabiso and Jean-François Maystadt

1242: Evidence on key policies for African agricultural growth

Ousmane Badiane, Frances Cossar, Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh, Olivier Ecker, Hosaena Ghebru Hagos, Derek Headey, Adam Kennedy, Athur Mabiso, Tsitsi Makombe, Mehrab Malek and Emily Schmidt

1241: A global assessment of the economic effects of export taxes

Bouёt, Antoine, Carmen Estrades and David Laborde Debucquet

1240: The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Sabina Alkire, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Amber Peterman, Agnes Quisumbing, Greg Seymour and Ana Vaz

1239: Food price volatility in Africa: Has it really increased?

Nicholas Minot

1238: The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution

Regina Birner, Kathleen Flaherty and Shashi Kolavalli

1237: Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models

Patrick Aboagye, Frances Cossar, Xinshen Diao, Nazaire Houssou, Kipo Jimah and Shashi Kolavalli

1236: Differential export taxes along the oilseeds value chain:: A partial equilibrium analysis

Bouët, Antoine, Carmen Estrades and David Laborde Debucquet

1235: The role of rural producer organizations for agricultural service provision in fragile states

Jennifer Golan and Catherine Ragasa

1234: Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador

Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Amy Margolies, Vanessa Moreira and Amber Peterman

1233: Public expenditures, private incentives, and technology adoption: The economics of hybrid rice in South Asia

Harun Ar-Rashid, Kajal Gulati, Deepthi Kolady, David Spielman and Patrick Ward

1232: Malaria and agriculture: A global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda

Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Claudia Ringler, Daniel Tsegai and Benjamin Wielgosz

1231: Did using input vouchers improve the distribution of subsidized fertilizer in Nigeria?: The case of Kano and Taraba states

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie

1230: The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Tanzania: Evidence for fertilizer policy development

Todd Benson, Stephen L. Kirama and Onesmo Selejio

1229: The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Mozambique: Evidence for fertilizer policy development

Todd Benson, Benedito Cunguara and Tewodaj Mogues

1228: The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development

Stephen Bayite-Kasule, Todd Benson, Patrick Lubega, Tewodaj Mogues and Julian Nyachwo

1227: Taxation policy and gender employment in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A comparative analysis of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia

Omar Bouazouni, Rim Chatti, Erwin Corong and Fofana, Ismaël

1226: Policy reform toward gender equality in Ethiopia: Little by little the egg begins to walk

Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing

1225: Improving the measurement of food security

Olivier Ecker and Derek Headey

1224: Improved performance of agriculture in Africa South of the Sahara: Taking off or bouncing back?

Michael E. Johnson, Alejandro Nin-Pratt and Bingxin Yu

1223: Review of input and output policies for cereals production in Pakistan

Abdul Salam

1222: Supply and demand for cereals in Pakistan, 2010-2030

Syed Hamza Haider, Hina Nazli and Asjad Tariq

1221: The road to specialization in agricultural production:: Evidence from rural China

Yu Qin and Xiaobo Zhang

1220: Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems: Recent evidence from Bangladesh

Madan M. Dey, A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque, Md. Saidur Rahman, Spielman David J. and Rowena Valmonte-Santos

1219: Is MERCOSUR’s External Agenda Pro-Poor?: An assessment of the European Union-MERCOSUR free-trade agreement on poverty in Uruguay applying MIRAGE

Carmen Estrades

1218: Heterogeneous pro–poor targeting in India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Christopher Barrett and Yanyan Liu

1217: The impacts of public investment in and for agriculture: Synthesis of the existing evidence

Shenggen Fan, Linden McBride, Tewodaj Mogues and Bingxin Yu

1216: What determines public expenditure allocations?: A review of theories, and implications for agricultural public investments

Tewodaj Mogues

1215: Nonlinear dynamics of livestock assets: Evidence from Ethiopia

Stefan Dercon and Bjorn Van Campenhout

1214: An overview of Chinese agricultural and rural engagement in Tanzania

Bräutigam, Deborah and Xiaoyang Tang

1213: The partially liberalized cocoa sector in Ghana: Producer price determination, quality control, and service provision

Shashi Kolavalli, Haruna Maamah, John Poku and Marcella Vigneri

1212: Structural change in Argentina, 1935–60: The role of import substitution and factor endowments

Dario Debowicz and Paul Segal

1211: Traceability in a supply chain with repeated moral hazard

Alexander Saak

1210: Managing transition in Yemen: An assessment of the costs of conflict and development scenarios for the future

Abdulmajeed Al-Bataly, Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker and Wilfried Engelke

1209: Bangladesh rice trade and price stabilization: Implications of the 2007/08 experience for public stocks

Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid

1208: Analyzing intersectoral convergence to improve child undernutrition in India: Development and application of a framework to examine policies in agriculture, health, and nutrition

Purnima Menon and Rajani Ved

1207: Branding and agricultural value chains in developing countries: insights from Bihar, India

Bart Minten, Krishna Singh and Rajib Sutradhar

1206: Costly posturing: relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China

Xi Chen and Xiaobo Zhang

1205: Should private storage be subsidized to stabilize agricultural markets after price support schemes are removed?

Fabienne Femenia

1204: Mapping the contemporary fertilizer policy landscape in Malawi: a guide for policy researchers

Noora-Lisa Aberman, Regina Birner, Klaus Droppelmann, Peter Gaff, Michael E. Johnson and Eva Schiffer

1203: The Economic Consequences of Excess Men: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan

Simon Chang and Xiaobo Zhang

1202: The value of customized insurance for farmers in rural Bangladesh

Danielle Clarke, Narayan C. Das, Ruth Hill, Neha Kumar, Parendi Mehta and Francesca de Nicola

1201: Gender assessment of the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Catherine Ragasa, Annie Kinwa-Muzinga and John Ulimwengu

1200: Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia: a literature review and institutional analysis

Scott Drimie and Jody Harris

1199: Review of input and output policies for cereal production in Bangladesh

Anand Ganesh-Kumar and Hemant Pullabhotla

1198: Onset risk and draft animal investment in nigeria

Hiroyuki Takeshima

1197: Farmer Groups, Input Access and Intragroup Dynamics: A Case Study of Targeted Subsidies in Nigeria

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie

1196: Does Food Security Matter for Transition in Arab Countries?

Clemens Breisinger, Jean-François Maystadt and Jean-François Trinh Tan

1195: Agriculture, Income, and Nutrition Linkages in India: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey

Priya Bhagowalia, Derek Headey and Suneetha Kadiyala