The Economics of Rural Health Insurance

Isaac Osei-Akoto

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 40
• Many households in Ghana are exposed to risks from preventable diseases, poor weather, and economic mismanagement but they have limited access to qual... Lees meer

Determinants of Commercial Orientation and Sustainability of Agricultural Production of the Individual Farms in Romania

Borbala Eszter Balint

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 50
• Subsistence farming, a widespread phenomenon in developing countries, emerged as well in Central and East European and former Soviet Union countries d... Lees meer

Operational Assessment of Monetary Poverty by Proxy Means Tests

Julia Johannsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 65
• Despite the concern among donors, governments and practitioners about their success in reaching the poor, the lack of reliable low-cost tools makes it... Lees meer

Financial Markets for Small Enterprises in Urban and Rural Northern Thailand

Wolfram Erhardt

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 28
• This study examines the demand for and supply of financial services for small entrepreneurs in Northern Thailand. Particular emphasis is placed on cre... Lees meer

Economics of Micronutrient Malnutrition

Olivier Ecker

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 64
• Micronutrient malnutrition is a serious public health problem, especially in developing countries. Hence, evaluating the nutritional impacts of market... Lees meer

Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare

Tigabu Degu Getahun

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 75
• The book presents the nexus between industrial clustering, firm performance and employee welfare. The author presents the quantitative impacts of indu... Lees meer

Telecommunication Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Romeo Bertolini

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 26
• In order to show how rural households use - and benefit from - publicly available telecommunication services, determinants and degree of the use of pu... Lees meer

Romania - Rural Finance in Transition Economies

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 14
• In the transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy the financial sector has a vitally important role to play. Nevertheless, transf... Lees meer

Consumption Choices

Till Ludwig

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 80
• Rural areas in developing countries have the world's highest rates of undernutrition. Based on primary data from an innovative new study in India, thi... Lees meer

Von Den Potenzialen Zur Realitaet: Wie Die Afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion Gesteigert Werden Kann

• Hardcover | Duits | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 83
• Dieses Buch erläutert Möglichkeiten, wie Afrika seine Potenziale ausschöpfen kann, um eine Versorgung mit Lebensmitteln für eine erschwingliche und ge... Lees meer

Costs of Illness, Demand for Medical Care, and the Prospect of Community Health Insurance Schemes in the Rural Areas of Ethiopia

Abay Asfaw

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 34
• After the 'Health for All' declaration of the Alma Ata conference, many countries in the developing world have been trying to provide basic health ser... Lees meer

Coping with the Coffee Crisis

Meike Wollni

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 57
• At the turn of the millennium, world coffee prices dropped to their lowest levels in 30 years giving rise to the most severe crisis experienced by the... Lees meer

Education, Child Labor and Human Capital Formation in Selected Urban and Rural Settings of Pakistan

Abdul Salam Lodhi

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 68
• Education is essential for human resource development and sustainable socio-economic development of a society, as it can facilitate economic growth th... Lees meer

Performance and Impact of Microfinance

Simtowe

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 58
• This study assesses the performance and impact of microfinance from group lending schemes with joint liability in Malawi. The study applies econometri... Lees meer

Optimal Allocation and Use of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin

Claudia Ringler

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 20
• Efficient, equitable and sustainable water management at the river basin level plays a crucial role in solving growing water shortages. However, water... Lees meer

Institutional and Welfare Aspects of the Provision and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh and Peru

Shyamal Chowdhury

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 30
• Information and communication technologies, henceforth ICTs, have received enormous attention in recent times. During the decade of the 90s, there was... Lees meer

The Impact of Eu Free Trade Agreements on Economic Development and Regional Integration in Southern Africa

Mareike Meyn

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 55
• North-South Free Trade Agreements are supposed to improve African countries' access to competitive inputs and consumer goods, to assist in creating an... Lees meer

The Economics of Volunteer Labor Supply

Susanne Ziemek

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 38
• Volunteerism represents a highly relevant institution for developed as well as developing countries. The potentials ascribed to voluntary work include... Lees meer

Collateral Damage Autocracy?

Tobias Lechner

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 81
• Anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that economic sanctions, a popular tool of modern foreign policy, have a negative collateral damage to the p... Lees meer

The Economics of Land Degradation; Toward an Integrated Global Assessment

Ephraim Nkonya, Nicolas Gerber, Philipp Baumgartner

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 66
• Land degradation is increasingly considered as a global problem. The extent of degraded and degrading areas adversely impacts on large numbers of peop... Lees meer

Rural Development through Carbon Finance; Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol- Assessing Smallholder Participation by Structural Equation Modeling

Sebastian Scholz

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 62
• In a timely contribution to the international discussion of the post-Kyoto climate regime this study hypothesizes that Clean Development Mechanism (CD... Lees meer

Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia

Dawit Guta

• Hardcover | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 74
• This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia's future energy security with a focus on th... Lees meer

The Economics of On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity in Ethiopia

Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 45
• The issue of maintaining a diverse gene pool in the form of crop varieties is very topical world wide. This is caused by the potential benefit of crop... Lees meer

The Economics of Gender and the Household in Developing Countries

Holger Seebens

• Paperback | Engels | Development Economics and Policy | nr. 60
• This study focuses on gender differences and their implications for household decision making in terms of production, consumption, fertility and the m... Lees meer