Publications

by members of

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations
Roma, Italy

Working papers

2009

1. Holland, David & Lewin, Paul & Sorte, Bruce & Weber, Bruce, 2009. "Changing Core-Periphery Economic Interdependence in the Late Twentieth Century: The Emergence of the Urban Core in Western Oregon," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49614, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. [Downloadable!]
2. Romina Cavatassi & Mario González & Paul Winters & Jorge Andrade-Piedra & Graham Thiele & Patricio Espinosa, 2009. "Linking Smallholders to the New Agricultural Economy: An Evaluation of the Plataformas Program in Ecuador," Working Papers 09-06, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Zezza, Alberto & Tasciotti, Luca, 2008. "Does Urban Agriculture Enhance Dietary Diversity? Empirical Evidence from a Sample of Developing Countries," 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium 44390, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
2. Alberto Zezza & Benjamin Davis & Carlo Azzarri & Katia Covarrubias & Luca Tasciotti & Gustavo Anriquez, 2008. "The Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor," Working Papers 08-07, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
3. Paul Winters & Timothy Essam & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza & Calogero Carletto & Kostas Stamoulis, 2008. "Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data," Working Papers 08-06, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
4. Denis Drechsler & Theodora Xenogiani, 2008. "The Two Faces of Informal Employment in Romania," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 70, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
5. Denis Drechsler, 2008. "International Labour Mobility Opportunity or Risk for Developing Countries?," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 69, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
6. Denis Drechsler, 2008. "Mobilité internationale de la main-d’oeuvre : chance ou menace pour les pays en développement ?," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 69, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
7. Denis Drechsler & Theodora Xenogiani, 2008. "Les deux visages de l’emploi informel en Roumanie," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 70, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
8. Denis Drechsler, 2008. "Wikigender: Initiating Dialogue on Gender Equality," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 82, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
9. Denis Drechsler, 2008. "Wikigender : un outil novateur pour alimenter le débat sur l’égalité homme-femme," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 82, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
10. Birthal, Pratap S. & Jha, Awadhesh K. & Tiongco, Marites & Narrod, Clare, 2008. "Improving farm-to-market linkages through contract farming: A case study of smallholder dairying in India," IFPRI discussion papers 814, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
11. Okello, Julius Juma & Narrod, Clare & Roy, Devesh, 2008. "Institutional Innovations for Smallholder Compliance with International Food Safety Standards: Experiences from Kenya, Ethiopian and Zambian Green Bean Growers," 2007 Second International Conference, August 20-22, 2007, Accra, Ghana 52183, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). [Downloadable!]
12. Catelo, Ma. Angeles O. & Narrod, Clare A. & Tiongco, Marites, 2008. "Structural changes in the Philippine pig industry and their environmental implications:," IFPRI discussion papers 781, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
13. Delgado, Christopher L. & Narrod, Clare A. & Tiongco, Marites M. & Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo & Catelo, Maria Angeles & Costales, Achilles & Mehta, Rajesh & Naranong, Viroj & Poapongsakorn, N, 2008. "Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries:," Research reports 157, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
14. Narrod, Clare A. & Pray, Carl E. & Tiongco, Marites, 2008. "Technology transfer, policies, and the role of the private sector in the global poultry revolution:," IFPRI discussion papers 841, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Luca Alinovi & Günter Hemrich & Luca Russo, 2007. "Addressing Food Insecurity in Fragile States; Case Studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Sudan," Working Papers 07-21, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. Alberto Zezza & Paul Winters & Benjamin Davis & Gero Carletto & Katia Covarrubias & Esteban Quinones & Kostas Stamoulis & Takis Karfakis & Luca Tasciotti & Stefania DiGiuseppe & Genny Bonomi, 2007. "Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions; A Cross Country Comparison," Working Papers 07-17, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
3. Benjamin Davis & Paul Winters & Gero Carletto & Katia Covarrubias & Esteban Quinones & Alberto Zezza & Kostas Stamoulis & Genny Bonomi & Stefania DiGiuseppe, 2007. "Rural Income Generating Activities; A Cross Country Comparison," Working Papers 07-16, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
4. Miluka, Juna & Carletto, Calogero & Davis, Benjamin & Zezza, Alberto, 2007. "The vanishing farms ? the impact of international migration on Albanian family farming," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4367, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
5. Zezza, Alberto & Winters, Paul & Davis, Benjamin & Carletto, Gero & Covarrubias, Katia & Quinones, Esteban & Stamoulis, Kostas & Diguiseppe, Stefania, 2007. "Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions: A Cross Country Comparison," 106th Seminar, October 25-27, 2007, Montpellier, France 7925, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
6. Miluka, Juna & Carletto, Gero & Davis, Benjamin & Zezza, Alberto, 2007. "The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming," 103rd Seminar, April 23-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain 9406, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
7. Davis, Benjamin & Covarrubias, Katia & Stamoulis, Kostas & Winters, Paul & Carletto, Gero & Quinones, Esteban & Zezza, Alberto & Digiuseppe, Stefania, 2007. "Rural Income Generating Activities: A Cross Country Comparison," 106th Seminar, October 25-27, 2007, Montpellier, France 7913, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
8. Alberto Zezza & Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Kostas Stamoulis & Paul Winters, 2007. "Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam," Working Papers 07-24, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
9. Denis Drechsler & Felix Zimmermann, 2007. "New Actors in Health Financing: Implications for a Donor Darling," OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs 33, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
10. Denis Drechsler & Felix Zimmermann, 2007. "Les nouveaux acteurs du financement de la santé : quel impact pour un chouchou des bailleurs ?," OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs 33, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
11. Felix Zimmermann & Denis Drechsler, 2007. "Financement du développement : même les pays « chouchous » ont du mal à faire face à la complexité du système," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 40, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
12. Felix Zimmermann & Denis Drechsler, 2007. "Facing Complexity in Development Finance: Challenges for a Donor Darling," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 40, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
13. Narrod, Clare & Roy, Devesh & Okello, Julius & Avendaño, Belem & Rich, Karl, 2007. "The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains:," CAPRi working papers 70, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
14. Okello, Julius Juma & Narrod, Clare & Roy, Devesh, 2007. "Food safety requirements in African green bean exports and their impact on small farmers:," IFPRI discussion papers 737, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Carlo Azzarri & Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza, 2006. "Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose: Migration and Labour Choice in Albania," Working Papers 06-06, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. Azzarri, Carlo & Carletto, Gero & Davis, Benjamin & Zezza, Alberto, 2006. "Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose: Migration and Labor Choice in Albania," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25538, International Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
3. Johannes P. Jütting & Christian Morrisson & Jeff Dayton-Johnson & Denis Drechsler, 2006. "Measuring Gender (In)equality: Introducing the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID)," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 247, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
4. Johannes P. Jütting & Denis Drechsler, 2006. "The Importance of Traditions for Development: Why Sometimes “Good Enough Is Enough”," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 34, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
5. Johannes P. Jütting & Christian Morrison & Jeff Dayton-Johnson & Denis Drechsler, 2006. "Base de données Égalité homme femme, Institutions et Développement," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 16, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
6. Johannes P. Jütting & Denis Drechsler & Indra de Soysa, 2006. "Traditions et développement Parfois, « le mieux est l’ennemi du bien »," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 34, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
7. Johannes P. Jütting & Christian Morrison & Jeff Dayton-Johnson & Denis Drechsler, 2006. "The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 16, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
8. Paul Winters & Romina Cavatassi & Leslie Lipper, 2006. "Sowing the Seeds of Social Relations: The Role of Social Capital in Crop Diversity," Working Papers 06-16, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
9. Romina Cavatassi & Leslie Lipper & Jeffrey Hopkins, 2006. "The Role of Crop Genetic Diversity in Coping with Agricultural Production Shocks: Insights from Eastern Ethiopia," Working Papers 06-17, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
10. Todd, Ewen C. D. & Narrod, Clare, 2006. "Agriculture, food safety, and foodborne diseases: understanding the links between agriculture and health," 2020 vision briefs 13(5), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Alberto Zezza & Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis, 2005. "Moving Away from Poverty: A spatial analysis of poverty and migration in Albania," Working Papers 05-02, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. Carlo Azzarri & Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza, 2005. "Monitoring Poverty without Consumption Data: An application using the Albania panel survey," Working Papers 05-01, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
3. Denis Drechsler & Johannes Jütting, 2005. "Is There a Role for Private Health Insurance in Developing Countries?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 517, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
4. Denis Drechsler & Johannes P. Jütting, 2005. "Private Health Insurance for the Poor in Developing Countries?," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 11, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
5. Denis Drechsler & Johannes P. Jütting, 2005. "L’assurance maladie privée dans les pays en développement : une solution pour les pauvres ?," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights 11, OECD, Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
6. Denis Drechsler, 2005. "Unemployment in Germany and the Eurosclerosis debate : Can the Hartz reforms induce higher employment?," Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 48, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät. [Downloadable!]
7. Paul Lewin, 2005. "America Latina: Hambre y Alimentos en Abundancia," Development and Comp Systems 0503004, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
8. Paul Lewin, 2005. "Análisis de la Eficiencia del Mercado de Derechos de Aprovechamiento de Aguas en Chile," Others 0503005, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
9. Gustavo Gordillo & Rodrigo Wagner & Paul Lewin, 2005. "Una transición permanentemente trunca: Estado y sociedad rural en México (1975-2000)," Development and Comp Systems 0503009, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
10. Paul Lewin & Krister Andersson, 2005. "El Desempeño De Los Gobiernos Locales En Chile En La Prestacion De Servicios Publicos Agricolas," Public Economics 0506007, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
11. Gustavo Gordillo & Paul Lewin, 2005. "¿Pueden competir los pequeños productores mexicanos en el mundo actual?," Public Economics 0506010, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
12. Paul Lewin & Baptiste Gerbier, 2005. "Efectos de la Política de Estado Hondureña sobre la Seguridad Alimentaria," Public Economics 0506014, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
13. Lipper, Leslie & Hopkins, Jeffrey & Cavatassi, Romina, 2005. "Crop Genetic Diversity, Food Security and Farm Household Well-being During Shocks," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19372, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Gero Carletto & Alberto Zezza, 2004. "Being Poor, Feeling Poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania," Working Papers 04-12, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Marco Stampini & Stefano Trento & Alberto Zezza, 2004. "Internal Mobility and International Migration in Albania," Working Papers 04-13, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
3. Romina Cavatassi, 2004. "Valuation Methods for Environmental Benefits in Forestry and Watershed Investment Projects," Working Papers 04-01, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
4. Suzi Kerr & Leslie Lipper & Alexander S.P. Pfaff & Romina Cavatassi & Benjamin Davis & Joanna Hendy & Arturo Sanchez, 2004. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," Working Papers 04-20, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
5. Romina Cavatassi & Benjamin Davis & Leslie Lipper, 2004. "Estimating Poverty Over Time and Space: Construction of a time-variant poverty index for Costa Rica," Working Papers 04-21, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
6. Suzi Kerr & Alexander Pfaff & Romina Cavatassi & Benjamin Davis & Leslie Lipper & Arturo Sanchez & Jason Timmins, 2004. "Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing behaviour from location," Working Papers 04-19, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Kostas Stamoulis & Alberto Zezza, 2003. "A Conceptual Framework for National Agricultural, Rural Development, and Food Security Strategies and Policies," Working Papers 03-17, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. V.K. Ramachandran & Madhura Swaminathan & Vikas Rawal, 2003. "Barriers to expansion of mass literacy and primary schooling in West Bengal: Study based on primary data from selected villages," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 345, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India. [Downloadable!]
3. Leslie Lipper & Romina Cavatassi, 2003. "Land Use Change, Carbon Sequestration and Poverty Alleviation," Working Papers 03-13, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Kostas G. Stamoulis & Alberto Zezza, 2002. "Socioeconomic Policies and Food Security," Working Papers 02-02, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]

2001

1. Alberto Zezza & Luis Llambi, 2001. "Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the links between policy reforms and rural poverty in Latin America," Working Papers 02-08, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
2. V.K. Ramachandran & Madhura Swaminathan & Vikas Rawal, 2001. "How have hired workers fared? A case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 323, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India. [Downloadable!]
3. Narrod, C., 2001. "Technology, Policies, And The Role Of The Private Sector In The Global Poultry Revolution," International Trade in Livestock Products Symposium, January 18-19, 2001, Auckland, New Zealand 14567, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Wiebe, Keith & Soule, Meredith & Narrod, Clare & Breneman, Vince, 2000. "Resource Quality And Agricultural Productivity: A Multi-Country Comparison," 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL 21723, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
2. Narrod, Clare A. & Malcolm, Scott A. & Kost, William E., 2000. "The Significance Of Interceptions Of Fresh Produce From Latin America And The Caribbean Into The United States," 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL 21789, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Narrod, Clare A. & Malcolm, Scott A. & Ollinger, Michael & Roberts, Tanya, 1999. "Pathogen Reduction Options In Slaughterhouses And Methods For Evaluating Their Economic Effectiveness," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21562, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Talip Kilic & Calogero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza, 2009. "Investing back home," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 17(3), pages 587-623, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Zezza, Alberto & Carletto, Gero & Davis, Benjamin & Stamoulis, Kostas & Winters, Paul, 2009. "Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(7), pages 1297-1306, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Winters, Paul & Davis, Benjamin & Carletto, Gero & Covarrubias, Katia & Quiñones, Esteban J. & Zezza, Alberto & Azzarri, Carlo & Stamoulis, Kostas, 2009. "Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(9), pages 1435-1452, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Narrod, Clare & Roy, Devesh & Okello, Julius & Avendaño, Belem & Rich, Karl & Thorat, Amit, 2009. "Public-private partnerships and collective action in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 8-15, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Gero Carletto & Katia Covarrubias & Benjamin Davis & Marika Krausova & Kostas Stamoulis & Paul Winters & Alberto Zezza, 2007. "Rural income generating activities in developing countries: re-assessing the evidence," The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, vol. 4(1), pages 146-193. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Gero Carletto & Alberto Zezza, 2006. "Being poor, feeling poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 42(5), pages 739-760, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carlo Azzarri & Gero Carletto & Benjamin Davis & Alberto Zezza, 2006. "Monitoring Poverty Without Consumption Data : An Application Using the Albania Panel Survey," Eastern European Economics, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 44(1), pages 59-82, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Zezza, Alberto & Llambi, Luis, 2002. "Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the Links Between Policy Reforms and Rural Poverty in Latin America," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 30(11), pages 1865-1884, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Rawal, Vikas, 2001. "Agrarian Reform and Land Markets: A Study of Land Transactions in Two Villages of West Bengal, 1977-1995," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 49(3), pages 611-29, April.

1998

1. Sotnikov, Sergey, 1998. "Evaluating the Effects of Price and Trade Liberalisation on the Technical Efficiency of Agricultural Production in a Transition Economy: The Case of Russia," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press for the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics, vol. 25(3), pages 412-31.

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