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  • Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk

    Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance

    by Nathaniel D. Jensen, Francesco P. Fava, Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett, Brenda Wandera-Gache, Anton Vrieling, Masresha Taye, Kazushi Takahashi, Felix Lung, Munenobu Ikegami, Polly Ericksen, Philemon Chelanga, Sommarat Chantarat, Michael Carter, Hassan Bashir, Rupsha Banerjee ...
    Series series Elements in Development Economics
    This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Economics of Poverty Traps

    Edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, Jean-Paul Chavas ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    What circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of policies and projects intended to reduce poverty. Yet a major challenge analysts and policymakers face in understanding poverty traps is the sheer number of mechanisms—not just financial, but also ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Social Economics of Poverty

    Edited by Christopher B. Barrett ...
    Series series Priorities for Development Economics
    A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying development economics. ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Overseas Research

    A Practical Guide

    by Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason, Erin C. Lentz ...
    When conducting research in developing countries, an ability to negotiate a bewildering array of cultural and logistical obstacles is essential. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide distills essential lessons from scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad, including how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one’s fieldwork, issues of ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa

    Edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter ...
    Prior work has shown that there is a significant amount of turnover amongst the African poor as households exit and enter poverty. Some of this mobility can be attributed to regular movement back and forth in response to exogenous variability in climate, prices, health, etc. ('churning'). Other crossings of the poverty line reflect permanent shifts in long-term well-being associated with gains or ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Handbook of Agricultural Economics

    by Christopher B. Barrett, David R. Just ...
    Series Book 6 - Handbook of Agricultural Economics
    Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Six highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Food Loss and Waste, Empowering Communities Using an Integrated Design of Food Networks, Concentration in Food and Agricultural Markets, Agriculture and trade, Producers, ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Handbook of Agricultural Economics

    by Christopher B. Barrett, David R. Just ...
    Series Book 5 - Handbooks in Economics
    Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Five highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, food and agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets: Immigration Policy, Minimum Wages, Etc., Risk Management in Agricultural Production, ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Food Aid After Fifty Years

    Recasting its Role

    by Christopher B. Barrett, Dan Maxwell ...
    Series series Priorities for Development Economics
    This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

    by Christopher B. Barrett, Tim Benton, Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, Rebecca J. Nelson, Elizabeth Bageant, Edward Buckler, Karen Cooper, Isabella Culotta, Shenggen Fan, Rikin Gandhi, Steven James, Mark Kahn, Laté Lawson-Lartego, Jiali Liu, Quinn Marshall, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Alexander Mathys, Cynthia Mathys, Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Alesha Miller, Kamakhya Misra, Andrew Mude, Jianbo Shen, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Claire Song, Roy Steiner, Philip Thornton, Stephen Wood ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple ... Read more

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  • Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

    Edited by Franz W. Gatzweiler, Joachim von Braun ...
    The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for ... Read more

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  • Key Concepts in Water Resource Management

    A Review and Critical Evaluation

    Edited by Jonathan Lautze ...
    Series series Earthscan Water Text
    The vocabulary and discourse of water resource management have expanded vastly in recent years to include an array of new concepts and terminology, such as water security, water productivity, virtual water and water governance. While the new conceptual lenses may generate insights that improve responses to the world’s water challenges, their practical use is often encumbered by ambiguity and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Energy

    Access to Energy and Sustainable Development

    by Stefano Pareglio, Jacopo Bonan ...
    Series Book 13 - Quaderni
    Energy is a key condition to guarantee access to clean water, sanitation, schooling and business in developing countries and represents a key factor for growth and development. From a general point of view, it is still debatable whether access to affordable, reliable, safe and clean energy should be considered a human right or an instrumental right, as fundamental needs may be guaranteed through ... Read more

    $5.99 USD