This dissertation contains three essays at the interface of agricultural and development economics. The motivation for this lies in the fact that various studies have shown the agricultural sector to be the main income source for the majority of the global poor and it will hence have to play a...

This paper looks at how the macro-shock from the 2008 financial crisis has translated into income and welfare shocks in the form of reduced earnings and consumption at the household level in Turkey. Using a specialized household level Welfare Monitoring Survey implemented in May-June 2009 in...

The internet offers young people plenty of possibilities, but according to the"more is more" hypothesis, online opportunities and risks tend to go together. We look for the features of online stressful situations to which 9-16 years old Romanian young people are exposed, and we follow the way...

This article analyses wild food consumption in urban areas of Cameroon. Building upon findings from Cameroon’s <i>Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis</i> (CFSVA) this case study presents empirical data collected from 371 household and market surveys in Cameroonian cities. It...

The global economic crisis affected the tourist market from Romania since 2008. 2010 was for the Romanian tourism enterprises the year of successful attempts to respond to the economic and social stimuli imposed by the economic crisis. The way in which they managed to cope with the crisis shows...