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Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa

McMillan, Margaret - 2013

This paper addresses the role of tropical disease in rural demography and land use rights, using data from Onchocerciasis (river blindness) control in Burkina Faso. We combine a new survey of village elders with historical census data for 1975-2006 and geocoded maps of treatment under the...

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Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries : The Zambian Malaria Initiative

Ashraf, Nava - 2010

Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-Malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass distribution of insecticide...

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Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine : Estimating Costs and Effectiveness

Berndt, Ernst R.; Glennerster, Rachel; Kremer, Michael; … - 2021

To overcome the problem of insufficient research and development (R&D) on vaccines for diseases concentrated in low-income countries, sponsors could commit to purchase viable vaccines if and when they are developed. One or more sponsors would commit to a minimum price that would be paid per...

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The Growth Costs of Malaria

McCarthy, F. Desmond; Wolf, Holger C.; Wu, Yi - 2021

Malaria ranks among the foremost health issues facing tropical countries. In this paper, we explore the determinants of cross-country differences in malaria morbidity, and examine the linkage between malaria and economic growth. Using a classification rule analysis, we confirm the dominant role...

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The Cost of Property Rights : Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918

Maurer, Noel - 2010

We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During...

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The Effects of Decentralized and Video-Based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Hörner, Denise - 2020

The slow adoption of new agricultural technologies is an important factor in explaining persistent productivity deficits among smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Farmers delay in particular the uptake of technology packages. Since knowledge constraints are an important barrier to...

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Willingness to Pay for Low Water Footprint Food Choices During Drought

Krovetz, Hannah - 2017

In the context of recent California drought years, we investigate empirically whether consumers are willing to pay for more efficient water usage in the production of four California agricultural products. We implement an internet survey choice experiment for avocados, almonds, lettuce, and...

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The Evolving Impact of the Ogallala Aquifer : Agricultural Adaptation to Groundwater and Climate

Hornbeck, Richard - 2015

Agriculture on the American Great Plains has been constrained by historical water scarcity. After World War II …, technological improvements made groundwater from the Ogallala aquifer available for irrigation. Comparing counties over the Ogallala … with nearby similar counties, groundwater access increased irrigation intensity and initially reduced the impact of …

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Free to Choose : Promoting Conservation by Relaxing Outdoor Watering Restrictions

Castledine, Anita - 2015

adhere to the prescribed schedule use more water than those following a more flexible irrigation pattern. For our application …

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Water Availability as a Constraint on China's Future Growth

Medianu, Dana - 2012

Recent writings on China's water situation often portray China's water problems as severe and suggest that water availability could threaten the sustainability of China's future growth. However, China's high growth of the last 20 years or more has been obtained with relatively little increase in...

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