There is little rigorous evidence on the comparative impacts of cash and food transfers on food security and food-related outcomes. We assess the relative impacts of receiving cash versus food transfers using a randomized design. Drawing on data collected in eastern Niger, we find that...

We assess the relative impacts of receiving cash versus food transfers using a randomized design. Drawing on data collected in eastern Niger, we find that households randomized to receive a food basket experienced larger, positive impact on measures of food consumption and diet quality than...

Books reviewed include: Asian Rice Bowls: The Returning Crisis?by Prabhu L. Pingali, Mahabub Hossain, and Roberta V. Gerpacio; Quantitative Development Policy Analysis by Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry; Countrysides at Risk: The Political Geography of Sustainable Agriculture by Robert...

Books Reviewed include: Agricultural Landownership in Transitional Economies by Gene Wunderlich; Maize Technology Development And Transfer: A GIS Application For Research Planning In Kenya by Rashid Hassan; Famine In Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention by Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Teklu...

We apply agent based computer techniques to develop a modeling framework that can be used to study all aspects of commodity markets. The goal is to use advances in computation to study the micro level behavior of the market and its players. This work is motivated by the understanding that the...