The general objective of this dissertation is to understand the relationship between economic growth, government expenditure in public services and infrastructure on different sectors of the population. Through three essays this dissertation pursues the objective by explicitly highlighting the...

Over the past two decades the agrifood industry in developing countries has undergone rapid modernization. Economic growth, rising incomes, urbanization and the spread of western lifestyles have led to changes in consumption patterns in Asia and parts of Africa. As a result, the domestic demand...

Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the adoption of agricultural technologies, most studies...