Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Qin and Zhang 2011

Road to Specialization in Agricultural Production:
Tales of 18 Natural Villages in China

-Sees crop specialization occur due to transaction costs

http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/103882/4/Impact%20of%20Road%20Access%20on%20Agricultural%20Production%20in%20China%202011%20AAEA.pdf

agriculture roads and ecnomic development in Uganda: Gollin Rogerson 2010

 Uses GE and size of quasi subsistence sector.  Show highly sensitive to agric prod levels and transportation costs

http://cbey.research.yale.edu/uploads/Environmental%20Economics%20Seminar/Gollin_and_Rogerson_-_Agriculture_Roads_and_Economic_Development_in_Uganda,_3-19-10.pdf

Linkages Between Market Participation and Productivity Rios 2008

only looks at output markets

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Enhancing Anti-Corruption Programming in the Europe and Eurasia Region

Throughout the former communist states of the Europe and Eurasia region, endemic corruption constrains economic growth and democratic development.  To diagnose root causes of corruption, IRIS developed an in-depth assessment tool that builds on, complements and overcomes the programming limitations of macro surveys and indices generated by such institutions as Transparency International, the World Bank, Freedom House, Coalition 2000 and the South East Legal Development Initiative (SELDI).  Three pilot projects in the Europe and Eurasia region tested, refined, and demonstrated the tool in two different sectors, business licensing and entry regulation and health care.  In Romania and Russia, the pilot application of the assessment tool focused on business licensing, and in Bulgaria the test addressed related aspects of health care delivery by hospitals.  Each application involved developing, field testing, and then implementing surveys of both public and private sector actors.