Documentos e informes
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The economics of rural organization : theory, practice, and policy (Inglés)
Why have some rural development policies succeeded and others failed? The book sheds light on that question by defining a new branch of economics that explores economic relations in the rural sector of...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 11857 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1993 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Hoff, Karla,Braverman, Avishay,Stiglitz, Joseph
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The agricultural transition in central and eastern Europe and the former USSR (Inglés)
Central and Eastern European countries and the states of the former USSR have embarked on an exhilarating but difficult political and economic transition. Changes in agriculture in Central and Eastern...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 11635 Fecha del documento: 31 de enero de 1993 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Braverman, Avishay,Brooks, Karen M.,Csaki, Csaba
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Agricultural reform in developing countries : reflections for Eastern Europe (Inglés)
The reform of formerly centrally planned economies involves freeing the price system, developing a competitive environment, and privatizing many of the state-owned or controlled assets and services, while...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS538 Fecha del documento: 30 de noviembre de 1990 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Guasch, J. Luis,Braverman, Avishay
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Credit rationing, tenancy, productivity, and the dynamics of inequality (Inglés)
Why, when given the same resources, might productivity be lower on farms operated through sharecropping than on owner-run farms? The reason is that sharecropping, much less wage contracts, cannot overcome...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS176 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 1989 Autor: Braverman, Avishay,Stiglitz, Joseph E.
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Institutional aspects of credit cooperatives (Inglés)
The most common form of government intervention in the rural sector has been massive lending at subsidized interest rates. Credit programs generally aim to reach small farmers. However, despite the expansion...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS7 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1988 Autor: Braverman, Avishay,Guasch, J. Luis
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The town - versus - country problem : optimal pricing in an agrarian economy (Inglés)
A simple model of an LDC focuses on the relationship between the rural and urban sector and on the effects of pricing on migration and on incentives within the rural and the urban sectors. Within this...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental Número del informe: CPD8203 Fecha del documento: 31 de agosto de 1982 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Braverman, Avishay,Sah, Raaj Kumar,Stiglitz, Jos