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The ‘‘old” familiar diseases of cholera and typhoid remain a serious health threat in many developing countries. Health policy analysts often argue that vaccination against cholera and typhoid should…
21 February 2009 | Peer Reviewed |National government-funded payments for environmental services (PES) programs often lack sustainable financing and fail to target payments to providers of important environmental services. In…
19 February 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaThis paper analyses the role of risk and rate of time preference in the choice of land contracts. The analysis builds on the risk-sharing and imperfect market explanations of contract choice. Unique…
12 February 2009 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaPoor farmers need sustainable agriculture that relies on renewable local resources, such as conservation tillage and compost. This study looked at factors influencing decisions to adopt these two…
9 February 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, EthiopiaFisheries in developing countries are often characterized by poorly defined property rights, open access, and overcapitalization. The authors explore how trade liberalization generally is beneficial…
9 February 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | SwedenWe study behavior in a search experiment where sellers receive randomized bids from a computer. At any time, sellers can accept the highest standing bid or ask for another bid at positive costs. We…
7 February 2009 | Peer Reviewed |Colombia's discharge fee system for water effluents is often held up as a model of a well-functioning, economic incentive pollution control program in a developing country. Yet few objective…
15 January 2009 | Peer Reviewed |Results indicate that visitors look at the behavior of others in deciding if and how much to donate, but partially reject being told what to do. Also, as the social reference moves farther away from…
8 January 2009 | Policy Brief | Central AmericaThis article examines the impact of immigration on the location of the computer and computer peripherals manufacturing (SIC 357) and electronic equipment manufacturing (SIC 367) industries in the…
6 January 2022 | Peer Reviewed | VietnamThis article reports the results of a comparative study conducted in China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to assess households' willingness to pay for marine turtle conservation and the…
3 July 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Vietnam