Total factor productivity and economic growth in Indonesia

This paper revisits the discussion about the contribution of Total Factor Productivity...

Vulnerability and responses to risks in rural India

Using ARIS/REDS data set for 2006 for rural India this paper models household vulnerability as expected utility and its components. We conclude, first,...

Distortions to agriculture and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

A new set of estimates of policy induced distortions to relative prices is used to examine how they affect economic growth. We find that on impact there...

A sectoral growth-income inequality nexus in Indonesia

The lack of empirical consensus about the interrelation between growth in different economic sectors and income inequality leads to unclear targeting in...

Should developing countries undervalue their currencies?

The Washington Consensus emphasizes the economic costs of real exchange rate distortions. However, a sizable recent empirical literature finds that...

Sri Lanka’s post-conflict development challenge: learning from the past

The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the...

Economic growth in developing countries: Is landlockedness destiny?

This paper examines the determinants of economic growth in developing countries within the standard growth regression framework, with special attention...

Economic growth and income inequality: asymmetric response of top income shares to growth volatility

This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between economic growth and income inequality. The data covers the period between 1870 and 2011 for...

Food security and small landholders in South Asia

This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders ...

Rich in resources?

Using economics for environmental and resource management.