Foreign aid is one of the most important policy tools that rich countries use to help poor
countries improve population well-being and facilitate economic and institutional …

We study the effect of US food aid on conflict in recipient countries. Our analysis exploits
time variation in food aid shipments due to changes in US wheat production and cross …

Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on
evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of …

Agricultural production is heavily dependent on weather outcomes, and hence climate
change has the potential to significantly alter the sector's productivity. Both reduced form …

The spike in global food prices in 2008 led to significantly higher food prices across the
developing world. Global commodity prices have since fallen but remain volatile, and local …

The improvement of agricultural productivity using technology is an important avenue for
increasing output, reducing poverty and tackling land degradation. However, there is …

This paper examines the effect of US food aid on conflict in recipient countries. To establish
a causal relationship, we exploit time variation in food aid caused by fluctuations in US …

This study measured the technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of maize production
in the central rift valley of Ethiopia using cross sectional data collected from randomly …

The dynamic interactions between society and land resources have to be taken into account
when planning and managing natural resources. A computer model, using STELLA …

We examine whether geocoded World Bank foreign aid projects affect economic activity at
the level of equally sized grid cells with a spatial resolution of 0.5 decimal degrees latitude …