Development Economics Group
The mission of the Development Economics Group (DEC) is to contribute to an improved understanding of the processes of sustainable development, institutions, conflict and poverty alleviation. To this end, DEC selects teaching material and focuses on research that can shed light on the dynamics of factor productivity and resource use in developing countries.
Agenda
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Lubos Smutka and Karel Malec (Czech University of Life Sciences): Volatility and liquidity on commodity markets - In todays markets, commodities are frequently characterized by an increasing trend in the long term. There were significant fluctuations of commodity... -
Michail Moatsos (UU): The confidence level of the first millennium development goal - The dollar-a-day method, applied in monitoring the UN's development goals against poverty, provides no confidence interval for the official figures of... -
Jan Gerrit Deelen (OECD): The OECD, at the crossroads between science and politics - Throughout its history, the OECD has assisted countries in fostering good governance and reforming and improving their economic policies to generate... -
Bram van Besouw (UU): Death at a Distance? Warfare and civilian mortality in theseventeenth-century Low Countries - Using newly collected data from burial records and war events in the seventeenth-century Low Countries, we test the intuitive links between warfare... -
Belinda Archibong (Barnard College): 'An ill wind that blows no girl any good'. The Impacts of climate-induced disease on gender inequality - Despite notable investments in education, persistent gender gaps in educational attainment remain in developing countries. One potential explanation... -
Jasper Meya (University of Oldenburg): Inter- and intragenerational distribution and the valuation of natural capital - This paper studies how the intra- and intergenerational distribution of income affects the economic valuation of non-use environmental public goods... -
XXI ANNUAL BIOECON CONFERENCE on 11-13 September 2019
Highlights
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Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid KNAW - De KNAW heeft de Wageningse hoogleraar prof. Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid. Naast hem zijn nog twee Wageningse hoogleraren gekozen: prof. John van der... -
Call for Papers: 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries - We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) will be held on 19 and 20 April at the...
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Latest publications
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Perceptions of Land Tenure Security in Rural China : The Impact of Land Reallocations and Certification
Society & Natural Resources (2019). - ISSN 0894-1920
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Better soils for healthier lives? An econometric assessment of the link between soil nutrients and malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE 14 (2019)1. - ISSN 1932-6203
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Do incentives matter when working for god? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda
World Development 113 (2019). - ISSN 0305-750X - p. 309 - 319.
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The impact of Ethiopia's pilot community based health insurance scheme on healthcare utilization and cost of care
Social Science and Medicine 220 (2019). - ISSN 0277-9536 - p. 112 - 119.
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Information exchange links, knowledge exposure, and adoption of agricultural technologies in northern Uganda
World Development 115 (2019). - ISSN 0305-750X - p. 94 - 106.