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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Erwin Bulte (WUR - DEC) Participatory Resource Management, Elite Capture and Local Livelihoods: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia -
Solmaria Halleck Vega (WUR - UEC) Abrupt shifts in national land use and food production after a climate tipping point -
Aliza Fleischer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services: The Case of Landscape Aesthetics in the Agritourism Market -
Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food - The Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food is the annual international point of assembly and an exchange of knowledge in the field of Food history...
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Farewell Address Professor Ekko van Ierland
Highlights
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Research on humanitarian relief to IDPs in Congo wins Best of UNICEF Reseach - A recent study by development economist Maarten Voors and colleagues has been announced as "Best of UNICEF Research". The study assesses the...
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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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Tied Labour, Savings and Rural Labour Market Wages: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment
Journal of African Economies 28 (2019)4. - ISSN 0963-8024 - p. 435 - 454.
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The Cost of Postponement of Bt Rice Commercialization in China
Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019). - ISSN 1664-462X
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Credit, insurance and farmers’ liability: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 166 (2019). - ISSN 0167-2681 - p. 12 - 27.
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Unconditional Transfers and Tropical Forest Conservation: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Sierra Leone
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101 (2019)3. - ISSN 0002-9092 - p. 894 - 918.
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The future of intercropping under growing resource scarcity and declining grain prices - A model analysis based on a case study in Northwest China
Agricultural Systems 176 (2019). - ISSN 0308-521X