International Development Working Papers (IDWP)
The Michigan State University International Development Working Paper (IDWP) series is designed to further the comparative analysis of international development activities in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Near East. The papers report research findings on historical, as well as contemporary, international development problems. The series includes papers on a wide range of topics, such as alternative rural development strategies; nonfarm employment and small scale industry; housing and construction; farming and marketing systems; food and nutrition policy analysis; economics of rice production in West Africa; technological change, employment, and income distribution; computer techniques for farm and marketing surveys; farming systems and food security research.
The papers are aimed at teachers, researchers, policy makers, donor agencies, and international development practitioners. Selected papers are translated into French, Spanish, or other languages.
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Factors Associated with Farm Households’ Movement Into and Out of Poverty in Kenya: The Rising Importance of Livestock
Published on January 1, 2007
IDWP 90. William J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, H. Ade Freeman, and P. Kristjanson. January 2007 -
Anticipating and Responding to Drought Emergencies in Southern Africa: Lessons from the 2002-2003 Experience
Published on October 1, 2006
IDWP 89. David Tschirley, Jan J. Nijhoff, Pedro Arlindo, Billy Mwinga, Michael T. Weber, and T.S. Jayne. October 2006 -
The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons from a Decade of Experience
Published on May 4, 2006
IDWP 88. David Tschirley, Colin Poulton, and Duncan Boughton. 2006 -
Emergency Needs Assessments and the Impact of Food Aid on Local Markets
Published on May 3, 2006
IDWP 87. Cynthia Donovan, Megan McGlinchy, John Staatz, and David Tschirley. 2006 -
Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa
Published on May 2, 2006
IDWP 86. T.S. Jayne, D. Mather, and E. Mghenyi. May 2006 -
Opportunities to Improve Household Food Security Through Promoting Informal Maize Marketing Channels: Experience from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Published on May 1, 2006
IDWP 85. Lulama Ndibongo Traub and T.S. Jayne. May 2006 -
Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies
Published on July 25, 2005
IDWP 84. D. Mather, C. Donovan, T.S. Jayne, and M. Weber. AAEA Annual Meeting, Principal Paper Session 1: What Role for Agricultural Economists in Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic? Providence, Rhode Island, July 25th, 2005. 36 pp. -
The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa
Published on October 1, 2004
IDWP 83. Lulama Ndibongo Traub and T.S. Jayne. October 2004 -
A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Responses to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications For HIV/AIDS Mitigation And Rural Development Policies
Published on July 9, 2004
IDWP 82. By David Mather, Cynthia Donovan, T.S. Jayne, Michael Weber, Anthony Chapoto, Edward Mazhangara, Linda Bailey, Kyeongwon Yoo, Takashi Yamano, and Elliot Mghenyi. October 2004. 67 pp. -
Title II Food Aid and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Principled Argument for When, and When Not, to Monetize
Published on March 31, 2003
IDWP 81. David Tschirley and Julie Howard. April 2003. 30 pp.