Abstract This paper documents the role of village fairness norms in land markets. We establish a strong and robust relationship between experimentally elicited village-level fairness norms and land rental markets across 250 villages in Malawi. Stronger fairness norms correlate with a tighter range in rental rates. Fairness norms for tenants predominate and land-rental price ranges […]
Event Recap: From Bad to Worse: Poverty Impacts for Food Availability Responses to Weather Shocks
Following the 2015–2016 El Niño phenomenon, a maize export ban was instituted in Zambia to increase food availability and supply in the country. In a virtual brown bag held on the 22nd of September 2021, IFPRI researchers Dr. Will Martin, Dr. Jawoo Koo, and Abdullah Mamun, presented the findings of their study on the impact […]
Roundtable Discussion: Key Drivers of the Fertilizer Prices Surge and Policy Options
Background Recently, the country's mainstream media has been awash with a myriad of stories surrounding the surge in inorganic fertilizer prices on both local and international market. the price surge has been historical and agricultural experts fear the worst regarding Malawi's ability to produce enough maize for the next consumption period. the August 2021 […]
UPDATE: CHANGE OF BROWN BAG WEBINAR DATE
Please note that the previously announced brown bag webinar "From Bad to Worse: Poverty Impacts for Food Availability Responses to Weather Shocks", set for Wednesday 8th of September is now taking place on Wednesday 22nd of September, 2021. For more information visit our events page here.
Virtual Brown Bag: 22 September, 2021: Poverty impacts of maize export bans in Zambia
Abstract Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability, and that availability-based policies frequently exacerbate adverse impacts on household welfare. Perhaps because […]
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