Christopher B. Barrett

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor

315 Warren Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853-7801

United States

http://aem.cornell.edu/faculty_sites/cbb2/

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1.

Food Aid and Dependency: Implications for Emergency Food Security Assessments

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 12-2
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jul 2008
Erin Lentz, Christopher B. Barrett and John Hoddinott
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Jan 1999
Christopher B. Barrett, Aliakbar Olia and DeeVon Bailey
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics and Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics
Downloads 1,881 (15,340)
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Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics?

Applied Economics
Posted: 02 Jun 1999
Christopher B. Barrett, Aliakbar Olia and DeeVon Bailey
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics and Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics

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Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries

THE NEW PALGRAVE DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS, 2nd Edition, Lawrence E. Blume, Steven N. Durlauf, eds., London: Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett and Emelly Mutambatsere
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,162 (32,226)

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Poverty Traps and Climate Risk: Limitations and Opportunities of Index-Based Risk Financing

IRI Technical Report No. 07-02
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Georgia - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Columbia University, Cornell University - Department of Economics, Columbia University, University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture - Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Poverty Traps and Social Protection

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter and Munenobu Ikegami
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics and Hosei University - Department of Economics
Downloads 910 (45,474)
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Poverty traps, Targeting transfers, Dynamic modeling

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Asset, Activity, and Income Diversification Among African Agriculturalists: Some Practical Issues

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett and Thomas Reardon
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics
Downloads 852 (49,763)
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Livestock Markets and Risk Management Among East African Pastoralists: A Review and Research Agenda

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Feb 2001
DeeVon Bailey, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter D. Little and Francis Chabari
Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology and GTZ Marsabit Development Program
Downloads 777 (56,397)
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Spatial Market Integration

THE NEW PALGRAVE DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS, 2nd Edition, Lawrence E. Blume, Steven N. Durlauf, eds., London: Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 769 (57,174)

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Technological Change and Price Effects in Agriculture: Conceptual and Comparative Perspectives

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Christopher B. Barrett and Paul Dorosch
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Downloads 728 (61,525)
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Food Aid Effectiveness: It's the Targeting, Stupid!

Cornell University Applied Economics and Management Working Paper No. 2002-43
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Aug 2003
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 701 (64,681)
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Smallholder Participation in Agricultural Value Chains: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jan 2011
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Independent, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics, Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and World BankCornell University
Downloads 671 (68,377)
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Agricultural Value Chains, Contract Farming, Africa, Asia, Latin America

A Holistic Approach to Sustainability Based on Pluralistic Stewardship

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Dec 1998
Christopher B. Barrett and Raymond E. Grizzle
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of New Hampshire - Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
Downloads 646 (70,867)
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A Holistic Approach to Sustainability Based on Pluralistic Stewardship

Environmental Ethics, Vol. 21, Spring 1999
Posted: 08 Dec 1998
Christopher B. Barrett and Raymond E. Grizzle
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of New Hampshire - Jackson Estuarine Laboratory

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Agricultural Technology, Productivity, Poverty and Food Security in Madagascar

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 May 2005
Bart Minten and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Food and Nutrition Policy Program and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 580 (82,028)
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A Market Analysis and Decision Tree Tool for Response Analysis: Cash, Local Purchase and/or Imported Food Aid? The Decision Tree Tool

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett, Erin Lentz and Daniel G. Maxwell
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Independent
Downloads 508 (96,801)
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Foreign Aid, Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction

ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN A FLAT WORLD: CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION, Steven L. Rundle, ed., Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Foreign Aid, Development Strategies, and Poverty Reduction

ECONOMICS JUSTICE IN A FLAT WORLD: CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION, S. Rundle, ed., Paternoster, August 2009
Posted: 20 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Food Aid for Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Awudu Abdulai, Christopher B. Barrett and Peter Hazell
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CGIAR - Environment and Production Technology Division
Downloads 476 (104,744)
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Marketing Boards

THE NEW PALGRAVE DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS, 2nd Edition, Lawrence E. Blume and Steven N. Durlauf, eds., London: Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett and Emelly Mutambatsere
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 473 (105,474)

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The Double Hurdle Model in the Presence of Fixed Costs

Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management Working Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Jan 2003
Garth J. Holloway, Christopher B. Barrett and Simeon K. Ehui
CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Downloads 446 (113,073)
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market participation, fixed costs, double-hurdle model, censored

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Understanding the Agricultural Input Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Plot, Household, and Community-Level Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7014
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2020
Megan Sheahan, Christopher B. Barrett and Megan Britney Sheahan
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Precision Agriculture for Developmen
Downloads 420 (121,351)
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Climate Change and Agriculture, Crops and Crop Management Systems, Pest Management, Food Security, Fertilizers, Armed Conflict

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The Microeconomics of the Developmental Paradox: On the Political Economy of Food Price Policy

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Dec 1998
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 415 (123,050)
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Reconsidering Conventional Explanations of the Inverse Productivity-Size Relationship

World Development, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, Marc F. Bellemare and Janet Y. Hou
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics and Cornell University
Downloads 408 (125,441)
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Inverse Relationship, Productivity, Market Failures, Soil Characteristics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar

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Development Economics: An Overview

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: CRITICAL CONCEPTS IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, 4 Volumes, C.B. Barrett, ed., London: Routledge, 2007
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Does Food Aid Stabilize Food Availability?

Cornell University, Department of Agricultural, Resource and Managerial Economics Working Paper No. 99-01
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Jan 1999
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 398 (127,957)
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Does Food Aid Stabilize Food Availability?

Posted: 31 Jan 2001
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Distinguishing between Equilibrium and Integration in Markets Analysis

International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Working Paper No. 99-8
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Oct 1999
Jau-Rong Li and Christopher B. Barrett
I-Shou University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 156 (323,663)
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Distinguishing between Equilibrium and Integration in Markets Analysis

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Oct 1999
Christopher B. Barrett and Jau-Rong Li
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and I-Shou University
Downloads 120 (398,559)
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Distinguishing between Equilibrium and Integration in Markets Analysis

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett and Jau-Rong Li
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and I-Shou University
Downloads 119 (400,987)
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The Welfare Impacts of Commodity Price Volatility: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 19 May 2011
Marc F. Bellemare, Christopher B. Barrett and David R. Just
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Downloads 378 (136,820)
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Price Volatility, Price Stabilization, Price Risk, Risk and Uncertainty

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Insuring Against Drought‐Related Livestock Mortality:  Piloting Index Based Livestock Insurance in Northern Kenya

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 May 2011
Cornell University - Department of Economics, Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Hosei University - Department of Economics and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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Revisiting the Effect of Food Aid on Conflict: A Methodological Caution

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8171
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 28 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017
Paul Christian and Christopher B. Barrett
World Bank - Development Research Group (DIME) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 366 (141,771)
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Conflict and Fragile States

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Pastoralist Livestock Marketing Behavior in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: An Analysis of Constraints Limiting Off-Take Rates

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Nov 2004
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, RTI International, University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, University of Kentucky and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Downloads 324 (161,741)
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Household-Level Livestock Marketing Behavior Among Northern Kenyan and Southern Ethiopian Pastoralists

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 May 2005
Christopher B. Barrett, Marc F. Bellemare and Sharon M. Osterloh
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics and Cornell University
Downloads 322 (162,793)
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Market Participation by Rural Households in a Low-Income Country: An Asset Based Approach Applied to Mozambique

Faith and Economics Vol 50, Fall 2007: 64-101
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Jan 2019
Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
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Market Participation by Rural Households in a Low-Income Country: An Asset-Based Approach Applied to Mozambique

Faith and Economics, 2007
Posted: 23 May 2011
Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

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How Basis Risk and Spatiotemporal Adverse Selection Influence Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2018
Nathaniel Duane Jensen, Andrew Mude and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 304 (172,929)
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Pastoralists, Uninsured Risk, Livestock, Adverse Selection, Basis Risk

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A New Look at the Trade Volume Effects of Real Exchange Rate Risk: A Rational Expectation-Based Multivariate Garch-M Approach

Cornell University Applied Economics Management Working Paper No. 2002-41
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Sep 2003
Kai Li Wang and Christopher B. Barrett
Tunghai University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 303 (173,481)

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Exchange Rate, Trade, Multivariate GARCH

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Towards a Global Food Aid Compact

Food Policy, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 May 2005 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2015
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel Maxwell
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CARE East Africa Regional Management Unit
Downloads 298 (176,529)
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Food Policy in Crisis Management

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Nov 2004
Christopher B. Barrett and David E. Sahn
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
Downloads 298 (176,529)
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Improving Humanitarian Response to Slow-Onset Disasters Using Famine Indexed Weather Derivatives

Agricultural Finance Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2013
Sommarat Chantarat, Calum G. Turvey, Andrew G. Mude and Christopher B. Barrett
Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Department of Economics and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Covariate risk, weather derivatives, catastrophe bond, famine relief, food aid, food insecurity, pastoralists, Kenya

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The System of Rice Intensification in Practice: Explaining Low Farmer Adoption and High Disadoption in Madagascar

Cornell Dept. of Applied Economics & Management Working Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Sep 2002
Christopher B. Barrett and Christine M. Moser
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Department of Economics and Management
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Challenging Orthodoxies: Understanding Poverty in Pastoral Areas of East Africa

Development and Change, A. Saith, M. Arsel, K. Biehart, A. Chhachhi, B. O'Laughlin & S. Storm, Published on behalf of the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2014
Peter D. Little, John G. McPeak, Christopher B. Barrett and Patti Kristjanson
University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 267 (197,663)
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The Economics of Poverty and the Poverty of Economics: A Christian Perspective

Cornell University Applied Economics and Management Working Paper No. 2003-15
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Aug 2003
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 261 (202,154)
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Food Aid's Intended and Unintended Consequences

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 259 (203,717)
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Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Analyzing Poverty Dynamics

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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The Unfulfilled Promise of Microfinance in Kenya: The KDA Experience

DECENTRALIZATION AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM KENYA, Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti, eds., CAB International, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Sharon M. Osterloh and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 257 (205,316)
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Shadow Wages, Allocative Inefficiency, and Labor Supply in Smallholder Agriculture

Cornell University Applied Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett, Shane M. Sherlund and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Rockefeller Foundation
Downloads 250 (210,938)
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Informal Insurance in the Presence of Poverty Traps: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 237 (222,257)
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risk, informal insurance, social networks, poverty traps, Ethiopia

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Poverty Traps and Index Based Risk Transfer Products

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Jul 2007
Barry J. Barnett, Christopher B. Barrett and Jerry R. Skees
University of Georgia - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture - Department of Agricultural Economics
Downloads 235 (223,263)
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index-based risk transfer products, insurance, poverty traps, risk management

Poverty Traps and Index-Based Risk Transfer Products

World Development, Vol. 36, No. 10, 2008
Posted: 22 May 2011
Barry J. Barnett, Christopher B. Barrett and Jerry R. Skees
University of Georgia - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture - Department of Agricultural Economics

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index-based risk transfer products, insurance, poverty traps, risk management

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Who Benefits from a Bioprospecting-Based Boom? The Case of Argan Oil in Morocco

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2001
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett and Hamid Narjisse
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and IAV Hassan II
Downloads 225 (233,599)
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Social Network Capital, Economic Mobility and Poverty Traps

Journal of Economic Inequality
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2014
Sommarat Chantarat and Christopher B. Barrett
Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 222 (236,625)
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social network capital, endogenous network formation, poverty traps, multiple equilibria, social isolation, social exclusion, crowding-in transfer

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Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 May 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2011
Paswel Marenya, Christopher B. Barrett and Trudi Gulick
Cornell University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Smallholder Participation in Contract Farming: Comparative Evidence from Five Countries

World Development Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 715–730, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Independent, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Applied Economics, Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and World BankCornell University
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agricultural value chains, contract farming, Africa, Asia, Latin America

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A Market Analysis and Decision Tree Tool for Response Analysis: Cash, Local Purchase and/or Imported Food Aid? Background Paper

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Daniel G. Maxwell, Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett
Independent, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 211 (248,134)
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The Ambiguous Effects of Policy Reforms on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: Renewed Threats to Fragile Margins?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Oct 1999
Thomas Reardon and Christopher B. Barrett
Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 209 (250,334)
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Cash Transfers and Index Insurance: A Comparative Impact Analysis from Northern Kenya

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 129, 2017
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 11 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2018
Nathaniel Duane Jensen, Christopher B. Barrett and Andrew Mude
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Downloads 201 (259,344)
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social protection, safety nets, HSNP, IBLI, social welfare

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On Vulnerability, Asset Poverty and Subsidiarity

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 17 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Wildlife Harvest in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: Linking Harvest to Household Demand, Agricultural Production, and Environmental Shocks in the Serengeti

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Dec 1998
Christopher B. Barrett and Peter Arcese
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Centre for Applied Conservation Biology
Downloads 200 (260,018)
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Wildlife Harvest in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: Linking Harvest to Household Demand, Agricultural Production and Environmental Shocks in the Serengeti

Land Economics, 1998
Posted: 21 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Peter Arcese
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Centre for Applied Conservation Biology

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Wildlife Harvest in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: Linking Harvest to Household Demand, Agricultural Production, and Environmental Shocks in the Serengeti

Posted: 24 Mar 1999
Christopher B. Barrett and Peter Arcese
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Centre for Applied Conservation Biology

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U.S. Monetization Policy: Recommendations for Improvement

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Erin Lentz
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
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Poverty Traps and Resource Dynamics in Smallholder Agrarian Systems

ECONOMICS OF POVERTY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE USE, A. Ruijs, R. Dellink, eds., Springer, 2008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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development, feedback effects, multiple equilibria, resilience, stability

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On the Structural Transformation of Rural Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7938
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jan 2017
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, World Bank, Precision Agriculture for Developmen and Göteborg University
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Locating Tropical Biodiversity Conservation Amid Weak Institutions

Cornell ARME Department Working Paper No. 99-21
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Dec 1999
Christopher B. Barrett, Katrina Brandon, Clark Gibson and Heidi Gjertsen
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Maryland, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Cornell University
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Community-Based Risk Management Arrangements: An Overview and Implications for Social Fund Program Design

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Ruchira Bhattamishra and Christopher B. Barrett
World Bank and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 185 (279,298)
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Food Aid Targeting, Shocks and Private Transfers Among East African Pastoralists

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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drought, crowding out, pass through, safety nets, social insurance, targeting

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Participatory Risk Mapping for Targeting Research and Assistance: With an Example from East African Pastoralists

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Oct 1999
Kevin Smith, Christopher B. Barrett and Paul W. Box
International Rescue Committee, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Utah State University
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What Do We Learn About Social Networks When We Only Sample Individuals? Not Much

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Not Necessarily in the Same Boat: Heterogeneous Risk Assessment Among East African Pastoralists

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Oct 1999
Kevin Smith, Christopher B. Barrett and Paul W. Box
International Rescue Committee, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Utah State University
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Not Necessarily in the Same Boat: Heterogeneous Risk Assessment Among East African Pastoralists

Journal of Development Studies
Posted: 31 Jan 2001
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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63.

Index Based Livestock Insurance for Northern Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: The Marsabit Pilot

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jun 2013
CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Hosei University - Department of Economics and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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64.

Missed Opportunities and Missing Markets: Spatio-Temporal Arbitrage of Rice in Madagascar

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 May 2005
Christine Moser, Christopher B. Barrett and Bart Minten
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Food and Nutrition Policy Program
Downloads 173 (296,328)
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65.

Food Systems and the Escape from Poverty and Ill-Health Traps in Sub-Saharan Africa

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 171 (299,199)
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66.

The Performance of Index Based Livestock Insurance: Ex Ante Assessment in the Presence of a Poverty Trap

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 May 2011 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2014
Sommarat Chantarat, Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett and Calum G. Turvey
Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Index insurance, asset risk, bifurcated wealth dynamics, nonlinear growth, poverty traps, safety net, risk preference elicitation, pastoralists, Kenya

67.

Cash, Food or Vouchers in Urban and Rural Kenya? An Application of the Market Information and Food Insecurity Response Analysis Framework

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 May 2011
Columbia University - Columbia Earth Institute, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, affiliation not provided to SSRN, American Institutes for Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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food insecurity, Kenya, response analysis, urban food insecurity

68.

Smallholder Technical Efficiency with Stochastic Exogenous Production Conditions

Cornell University Working Paper No. 98-15
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Jun 2001
Shane M. Sherlund, Christopher B. Barrett and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and The Rockefeller Foundation
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69.

The Impacts of Household Land Use and Socio Economic Factors on the Soil Fertility of Smallholder Farms in the Highlands of Kenya

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Cornell University, Cornell University - New York State Water Resources Institute, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), World Bank, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Cornell University
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diffuse, reflectance, spectroscopy, soil degradation, soil management

70.

Safety Nets or Social Insurance in the Presence of Poverty Traps? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 May 2005
Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 167 (305,271)
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71.

State-Conditional Fertilizer Yield Response on Western Kenyan Farms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Paswel Marenya and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 165 (308,403)
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72.

The Interplay between Smallholder Farmers and Fragile Tropical Agroecosystems in the Kenyan Highlands

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Nov 2004
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), Cornell University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University, Cornell University, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), Cornell University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University, Cornell University, Cornell University - New York State Water Resources Institute and World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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73.

Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among a Poor Population

Cornell University Applied Economics and Management Working Paper No. 2002-44
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Sep 2003
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, Solomon Desta and D. Layne Coppock
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Utah State University - College of Natural Resources and Utah State University - College of Natural Resources
Downloads 161 (314,949)
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common property, covariate risk, Ethiopia, idiosyncratic risk, poverty traps, social insurance

74.

The Complex Links between Governance and Biodiversity

Conservation Biology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 May 2005 Last Revised: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, Clark Gibson, B. Hoffman and Mathew D. McCubbins
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Department of Political Science and Law School, Duke University (deceased)
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Conservation policy, governance, corruption, elephants, forests, politics, environmental policy, biodiversity

Structural Transformation, Agriculture, Climate and the Environment

The SC Johnson College of Business Applied Economics and Policy Working Paper Series No. AEP WP 2021-02
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Oct 2021
Christopher B. Barrett, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea and Trinh Pham
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University and Cornell University
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economic development, structural transformation, agriculture, climate, environment, feedbacks.

Structural Transformation, Agriculture, Climate and the Environment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Oct 2021
Christopher B. Barrett, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea and Trinh Pham
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University and Cornell University
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economic development, structural transformation, agriculture, climate, environment, feedbacks.

76.

Renegotiating the Food Aid Convention: Background, Context, and Issues

Global Governance, Forthcoming, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 12-1
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Jul 2008
John Hoddinott, Marc J. Cohen and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, CGIAR - Food Consumption and Nutrition Division and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 156 (323,455)
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77.

Livestock Pricing and Markets Performance

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 156 (323,455)
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78.

The Political Economy of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Spending in Andhra Pradesh

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1371
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Oct 2014
Megan Sheahan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Sudha Narayanan
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
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India, South Asia, Asia, Public Policy, Governance, Poverty, Rural Areas, Rural Population, Social Safety Nets, Social Protection, Political Economy, Clientelism, Project Allocation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

79.

Recasting Food Aid's Role

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 01 Nov 2004
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel Maxwell
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CARE East Africa Regional Management Unit
Downloads 151 (332,290)

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80.

How Accurate is Food-for-Work Self-Targeting in the Presence of Imperfect Factor Markets? Evidence from Ethiopia

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel C. Clay
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Michigan State University - Institute of International Agriculture
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Smallholder Technical Efficiency: Controlling for Environmental Production Conditions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Mar 2003
Shane M. Sherlund, Christopher B. Barrett and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and The Rockefeller Foundation
Downloads 143 (347,810)
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Production frontiers, agricultural productivity, rice, Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Smallholder Technical Efficiency Controlling for Environmental Production Conditions

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2002
Posted: 26 May 2011
Shane M. Sherlund, Christopher B. Barrett and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and The Rockefeller Foundation

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production frontiers, agricultural productivity, rice, Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Smallholder Technical Efficiency: Controlling for Environmental Production Conditions

Posted: 26 Mar 2003
Shane M. Sherlund, Christopher B. Barrett and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and The Rockefeller Foundation

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Production frontiers, agricultural productivity, rice, Africa (Sub-Saharan)

82.

COVID -19, Household Resilience, and Rural Food Systems: Evidence from Southern and Eastern Africa

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2022
Joanna Upton, Elizabeth Tennant, Kathryn Florella and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University, Cornell University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Food Security, Household Shocks, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Resilience

83.

Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 137 (359,029)
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ability, herd restocking, poverty traps, regression trees, shocks, subjective

84.

Context-Dependent Biodiversity Conservation Management Regimes

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett and Heidi Gjertsen
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
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85.

Modeling the Impact of Natural Resource-Based Poverty Traps on Food Security in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) Model

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 May 2011
Pitzer College, Adjunct Associate Professor, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Tasmania, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), Cornell University, Cornell University and Cornell University - New York State Water Resources Institute
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Poverty traps, Kenya, food security, bio-economic modeling, system dynamics

86.

Improving Food Aid: What Reforms Would Yield the Highest Payoff?

World Development, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 131 (371,552)
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cargo preference, local and regional purchases, monetization, targeting, tying

87.

Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2020
Maulik Jagnani, Christopher B. Barrett, Yanyan Liu and Liangzhi You
Cornell University, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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88.

Bayesian Herders: Asymmetric Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts

Cornell University Applied Economics & Management Working Paper No. 2003-17
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Sep 2003
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International
Downloads 127 (380,312)
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89.

Labor, Liquidity, Learning, Conformity and Smallholder Technology Adoption: The Case of Sri in Madagascar

Cornell University Dept. of Applied Economics & Management Working Paper
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Oct 2002
Christine M. Moser and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 125 (385,033)
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90.

Decentralization of Pastoral Resources Management and its Effects on Environmental Degradation and Poverty Experience from Northern Kenya

DECENTRALIZATION AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM KENYA, Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti, eds., CAB International, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Kioko Munyao and Christopher B. Barrett
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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91.

Bayesian Estimation of the Double Hurdle Model in the Presence of Fixed Costs

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Jul 2015
Garth J. Holloway, Christopher B. Barrett and Simeon K. Ehui
CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
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92.

The Response of Income Diversification to Macro and Micro Policy Shocks in Cote D'Ivoire and Kenya

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Feb 2001
Christopher B. Barrett, Mesfin Bezuneh and Abdillahi Aboud
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Clark Atlanta University - Economics and Egerton University
Downloads 112 (417,341)
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93.

Interest and Identity in Network Formation: Who Do Smallholders Seek Out for Information in Rural Ghana?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Christopher B. Barrett and Paulo Santos
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
Downloads 105 (437,250)
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Agricultural production, identity, markets, social networks

94.

But it came from a Food Pantry: Product Stigma and Quality Perceptions of Food Pantry Offerings

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Oct 2021
Christopher B. Barrett, Annette T. Byrne and Teresa Whitaker
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Private food assistance, grocery store, product evaluation, food experiment

95.

Employment Dynamics in the Rural Nonfarm Sector in Ethiopia: Do the Poor Have Time on Their Side?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Sosina Bezu
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Chr.Michelsen Institute
Downloads 102 (446,341)
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rural nonfarm, income diversification, employment transition, Ethiopia, shocks

96.

Educational Investments in a Dual Economy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 May 2005
Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Cheryl R. Doss
Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Department of International Development
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Poverty traps, Informal finance, Education, Rural-Urban migration

97.

Post-Green Revolution Food Systems and the Triple Burden of Malnutrition

Food Policy 42 (2013) 129–138
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Independent, Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University, United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Independent and Independent
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Agricultural productivity, Food and agricultural systems, Nutrition, Green Revolution, Biofortification, Food value chain, Food assistance programs

98.

Food Aid at a Crossroads: The Shared Challenge NGOs Face

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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99.

Risk and Asset Management in the Presence of Poverty Traps: Implications for Growth and Social Protection

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett and Michael R. Carter
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Downloads 99 (455,423)
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100.

Stripe Review of Social Sciences in the CGIAR

Number of pages: 146 Posted: 18 May 2011
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, McGill University - Department of Geography and Member of CRED (Centre de Recherche en Economie du Developpement) at the University of Namur, Belgium
Downloads 98 (458,566)
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101.

Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from West African Farmers

Cornell University Applied Economics and Management Working Paper No. 2003-18
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Christopher B. Barrett, Shane M. Sherlund and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and The Rockefeller Foundation
Downloads 98 (458,566)
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102.

The United States' International Food Assistance Programs: Issues and Options for the 2007 Farm Bill

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 93 (474,484)
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103.

The 'Discouraged Worker Effect' in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 92 (477,809)
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administrative rationing, discouraged worker effect, employment guarantee, India, labor supply, MGNREGA, workfare programs

104.

A Stochastic Dominance Approach to Program Evaluation with an Application to Child Nutritional Status in Kenya

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 May 2011 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2014
Felix Naschold and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Wyoming and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 91 (481,079)
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105.

Food Security Dynamics in the United States, 2001-2017

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2022
Seungmin Lee, Christopher B. Barrett and John Hoddinott
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
Downloads 90 (484,337)
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Food Insecurity, Hunger, Measurement, PSID

106.

Does Diversification Translate into Improved Livelihoods? Evidence from Pastoral Households in the Altay and Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, China

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Chuan Liao, Christopher B. Barrett and Karim-Aly Kassam
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Department of Natural Resources
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pastoral households, livelihood, diversification, cluster analysis, Xinjiang, China

107.

Dynamic Field Experiments in Development Economics: Risk Valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39/2 (April 2010) 176–192
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
University of California, Davis, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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poverty, risk and uncertainty, dynamics, experiments, Kenya, Morocco, Peru

108.

Heterogeneous Pro-Poor Targeting in India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01218
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 85 (501,837)
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MGNREGS, employment guarantee scheme, public works, rationing, pro-poor targeting, targeting performance

109.

The ‘Discouraged Worker Effect’ in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1633
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 May 2017
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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India; South Asia; Asia; Wages; Labor; Social Protection; Social Safety Net; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme; Administrative Rationing; Discouraged Worker Effect; Employment Guarantee

110.

Educational Investments in a Spatially Varied Economy

Cornell University, Applied Economics Working Paper No. 2003-21
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Sep 2003
Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Cheryl R. Doss
Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Department of International Development
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111.

Spurious Regressions and Panel IV Estimation: Revisiting the Causes of Conflict

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 27 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2022
Paul Christian and Christopher B. Barrett
World Bank - Development Research Group (DIME) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 83 (509,035)
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food security, risk, shocks, stressors, vulnerability, well-being

112.

Spatial Integration at Multiple Scales: Rice Markets in Madagascar

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
Christine M. Moser, Christopher B. Barrett and Bart Minten
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Food and Nutrition Policy Program
Downloads 82 (512,783)
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113.

The System of Rice Intensification and Its Impacts on Household Income and Child Schooling: Evidence from Rural Indonesia

Amer. J. Agr. Econ. 96(1): 269–289, January 2014
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Kazushi Takahashi and Christopher B. Barrett
Independent and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Agricultural technology, impact evaluation, Indonesia, matching, rural development

114.

Social Identity and Manipulative Interhousehold Transfers Among East African Pastoralists

Cornell University Dept. of Applied Economics & Management Working Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Oct 2002
Marieke Huysentruyt, Christopher B. Barrett and John G. McPeak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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115.

Got Milk? The Impact of Heifer International's Livestock Donation Programs in Rwanda on Nutritional Outcomes

Food Policy 44 (2014) 202–213
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Cornell University, Cornell University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Robert Gordon University and University of San Francisco - Department of Economics
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Charitable donations, Child nutrition, Dairy cow, Food consumption, Meat goat

116.

Perspectives on Development in Arid and Semi-Arid East Africa: Results of a Ranking Exercise

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
John G. McPeak, Cheryl R. Doss, Christopher B. Barrett and Patti Kristjanson
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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117.

The Evolution of Horizontal Inequalities in Madagascar, 1999-2005

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
David C. Stifel, Felix Forster and Christopher B. Barrett
Lafayette College, University of Warwick - Economics and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 76 (536,134)
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118.

Spatial Price Adjustment with and Without Trade

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Claremont Colleges - Pitzer College, Cornell University, University of Goettingen (Gottingen) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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119.

Bayesian Herders: Optimistic Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 May 2005
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International
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expectations, risk, uncertainty, weather, early warning systems

120.

Caveat Utilitor: A Comparative Assessment of Resilience Measurement Approaches

The SC Johnson College of Business Applied Economics and Policy Working Paper
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2022
Joanna Upton, Susana Constenla-Villoslada and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Ethiopia, factor analysis, food security, Niger, poverty, predictive performance, risk, shocks, targeting

121.

Food Aid in Response to Acute Food Insecurity

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 73 (548,398)
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122.

Food Aid as Part of a Coherent Strategy to Advance Food Security Objectives

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Downloads 73 (548,398)
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Are Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Salaries Competitively or Monopsonistically Determined?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Nov 1998
Christopher B. Barrett and DeeVon Bailey
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics
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Are Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Salaries Competitively or Monopsonistically Determined?

Posted: 21 Jan 1999
Christopher B. Barrett and DeeVon Bailey
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics

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124.

Agricultural Factor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Updated View with Formal Tests for Market Failure

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7117
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 21 May 2020
Brian Dillon, Christopher B. Barrett and Brian Dillon
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
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Labor Markets, Macroeconomic Management, Economic Forecasting, Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building, Gender and Development, Rural Labor Markets, Food Security

125.

Does Nonfarm Economy Offer Pathways for Upward Mobility? Evidence from a Panel Data Study in Ethiopia

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 May 2011
Sosina Bezu, Christopher B. Barrett and Stein T. Holden
Chr.Michelsen Institute, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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rural nonfarm, income dynamics, income diversification, Africa, Ethiopia, impact

126.

Toward a Theory of Resilience for International Development Applications

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett and Mark Constas
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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sustainability, vulnerability, poverty traps, risk

127.

Modeling Feedback between Economic and Biophysical Systems in Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) Model

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 May 2011
Claremont Colleges - Pitzer College, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University, World Argoforestry Centre (ICRAF), Cornell University, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, Cornell University and Cornell University - New York State Water Resources Institute
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128.

Introduction to a Special Issue on Making Markets Work for the Rural Poor

Faith and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett and Thomas Reardon
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics
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129.

Variable Returns to Fertilizer Use and Its Relationship to Poverty: Experimental and Simulation Evidence from Malawi

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1373
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Oct 2014
Aurélie Harou, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Liangzhi You
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Malawi, southern Africa, Africa south sf Sahara, Africa, Fertilizers, Subsidies, Agricultural Development, Productivity, Farm Inputs

130.

Empirical Forecasting of Slow-Onset Disasters for Improved Emergency Response: An Application to Kenya's Arid North

Food Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2009
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 24 May 2011
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Texas A&M University - Center for Natural Resource Information Technology (NRIT) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Food security, Food aid, Early warning, Emergency response, Forecasting famine

131.

Decomposing Producer Price Risk: A New Policy Analysis Tool with an Application to Northern Kenyan Livestock Markets

Cornell University Dept. of Applied Economics & Management Working Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Nov 2002
Christopher B. Barrett and Winnie Luseno
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and RTI International
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132.

Estimating Risk Preferences in the Presence of Bifurcated Wealth Dynamics: Do We Misattribute Dynamic Risk Responses to Static Risk Aversion?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert, David R. Just and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Risk, uncertainty, wealth dynamics, risk aversion, risk preference estimation, poverty

133.

Smallholder Technical Efficiency with Stochastic Exogenous Production Conditions

Cornell University, Department of Agricultural, Resource and Managerial Economics Working Paper No. 98-15
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jan 1999
Shane M. Sherlund, Christopher B. Barrett and Akinwumi A. Adesina
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and The Rockefeller Foundation
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134.

Structural Transformation and Intertemporal Evolution of Real Wages, Machine Use, and Farm Size–Productivity Relationships in Vietnam

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1525
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 May 2016 Last Revised: 12 May 2017
Yanyan Liu, William J. Violette and Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Brown University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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VIET NAM; VIETNAM; SOUTH EAST ASIA; ASIA; Productivity; Structural Change; Farm Size; Food Production; Households; Mechanization

135.

The Demand for Hired Labor in Rural Madagascar

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 May 2011
Jean Claude Randrianarisoa, Christopher B. Barrett and David C. Stifel
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Lafayette College
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136.

Tradeoffs or Synergies? Assessing Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Through Case Studies in Burkina Faso and Guatemala

World Development, 2013
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Aurélie Harou, Joanna Upton, Christopher B. Barrett, Miguel I. Gómez and Erin Lentz
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
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farmer based organizations, food aid, food assistance, response analysis, school feeding, local and regional procurement, smallholder farmers, Burkina Faso; Guatemala

137.

The Negligible Welfare Effects of the International Food Aid Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill

CHOICES: The magazine of food, farm, and resource issues, 3rd Quarter 2014 • 29(3)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Farm Bill, Food Aid, Food Assistance

138.

Correlated Non-Classical Measurement Errors, ‘Second Best’ Policy Inference and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship in Agriculture

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1710
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Mar 2018
University of Copenhagen, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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ETHIOPIA, EAST AFRICA, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, AFRICA, agricultural development, smallholders, accuracy, measurement, agricultural productivity, field size, household surveys, wheat, correlated errors, non-classical measurement error, bias

139.

The Impact of Changing Rainfall Variability on Resource-Dependent Wealth Dynamics

Ecological Economics 105 (2014) 48–54
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett and Paulo Santos
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University
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Climate change, Drought, Ethiopia, Livestock, Pastoralism, Poverty traps

140.

Climate Forecasting for Pastoralists?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 01 Nov 2004
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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141.

Poverty Traps and Agricultural Research: Improving Policies, Institutions and Technologies to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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142.

Avoiding Disaster: Diversification and Risk Management Among East African Herders

Development and Change Vol. 32 (2001), 401-433
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Jul 2015
University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology, International Rescue Committee, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Utah State University - College of Natural Resources and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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143.

Recipients' Satisfaction with Locally Procured Food Aid Rations: Comparative Evidence from a Three Country Matched Survey

World Development (2013)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Cornell University, Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Cornell University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
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food aid, consumer preferences, local and regional procurement, ordered probit

144.

Targeting Maps: An Asset-Based Approach to Geographic Targeting

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2011
Corey Lang, Christopher B. Barrett and Felix Naschold
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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geographic targeting, assets, poverty maps, spatial variation, Uganda

145.

Insuring Well-Being? Buyer's Remorse and Peace of Mind Effects from Insurance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8256
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Nov 2017
Kibrom Tafere, Christopher B. Barrett, Erin Lentz and Birhanu Ayana
World Bank - Development Research Group, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
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Climate Change and Agriculture, Dairies and Dairying

146.

U.S. Food Aid: It's Not Your Parents’ Program Any More!

Journal of Agribusiness 24,1(Spring 2006):1S16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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food security, humanitarian assistance, hunger, poverty, safety nets, surplus disposal, trade promotion

147.

Market Prices and Food Aid Local and Regional Procurement and Distribution: A Multi-Country Analysis

World Development (2013)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Independent, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University
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food assistance, price analysis, local and regional procurement and distribution, spatial price transmission

148.

Poverty, Disease and the Ecology of Complex Systems

PLOS Biology, April 2014, Vol. 12, Issue 4
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School (deceased), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Cergy-PontoiseUniversity of Georgia and Harvard University - Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
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149.

On the Choice and Impacts of Innovative International Food Assistance Instruments

World Development, 2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Erin Lentz, Christopher B. Barrett, Miguel Ignacio Gomez and Daniel G. Maxwell
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University - Food Industry Management Program and Independent
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disaster relief, emergency response, food insecurity, food assistance, response analysis

150.

Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox

NBER Working Paper No. w22714
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Munenobu Ikegami, Michael Carter, Christopher B. Barrett and Sarah Janzen
Hosei University - Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Montana State University - Bozeman
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151.

Index Insurance for Pro-Poor Conservation of Hornbills in Thailand

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, Cornell University, Independent and Independent
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weather risk management, poverty, safety net, sustainable conservation

152.

On Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Traps

PNAS, vol. 108, no. 34, August 23, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett, Alexander Travis and Partha Dasgupta
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University - David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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development, ecosystem, natural resources, sustainability, wildlife

153.

Understanding Declining Mobility and Interhousehold Transfers Among East African Pasoralists

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2008
Marieke Huysentruyt, Christopher B. Barrett and John G. McPeak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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Interhousehold transfers, migration, externalities, poverty traps

154.

Estimating Risk Preferences in the Presence of Bifurcated Wealth Dynamics: Can We Identify Static Risk Aversion Amidst Dynamic Risk Responses?

European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol 40 (2) (2013) pp. 361–377
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Travis J. Lybbert, David Just and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis, Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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risk, uncertainty, wealth dynamics, risk aversion, risk preference estimation, poverty

155.

Preferential Resource Spending Under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of Mgnregs in Andhra Pradesh

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7818
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
Megan Sheahan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Sudha Narayanan
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
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Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building

156.

Introduction to: The Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Jul 2015
John G. McPeak, David R. Lee and Christopher B. Barrett
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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157.

Understanding Declining Mobility and Interhousehold Transfers among East African Pastoralists

Economia, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Marieke Huysentruyt, Christopher B. Barrett and John G. McPeak
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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Interhousehold transfers, migration, externalities, poverty traps

158.

A Normative Framework for Social Science Activities in the CGIAR

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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159.

The Role of Monetization in Proposed Food Aid Modalities

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 May 2011
C. Stuart Clark, Sophia Murphy, Gawain Kripke and Christopher B. Barrett
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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160.

The Effects of Real Exchange Rate Depreciation on Stochastic Producer Prices in Low-Income Agriculture

Agricultural Economics 20 (1999) 215-230
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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Depreciation, Production under risk, GARCH estimation, Madagascar

161.

Economic and Geographic Drivers of Wildlife Consumption in Rural Africa

PNAS, Vol. 108, No. 34
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Jul 2015
Independent, Independent, Independent, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Independent
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bushmeat harvest, panel analysis, poverty traps, wildlife conservation

162.

Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability

NBER Working Paper No. w22626
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2023
Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
Monash University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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163.

Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting

NBER Working Paper No. w26066
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Kibrom Abay, Leah Bevis and Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)-Cairo, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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164.

Surveying the Evidence on Sustainable Intensification Strategies for Smallholder Agricultural Systems

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 48, pp. 347-369, 2023
Posted: 22 Nov 2023
Meha Jain, Divya Solomon, Kate Ghezzi-Kopel and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Michigan, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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165.

Inferential and Behavioral Implications of Measurement Error in Agricultural Data

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 63-83, 2023
Posted: 10 Oct 2023
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)-Cairo, CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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166.

Altruism, Insurance, and Costly Solidarity Commitments

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14148
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 04 Dec 2019
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University and World BankCornell University
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167.

Signalling Change: Micro Insights on the Pathways to Agricultural Transformation

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1803
Posted: 20 Feb 2019
University of Hanover, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Leibniz Universität Hannover and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Africa South of Sahara, Africa, Southeast Asia, Asia, Smallholders, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Sector, Microeconomic Analysis, Non-Farm Income, Livestock Production, Farm Size, Agricultural Mechanization, Structural Change, Agricultural Tr

168.

Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 303-327, 2016
Posted: 11 Oct 2016
Christopher B. Barrett, Teevrat Garg and Linden McBride
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Independent and A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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169.

The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Policy and Empirical Implications

The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 49, No. 7, 976–990, 2013
Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Christopher B. Barrett and Michael R. Carter
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics

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170.

The Timeliness and Cost-Effectiveness of the Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid

Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Erin Lentz, Simone Passarelli and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Emergency response, Food assistance, Foreign aid, Humanitarian aid

171.

The Economics and Nutritional Impacts of Food Assistance Policies and Programs

Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Erin Lentz and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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International food assistance, Food aid, Food insecurity

172.

Socioenvironmental Threats to Pastoral Livelihoods: Risk Perceptions in the Altay and Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, China

Posted: 10 Jul 2015
Liao Li Chuan, Patrick Sullivan, Christopher B. Barrett and Karim-Aly Kassam
Independent, Independent, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Department of Natural Resources

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Livelihoods, pastoralists, policy, risk perception, Xinjiang

173.

Food Insecurity and Food Aid in Africa

The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa
Posted: 11 Jun 2013
Christopher B. Barrett and Erin Lentz
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

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174.

Measuring Social Networks’ Effects on Agricultural Technology Adoption

American Journal of Agricultural Economics Papers and Proceedings, 2013
Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2020
Annemie Maertens and Christopher B. Barrett
University of Sussex and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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175.

Prospects for Integrated Soil Fertility Management Using Organic and Inorganic Inputs: Evidence from Smallholder African Agricultural Systems

Food Policy, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2003
Posted: 26 May 2011
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, CGIAR - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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nutrient management, integrated soil fertility management, inputs, Africa

176.

The Ministry of Referees and Discussants

Faith and Economics, 2002
Posted: 26 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and David B. Mustard
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics

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177.

The Disappointing Adoption Dynamics of a Yield-Increasing, Low External Input Technology: The Case of Sri in Madagascar

Agricultural Systems, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 May 2011
Christine M. Moser and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Department of Economics and Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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sustainable agriculture, low external input agriculture, technology adoption

178.

Nonconcave, Nonmonotonic Network Externalities

Taipei Economic Inquiry, 2002
Posted: 26 May 2011
YiNung Yang and Christopher B. Barrett
Chung Yuan Christian University - Department of International Trade and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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critical mass, history-dependence, imperfect information, multiple

179.

On Social Networks and Economic Development

Faith and Economics, 2003
Posted: 26 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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180.

Introduction: Farming the Garden of Eden

Environment and Development Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, Edward B. Barbier and Thomas Reardon
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Economics and Michigan State University

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181.

Self-Targeting Accuracy in the Presence of Imperfect Factor Markets: Evidence from Food-for-Work in Ethiopia

Journal of Development Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel C. Clay
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Michigan State University - Institute of International Agriculture

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182.

Agroindustrialization in Emerging Markets: Overview and Strategic Context

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 May 2011
Michael Cook, Thomas Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett and Joyce Cacho
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan State University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Rabobank International, New York - Food and Agribusiness Research

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183.

PL480 Food Aid: We Can Do Better

Choices, 2004
Posted: 25 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel G. Maxwell
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Independent

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184.

The Social Dimensions of Microeconomic Behavior in Low-Income Communities: Introduction to a Symposium

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 83, No. 2, 2007
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Andrew D. Foster
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Brown University - Department of Economics

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Groups, Identity, Networks, Poverty

185.

U.S. Food Aid: It’s Not Your Parents’ Program Any More!

Journal of Agribusiness, 2006
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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food security, humanitarian assistance, hunger, poverty, safety nets, surplus disposal, trade promotion

186.

Social Groups and Economic Inequality

Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Joan Maria Esteban
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Autonomous University of Barcelona

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187.

Livelihood Strategies in the Rural Kenyan Highlands

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006
Posted: 24 May 2011
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Claremont Colleges - Pitzer College, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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188.

Context-Dependent Biodiversity Conservation Management Regimes: Theory and Simulations

Land Economics, 2004
Posted: 24 May 2011
Heidi Gjertsen and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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189.

Household-Level Determinants of Adoption of Improved Natural Resources Management Practices Among Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya

Food Policy, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2007
Posted: 24 May 2011
Paswel Marenya and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Adoption, Disadoption, Integrated Natural Resources Management, Smallholder Agriculture

190.

Estimating the Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Export Volumes

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Kai Li Wang
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Tunghai University

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agricultural trade, exchange rate, expectations, GARCH

191.

They Profit While the Hungry Die

Los Angeles Times – Op Ed Essay, 2005
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel G. Maxwell
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Independent

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192.

Institutional Arrangements for Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation

World Development, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2005
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, David R. Lee and John G. McPeak
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University and Syracuse University - Department of Economics

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sustainability, environment, community-based natural resources management, multiscalar approaches

193.

Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa

Journal of Development Studies, 2006
Posted: 24 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter and Peter Little
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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194.

Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Climate Forecasts

World Development, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2007
Posted: 24 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. McPeak and Winnie Luseno
University of California, Davis, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and RTI International

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information, risk, early warning systems, Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia

195.

The Value of Climate Forecast Information for Pastoralists: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya

World Development, Vol. 31, No. 9, 2003
Posted: 24 May 2011
RTI International, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology

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early warning systems, livestock, risk, uncertainty, weather

196.

Household Income Diversification into Rural Nonfarm Activities

TRANSFORMING THE RURAL NONFARM ECONOMY, 2006
Posted: 24 May 2011
Thomas Reardon, Julio Berdegué, Christopher B. Barrett and Kostas Stamoulis
Michigan State University, International Network for Research on Farming Systems (RIMISP), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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197.

The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003
Posted: 24 May 2011
Thomas Reardon, C. Peter Timmer, Christopher B. Barrett and Julio A. Berdegue
Michigan State University, Harvard University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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198.

Covariate Catastrophic Risk Management in the Developing World: Discussion

American Journal of Agriculture Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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199.

Measuring Food Insecurity

Science, 2010
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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200.

A Century-Long Perspective on Agricultural Development

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter and Peter Timmer
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics and Center for Global Development

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Household Models, Institutional Change, Linkages, Structural Transformation, Technical Change

201.

Food Insecurity

International Studies Compendium Project, 2009
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Erin Lentz
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

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202.

Food Aid and Agricultural Cargo Preference

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 May 2011
Elizabeth R. Bageant, Christopher B. Barrett and Erin Lentz
Cornell University, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

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Food Aid, International Food Assistance, Maritime Support, PL480, Shipping

203.

Differential Nutritional Responses Across Various Income Sources Among East African Pastoralists: Intrahousehold Effects, Missing Markets and Mental Accounting

Journal of African Economies, 2010
Posted: 23 May 2011
Kira M. Villa, Christopher B. Barrett and David R. Just
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

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204.

Risk Management and Social Visibility in Ghana

African Development Review, 2009
Posted: 23 May 2011
Jacqueline Vanderpuye-Orgle and Christopher B. Barrett
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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205.

Agricultural Technology, Productivity and Poverty in Madagascar

World Development, Vol. 36, No. 5, 2008
Posted: 23 May 2011
Bart Minten and Christopher B. Barrett
Cornell University - Food and Nutrition Policy Program and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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poverty, agriculture, technology adoption, spatial analysis, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar

206.

Persistent Poverty and Informal Credit

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Paulo Santos
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University

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207.

The Power and Pitfalls of Experiments in Development Economics: Some Non-Random Reflections

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policies, 2010
Posted: 23 May 2011
Christopher B. Barrett and Michael Carter
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Ethics, evaluation, identification, randomized controlled trials

208.

Risk Responses to Dynamic Asset Thresholds

Review of Agricultural Economics
Posted: 23 May 2011
Travis J. Lybbert and Christopher B. Barrett
University of California, Davis and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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209.

Do Community Members Share Development Priorities? Results of a Ranking Exercise in East African Rangelands

Journal of Development Studies, 2009
Posted: 23 May 2011
John G. McPeak, Cheryl R. Doss, Christopher B. Barrett and Patti Kristjanson
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of International Development, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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210.

The Evolution of Groupwise Poverty in Madagascar, 1999-2005

Journal of African Economies, 2010
Posted: 23 May 2011
David C. Stifel, Felix Forster and Christopher B. Barrett
Lafayette College, University of Warwick - Economics and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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