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Serie Research Memoranda, 1991

and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requi... more and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.

Social Science Research Network, 2007

Assessing the scope for insurance in rural communities usually requires a structural model of hou... more Assessing the scope for insurance in rural communities usually requires a structural model of household behavior under risk. One of the few empirical applications of such models is the study by Rosenzweig and Wolpin (1993) who conclude that Indian farmers in the ICRISAT villages would not benefit from the introduction of formal weather insurance. In this paper we investigate how models such as theirs can be estimated from panel data on production and assets. We show that if assets can take only a limited number of values the coefficients of the model cannot be estimated with reasonable precision. We also show that this can affect the conclusion that insurance would not be welfare improving.

has drawn heavily on the considerable amount of excellent work that is already taking place on DR... more has drawn heavily on the considerable amount of excellent work that is already taking place on DRR across the world. Also, I am particularly grateful for the team of leading experts, chaired by Professor Angela McLean, who have led this work, and to the many others who have contributed to this Project. In conclusion, I hope that policy makers, and indeed everyone involved in addressing the challenge of disasters, finds this Report useful.

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Hans Linnemann - an inspired and inspiring scientist, Jerrie de Hoogh development economics - the... more Hans Linnemann - an inspired and inspiring scientist, Jerrie de Hoogh development economics - then and now, T.N. Srinivasan on growth in the intermediate run, Yair Mundlak paradigm lost, economics regained - an anatomical lesson on the gravity model, Arnold H.Q.M. Merkies and Cees van Beers trade reform in Africa - the role of donors, Jan Willem Gunning environmental policy and changing North-South comparative advantage, Harmen Verbruggen and Hans Opschoor food security for a large and poor country, Kirit S. Parikh incomes and the duration of development, Jan Tinbergen voluntary transfers and the rights of the poor, Michiel A. Keyzer and Wouter Tims structural adjustment programmes - evaluating success, Hans W. Singer external constraints on private investment decisions in developing countries, E.V.K. Fitzgerald et al putting people first - whose new world order?, Jan Pronk recurrent themes in the work of the Indian economist Samuel Parmar, Harry M. de Lange development co-operation between universities - experience gained by the Vrije Universiteit 1976-1991, Harrie J. Brinkman.

Revue d’économie du développement, 2005

In recent years the policy debate on development aid has focused on aid’s effectiveness. There ha... more In recent years the policy debate on development aid has focused on aid’s effectiveness. There has been relatively little discussion of the justification for aid and its advantages over other rich country policies that may help developing countries. Implicitly, effectiveness is considered as not only a necessary but also a sufficient justification for aid. In this paper we argue that the traditional justification for aid (the inability of poor countries to borrow in international markets) has lost much of its relevance. The paper suggests that there is a new case for aid in four areas. The justification is based on (a) asymmetric information in the policy environment in developing countries (b) the cost of taxation in recipient countries (c) the incentive effects of credible donor commitment to selectivity (d) the need for international public goods in the areas of conflict and risk. Ironically, while in these areas there is a convincing case for aid, donors appear to have a preference for using aid in situations where there is no strong case for it.

Contributions to economic analysis, 1983

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a report on the first results that have been obtained wit... more Publisher Summary This chapter presents a report on the first results that have been obtained with the global development model constructed at the University of Brussels. This modeling effort is part of the World Bank research program and would contribute to the formulation and economic analysis of forecasts for the developing world that are to appear in future World Development Reports from the World Bank. The general equilibrium model uses the general equilibrium approach to modeling and is building on the research on the methodology of general equilibrium. The basic data framework adopted is the one used in the World development report. However, some new features have been introduced: the extended linear expenditure system (ELES), migration from rural to urban areas, and elasticities of substitution for import substitution and for competition between exporters. The general equilibrium model can be used to study the effects of policy decisions when prices are either rigid or fully flexible. The solution algorithm is a Gauss-Seidel procedure in which some variables are adjusted by tâtonnement. The impact of an increase in oil prices on the less developed countries (LDCs) using the policy simulations has been analyzed.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Aug 8, 2008

Risk may induce precautionary saving but it can also reduce saving. The theoretical literature re... more Risk may induce precautionary saving but it can also reduce saving. The theoretical literature recognizes both possibilities, but favors a positive effect (both for developed and developing countries); the empirical literature is divided, reporting (small) positive effects for developed economies and (large) negative effects for developing countries. We show in a 2-period model how the effect of risk on savings depends not only on preferences but also on the type of risk.

Dr Leonard Polonsky thesis digitisation, 1979

At the core of the theoretical part of this thesis is a review of recent attempts at incorporat... more At the core of the theoretical part of this thesis is a review of recent attempts at incorporating income distribution in economy-wide models. Most existing models are very detailed and complex but the mechanisms which dominate the results are simple and determined by conveniently extreme assumptions about prices and wages. Typically, prices are either all rigid or all flexible; the treatment of agriculture is unsatisfactory; and dualism in the labour market is ignored. A convincing case for the alleged insensitivity of the distribution of income to policy interventions can not be based on these models. The major part of the thesis describes two models, for Tanzania and Kenya, and their results. In the first model the emphasis is on the effects of migration and economic growth on the urban income distribution. It describes an economy in which neither prices nor wages respond to changes in market conditions. Distinctive features of the Kenya model include its submodel for smallholder agriculture, educational 'bumping' in the labour market and its emphasis on trade and pricing policies. The models are used to estimate the effects of policies (wages, trade, pricing, investment allocation, land redistribution) on growth and income distribution. The results contradict some of the conventional wisdom about the two countries. The models explicitly recognise a number of market imperfections, especially in the labour market, which are crucial in determining distributional changes but which are usually ignored in modelling. The results reveal a greater sensitivity of the distribution of income to changes in policies than has been found with some other models.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Oct 1, 2012