Elmhirst Medal of the International
Association of Agricultural Economist, 2006 Fellow, American Association for the
Advancement of Sciences, 2002 Fellow, American Agricultural Economics
Association (AAEA), 1997 Distinguished Alumnus, College of Business and Economics, North Carolina State
University, 2001 Who is Who in Economics, Edited by Mark Blaug, 1986 and 1996 Quality of Research Discovery from the AAEA, 1988 Quality of Research Discovery from the AAEA, 1979 Current positions: Professor Extraordinaire, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, Tshwane, South Africa Senior Fellow, Amsterdam Institute for Development, 2004 to present Chairman: Community and Enterprise Development Against Stigma (CEDAS) Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe Consultant: World Bank, NEPAD, African Development Bank,
Australian AID, International Fund for Agricultural Development, FAO, Bill and Merlinda Gates Foundation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India.
Past Positions: World Bank, 1980-2005. Last as Senior Advisor, Africa Region, World Bank, 2003-2004 President, AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International 1999-2003 Research Associate, Department of Economics, Yale University: 1978-79 Principal Economist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India, 1975-80 Education:
Certificat in Political Sciences, University of Paris, 1964 M.S. in Agricultural Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1969 Ph.D., Economics, North Carolina State University, 1973. Fields of Work
Selected Publications Organized by Fields of Work 1. Agricultural, Food,
and Rural Development Policy Hans Binswanger-Mkhize and Alex McCalla, 2008 “Context and Prospects for African Agricultural Development,” International Fund for Agricultural Development and African Development Bank, Rome and Tunis, Forthcoming
Hans P. Binswanger, “ Empowering Rural People for their own
Development.” 2008, in Keijiro Otsuka and Kaliappa Kalirajan (eds.),
Contributions of Agricultural Binswanger, H.P., and E. Lutz. 2000. “Agriculture Trade Barriers, Trade Negotiations, and the Interests of Developing Countries.” Paper presented at the Round Table for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, February, Bangkok.
Binswanger, H.P., and K. Deininger. 1997. “Explaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries.” Journal of Economic Literature 35: 1958–2005.
Binswanger, Hans P. and Pierre Landell-Mills. 1995. The World Bank’s Strategy for Reducing Poverty and Hunger: A Report to the Development Community. Environmentally Sustainable Development and Monographs Series No. 4. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
World Bank. 1983. Growth and Employment in Rural Thailand. Prepared by Hans P. Binswanger and others. World Bank Report No. 3906-TH.
Binswanger, Hans P., James G. Ryan, N. S. Jodha and Matthias von Oppen. 1977. "Approach and Hypotheses for the Village Level Studies." Economics Program, Occasional Paper No. 15 (June).
2. Land, Labor
and other Production Relations in Agriculture Binswanger, Hans P., Klaus Deininger, and Gershon Feder. 1995. “Power Distortions Revolt and Reform in Agricultural Land Relations.” In J. Behrman and T.N. Srinivasan, eds., Handbook of Development Economics, Volume III. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science B.V. Binswanger, Hans P. and R.P. Singh. 1994. “Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in India’s Semi-Arid Tropics”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 49, No. 1 (Jan-March).
Binswanger, Hans P. and R.P. Singh. 1988. "Individual Performance and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth and Education in Farming Communities of India," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, (December).
Binswanger, Hans P. and John McIntire. 1987. "Behavioral and Material Determinants of Production Relations in Land-abundant Tropical Agriculture." Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 36, No. 1 (October): 73-99.
Binswanger, Hans P. and Mark R. Rosenzweig. 1986. "Behavioural and Material Determinants of Production Relations in Agriculture." The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3 (April): 503-539. Also available in Japanese.
Binswanger, Hans P. and Mark R. Rosenzweig, eds. 1984. Contractual Arrangements, Employment, and Wages in Rural Labor Markets in Asia. New Haven: Yale University Press.
3. Land Policy
and Land Reform Hans P. Binswanger, Roland Henderson, Zweli Mbhele, and Kay Muir-Leresche, 2007 “Accelerating Sustainable, Efficient and Equitable Land Reform: Case Study of the Qedusizi/Besters Cluster Project,” Pretoria, World Bank, Mimeo, 2007
Van den Brink, Rogier, Glen Thomas, Hans Binswanger, John Bruce and Frank Byamugisha, 2006 “Consensus, Confusion and Controversy, Selected Land Reform Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa,” World Bank Working Paper No. 71, Washington DC, 2006 Binswanger, H.P., and K. Deininger. 1997. “Explaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries.” Journal of Economic Literature 35: 1958–2005.
Van Zyl, J., J. Kirsten and H. P. Binswanger (editors). 1996. “Agricultural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, markets and mechanisms.” Cape Town: Oxford University Press. Binswanger, Hans P. and Klaus Deininger. 1993. "South African Land Policy: The Legacy of History and Current Options". World Development, Vol. 21, No. 9 (February): pp 1451-1475.
Kinsey, Bill H. and Hans P. Binswanger. 1993. "Characteristics and Performance of Settlement Programs: A Review". World Development Vol. 21 (September): 1477-1494.
4. HIV and AIDS Hans P. Binswanger, 2006, “Food and Agricultural Policy to Mitigate the Impact of HIV/AIDS,” Paper presented at the AAEA session on “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health in High- and Low-Income Countries: Policy Issues” at the IAAE Conference in Brisbane, Australia, August 13-18, 2006
Binswanger, Hans P. 2003: “Willingness to Pay for AIDS Treatment: Myths and Reality.” The Lancet, Vol. 362, pp 152-153.
Binswanger, Hans P. 2001: “HIV/AIDS Treatment For Millions.” Science, Vol. 292, pp 221-223
Binswanger, Hans P. 2000, “Scaling up HIV/AIDS Programs to National Coverage.” Science, Vol. 288:2173-2176.
5. Local and
Community-Driven Development Hans P. Binswanger, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Jacomina de Regt, and Dan Owen, 2007, “Local and Community-Driven Development: Historical Roots and the Evolution of World Bank Programs,” World Bank, processed (get from Jacomina de Regt) Hans Binswanger and Tuu-Van Nguyen, 2006, “Scaling Up Community-Driven Development: A Step-By-Step Guide,” World Bank CDD website Fátima Amazonas, Túlio Barbosa, Hans P. Binswanger, Alberto Costa, Naércio Menezes, Elaine Pazello and Claudia Romano, 2006, “Rural Poverty Alleviation Project (RPAP) Evaluation, 1993-2005,” World Bank, processed
6. Economics of
Technical Change and its Impacts Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, 2007, “The Roles and Productivity of International Centers in Africa’s Agricultural Research Systems,” Concept Paper for the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST), Pretoria, NEPAD, 2007
Binswanger, Hans P. and Joachim von Braun. 1991. "Technological Change and Commercialization in Agriculture. The Effect on the Poor." The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January): 57-80.
Binswanger, Hans P. and Prabhu Pingali. 1988. "Technological Priorities for Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa." The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January): 81-98.
Quizon, Jaime and Hans P. Binswanger. 1986. "Modeling the Impact of Agricultural Growth and Government Policy on Income Distribution in India." The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (September): 103-148.
Binswanger, Hans P. and Vernon W. Ruttan. 1978. Induced Innovation: Technology, Institutions and Development. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Binswanger, Hans P. 1974. "The Measurement of Technical Change
Biases with Many Binswanger, Hans P. 1974. "A Microeconomic Approach to Induced Innovation." Economic Journal, Vol. 84, No. 336, (December): 940-958.
7. Agricultural
Mechanization Pingali, Prabhu, Yves Bigot and Hans P. Binswanger. 1987. Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Also available in French from World Bank.
World Bank. 1987. Agricultural Mechanization: Issues and Options. A World Bank Policy Study prepared by Hans P. Binswanger and Graeme Donovan. Also available in French and Spanish.
Binswanger, Hans P. 1986. "Agricultural Mechanization: A Comparative Historical Perspective." The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January): 27-56.
Binswanger, Hans P. 1978. The Economics of Tractors in South Asia: An Analytical Review. New York : The Agricultural Development Council and Hyderabad, India: ICRISAT.
8. Economic
Behavior under Risk and Uncertainty
Rosenzweig, Mark R. and Hans P. Binswanger. 1993. "Wealth, Weather Risk and the Profitability of Agricultural Investment". Economic Journal, Vol. 103 (January): 56-78. (WPS 1055)
Binswanger, Hans P. 1980. "Attitudes Toward Risk, Experimental Measurement in Rural India." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 62 (August): 395-407.
Binswanger, Hans P. 1981. "Attitude Toward Risk, Theoretical Implications of an Experiment in Rural India." Economic Journal, Vol. 91 ((December)): 867-890.
9. Econometrics of Agricultural Supply, Demand, Factor Demand, and Investment
Responses Binswanger, Hans P., Shahidur R. Khandker and Mark R. Rosenzweig. 1993. "How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Agricultural Output and Investment in India”. Journal of Development Economics 41, 337-366. Binswanger, H.P. 1989. “The Policy Response of Agriculture.” In S. Fischer and D. de Tray, eds., Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1989. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Binswanger, Hans P., Maw-Cheng Yang, Alan Bowers, and Yair Mundlak. 1987. "On the Determinants of Cross-Country Aggregate Agricultural Supply." Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 36,: 111-131.
Bapna, Shanti L., Hans P. Binswanger and Jaime B. Quizon. 1984. "Systems Output Supply and Factor Demand Equations for Semi-Arid Tropical India." Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 39, No. 2 (April-June): 179-202.
Swamy, Gurushri and Hans P. Binswanger. 1983. "Flexible Consumer Demand Systems and Linear Estimation: Food in India." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 65, No. 4 (November): 675-684.
10. Rural Finance
Hans P. Binswanger and Rogier van den Brink, 2005, “Credit for Small Farmers in Africa Revisited: Pathologies and Remedies,” Savings for Development, No 3. Binswanger, Hans P., Shahidur R. Khandker and Mark R. Rosenzweig. 1993. "How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Agricultural Output and Investment in India”. Journal of Development Economics 41, 337-366. Binswanger, Hans P. and S.R. Khandker. 1995. “The Impact of Formal Finance on the Rural Economy of India.” The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 1995).
11. Environment, Natural Resource Management and Policies Lutz, Ernst, ed, with the Assistance of Hans P Binswanger, Peter Hazell and Alexander McCalla, 1998, "Agriculture and the Environment: Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development " Washtington DC, A World Bank Symposium, Heath, John and Hans P. Binswanger. 1996. “Natural Resource Degradation effects of poverty and population growth are largely policy-induced: the case of Colombia”. Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 1, part 1 (February 1996). Cambridge University Press. Rosegrant, Mark W. and Hans P. Binswanger. 1994. “Markets in Tradable Water Rights: Potential for Efficiency Gains in Developing Country Water Resource Allocation”. World Development, Vol. 22. No. 11 (November). Binswanger, Hans P. 1991. Brazilian Policies That Encourage Deforestation in the Amazon." World Development, Vol. 19, No. 7 (July).
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