Working papers
On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies, with Rie Muraoka and Keijiro Otsuka, Policy Research Working Paper 7710, Washington: World Bank, 2016
Long-term impacts of an unanticipated risk event: The 2007/08 food price crisis and child growth in Indonesia, with Futoshi Yamauchi, Policy Research Working Paper 7627, Washington: World Bank, 2016.
Are women less productive farmers? How markets and risk affect fertilizer use, productivity and measured gender effects in Uganda, with Sara Savastano, Siobhan Murray, and Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Policy Research Working Paper 7241, Washington: World Bank, 2015.
Agricultural policies and trade paths in Turkey, with Will Martin, Sebnem Sahin, and Marinos E. Tsigas, Policy Research Working Paper 7059, Washington: World Bank, 2014.
A conceptual model of incomplete markets and the consequences for technology adoption policies in Ethiopia, with Daniel Zerfu Gurara, Policy Research Working Paper 6681, Washington: World Bank, 2013.
Differential effects of food security policies on subsistence farmers and the urban poor, with Mario Miranda, Kathleen Farrin and Shu-Ling Chen, 2013 Annual Meetings, August 4-6, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2013.
Blue water and the consequences of alternative food security policies in the Middle East and North Africa for water security, Policy Research Working Paper 6464, Washington: World Bank, 2013.
The cost structure of the clean development mechanism, with Shaikh M. Rahman and Ariel Dinar, Policy Research Working Paper 6262, Washington: World Bank, 2012.
Should African rural development strategies depend on smallholder farms? An exploration of the inverse productivity hypothesis, with Keijiro Otsuka, Tomoya Matsumoto and Talip Kilic, Policy Research Working Paper 6190, Washington: World Bank, 2013.
Aligning climate change mitigation and agricultural policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with Ariel Dinar and Brian Blankespoor, Policy Research Working Paper 6080, Washington: World Bank, 2012.
Food security and storage in the Middle East and North Africa, with Julian Lampietti, Christophe Gouel, Carlo Cafiero, and John Roberts. Policy Research Working Paper 6031, Washington: World Bank, 2012.
Agriculture and the Clean Development Mechanism, with Ariel Dinar and J. Aapris Frisbie, Policy Research Working Paper 5621, Washington: World Bank, 2011.
The grain chain: food security and managing wheat imports in Arab countries , with Julian Lampietti, Michelle Battat, Dana Erekat, Arnold De Hartog and Sean Michaels, World Bank Operational Studies 10425, Washington: World Bank, 2011.
Can Africa replicate Asia's Green Revolution in rice? with Keijiro Otsuka, Kei Kajisa, Jonna P. Estudillo and Aliou Diagne, Policy Research Working Paper 5478, Washington: World Bank. 2011
Measures of fixed capital in agriculture, with Rita Butzer, and Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper 5472, Washington: World Bank, 2010.
Resource management and the effects of trade on vulnerable places and people: lessons from six case studies, with John Nash, Policy Research Working Paper 5258, Washington: World Bank, 2010.
Will the clean development mechanism mobilize anticipated levels of mitigation ? with Shaikh M. Rahman, and Ariel Dinar, Policy Research Working Paper 5239, Washington: World Bank, 2010.
Incomplete markets and fertilizer use: evidence from Ethiopia, with Daniel Zerfu Gurara, Policy Research Working Paper 5235, Washington: World Bank, 2010.
Substitution and technological change under carbon cap and trade: lessons from Europe, with Timothy J. Considine, Policy Research Working Paper 4957, Washington: World Bank, 2009.
The performance of Bulgarian food markets during reform , with Alexander H. Sarris, Policy Research Working Paper 4876, Washington: World Bank, 2009.
Factors affecting levels of international cooperation in carbon abatement projects, with Ariel Dinar, Shaikh Mahfuzur Rahman and Philippe Ambrosi, Policy Research Working Paper 4786, Washington: World Bank, 2008.
Carbon markets, institutions, policies, and research, with Philippe Ambrosi, Ariel Dinar, Shaikh Mahfuzur Rahman and Rebecca Entler, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4761, Washington: World Bank, 2008.
Heterogeneous technology and panel data: the case of the agricultural production function, with Yair Mundlak and Rita Butzer, Policy Research Working Paper 4536, Washington: World Bank, 2008.
Will markets direct investments under the Kyoto Protocol? With Gunnar Breustedt, Policy Research Working Paper 4131, Washington: World Bank, 2007.
Warehouse receipts: facilitating credit and commodity markets, with Daniele Giovannucci and Panos Varangis, A Guide to Developing Agricultural Markets and Agro-enterprises, 2007.
The environment as a factor of production , with Timothy J. Considine, Policy Research Working Paper 3271, Washington: World Bank, 2004.
Commodity market reform in Africa: some recent experience, with John Baffes, Panos Varangis and Takamasa Akiyama, Policy Research Working Paper 2995, Washington: World Bank, 2003.
Intersectoral migration in Southeast Asia: evidence from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, with Rita Butzer and Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper 2949, Washington: World Bank, 2003.
Can financial markets be tapped to help poor people cope with weather risks?, with Jerry R. Skees, Panos Varangis and Paul B. Siegel, Policy Research Working Paper 2812, Washington: World Bank, 2002.
Determinants of agricultural growth in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, with Rita Butzer and Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper 2803, Washington: World Bank, 2002.
Agricultural markets and risks - management of the latter, not the former , with Panos Varangis and Jock R. Anderson, Policy Research Working Paper 2793, Washington: World Bank, 2001
Do farmers choose to be inefficient? with Frank Plessmann, Policy Research Working Paper 2787, Washington: World Bank, 2002.
Sugar policy and reform, with Brent Borrell, Policy Research Working Paper 2602, Washington: World Bank, 2001.
Risks, lessons learned, and secondary markets for greenhouse gas reductions, with Paul Parks, Policy Research Working Paper 2090, Washington: World Bank, 1999.
A new database on investment and capital for agriculture and manufacturing, with Al Crego, Rita Butzer and Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper 2013, Washington: World Bank, 1998.
Commodity risk management and development, with Panos Varangis and Yabuki Nanae, Policy Research Working Paper 1963, Washington: World Bank, 1998.
The determinants of agricultural production: a cross-country analysis, with Yair Mundlak and Rita Butzer, Policy Research Working Paper 1827, Washington: World Bank, 1997.
Agricultural development: issues, evidence, and consequences , with Yair Mundlak and Al Crego, Policy Research Working Paper 1811, Washington: World Bank, 1997.
Dealing with commodity price uncertainty, with Panos Varangis, Policy Research Working Paper 1667, Washington: World Bank, 1996.
Uncertainty and the price for crude oil reserves, with Timonth J. Considine, Policy Research Working Paper 1655, Washington: World Bank, 1996.
Indonesia's palm oil subsector, Policy Research Working Paper 1654, Washington: World Bank, 1996.
On the intersectoral migration of agricultural labor, with Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper 1425, Washington: World Bank, 1995.
The adding-up problem: strategies for primary commodity exports in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Takamasa Akiyama, Policy Research Working Paper 1245, Washington: World Bank, 1994.
Copper and the negative price of storage, Policy Research Working Paper Series 1282, Washington: World Bank, 1994.
Policies for coping with price uncertainty for Mexican maize, Policy Research Working Paper Series 1120, 1993.
The effects of option hedging on the costs of domestic price stabilization schemes, with Jonathan Coleman, Policy Research Working Paper Series 653, Washington: World Bank, 1991.
Tariff-based commodity price stabilization schemes in Venezuela, with Jonathan Coleman Policy Research Working Paper Series 611, Washington: World Bank, 1991.
Abolishing green rates: the effects on cereals, sugar, and oilseeds in West Germany, with Simon Glance, Brent Borrell, Merlinda Ingco and Jonathan Coleman, Policy Research Working Paper Series 607, Washington: World Bank, 1991.
On the relevance of world agricultural prices, with Yair Mundlak, Policy Research Working Paper Series 383, Washington: World Bank, 1990.
The Indonesian vegetable oils sector : modeling the impact of policy changes, Policy Research Working Paper Series 382, Washington: World Bank, 1990.
Recent trends and prospects for agricultural commodity exports in sub-Saharan Africa, with Takamasa Akiyama, Policy Research Working Paper Series 348, Washington: World Bank, 1989.