Development economics between markets and institutions: incentives for growth, food security and sustainable use of the environment

Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Erwin Bulte and Ruerd Ruben; 1. Rural poverty alleviation; 2. Natural resources; 3. Food security; 4. Markets and trade; 5. Governance and institutions; 6. Conclusions and outlook; Prospects for (rural) poverty alleviation; Policies for pro-poor rural-urban linkages; Joachim von Braun; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts and framework; 3. Conclusions and research implications; References; The role of public infrastructure in lowering transaction costs; Javier A. Escobal; Abstract; 1. Introduction

2. The role of public infrastructure in a costly exchange environment: conceptual framework3. Market integration and transaction costs; 4. Transaction costs in rural Peru; 5. Conclusions; References; Displaced distortions: financial market failures and seemingly inefficient resource allocation in low-income rural communities; Christopher B. Barrett; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. The gaps in financial networks; 3. Factor market solutions to market imperfections; 4. Quasi-finance through commodity markets; 5. Liquidity constraints and technology adoption patterns

6. Asset degradation and ex post response to shocks under liquidity constraints7. Policy interventions; References; Sustainable development and peace; Jan Pronk; Abstract; 1. Mutual interests; 2. Conflict and disaster; 3. A paradigm dispute; 4. Brandt revisited; 5. Four crises; 6. Conflict and globalization; 7. Global apartheid; 8. Resistance; 9. Lifelines; 10. Inconvenient truths; Sustainable management of natural resources; Policy making and land use changes: facing new and complex realities; Teunis van Rheenen and Tolulope Olofinbiyi; Abstract; 1. Introduction

2. Globalisation of the agri-food chain3. Climate change; 4. Urbanisation; 5. The emerging bio-fuel economy; 6. Agriculture's role in society: an unfinished debate; 7. Conclusions; References; Development strategies for less-favoured areas; Peter Hazell, Ruerd Ruben, Arie Kuyvenhoven and Hans Jansen; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. What are less-favored areas?; 3. Characteristics of less-favoured areas; 4. What drives resource degradation in LFAs?; 5. Development options; 6. Agricultural development strategies; 7. Conclusions; References

Sustainable technology adoption on Central American hillsides: the case of minimum tillage in HondurasPeter Arellanes and David R. Lee; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Adoption of sustainable agriculture technologies; 3. Sustainable agriculture adoption in the Honduran hillsides; 4. Empirical results; 5. Conclusions; References; Farm household behaviour and agricultural resource degradation: using econometric and simulation approaches for policy analysis; Gideon Kruseman; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Agricultural household decisions; 3. Econometric analysis; 4. Optimization approaches