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Agriculture for improved nutrition: the current research landscape (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, R., Hawkes, C., Waage, J., Ferguson, E., Haseen, F., Holmans, H., Hussein, J., Johnston, D., Marais, D., McNeill, G., & Shankar, B. (2013). Agriculture for improved nutrition: the current research landscape. Food and nutrition bulletin (Tokyo. Print), 34(4), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651303400401

On the basis of these findings, we make suggestions for research investment and for broader engagement of researchers and disciplines in developing approaches to design and evaluate agricultural programs for improved nutrition.

Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience (2013)
Journal Article
Bahadur, A., & Tanner, T. (2014). Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience. Urban Climate, 7, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.08.004

This paper examines the process of building resilience to climate change in urban areas by scrutinising the manner in which initiatives to build resilience interact with the urban policy environments in which they unfold. The urban policy environment... Read More about Policy climates and climate policies: Analysing the politics of building urban climate change resilience.

Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime (2013)
Journal Article
Larcom, S. (2013). Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime. Law and Development Review, 6(1), 25-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/ldr-2013-0031

This article investigates the impact of non-state legal institutions on crime
by exploiting differences in pre-colonial legal institutions. In relation to criminal
law, it is suggested that colonisation can be best characterised as the imposition o... Read More about Accounting for Legal Pluralism: The Impact of Pre-colonial Institutions on Crime.

Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience (2013)
Book
Chirwa, E., & Dorward, A. (2013). Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199683529.001.0001

Agricultural input subsidies were a major feature of development policies in rural economies until the 1980s. Continuing rural poverty with low productivity and fertilizer use in smallholder staple crops has led to their resurgence in Africa. These s... Read More about Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience.

Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’ (2013)
Journal Article
Benson, D., Jordan, A., & Smith, L. (2013). Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 45(7), 1695-1712. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45378

It is a truism that environmental management has experienced a significant change in the locus of governing, in which centralised forms of steering have been gradually replaced by more collaborative management approaches organised at the ecosystem sc... Read More about Is environmental management really more collaborative? A comparative analysis of putative ‘paradigm shifts’.

Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy Dilemmas (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Maina, I., Newsham, A., & Okoti, M. Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy Dilemmas. Brighton

This paper analyses emerging policy discussions on climate change and agriculture in Kenya. Kenya has been ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest.... Read More about Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy Dilemmas.

Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Informal Rural Economy Modelling (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Dorward, A., & Chirwa, E. Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Informal Rural Economy Modelling. Brighton

This paper presents a partial equilibrium model of the impacts of the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme on smallholder livelihoods in two major and contrasting livelihood zones over the period 2005/6 to 2010/11. Despite inherent difficulties in mod... Read More about Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Informal Rural Economy Modelling.

Targeting in the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Issues and Options (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Dorward, A., & Chirwa, E. Targeting in the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Issues and Options. Brighton

This paper examines targeting issues that emerge from FISP evaluations undertaken since 2006/07, and puts forward various options for improving targeting. Targeting objectives depend upon programme objectives. In the FISP targeting occurs at area and... Read More about Targeting in the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Issues and Options.

Repeated Access and Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Chirwa, E., Matita, M., Mvula, P., & Dorward, A. Repeated Access and Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi. Brighton

This paper analyses the impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) using a balanced four-year panel of 461 households from 2004/5, 2006/7, 2008/9 and 2010/11 agricultural seasons. We find evidence of economy wide and input market effects of t... Read More about Repeated Access and Impacts of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi.

Land Conservation Agreements (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, L. (2013). Land Conservation Agreements. In Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Best Practice Guide (64-67). Defra

Public, private or civil society interests may all seek to achieve ecosystem service delivery through the use of legal instruments to influence how land owners manage their land. Such instruments can generically be termed land conservation agreements... Read More about Land Conservation Agreements.

Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions? (2013)
Journal Article
Haigh, M., & Shapiro, M. (2013). Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions?. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 45(4), 853-871. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45181

This article examines the import of companies’ environmental performance levels in light of existing and nascent energy-usage and environmental management policies. The study is based on an experiment using a sample of financial institutions located... Read More about Do environmental policy instruments influence fiduciaries’ decisions?.

New MDGs, Development Concepts, Principles and Challenges in a Post-2015 World (2013)
Journal Article
Unterhalter, E., & Dorward, A. (2013). New MDGs, Development Concepts, Principles and Challenges in a Post-2015 World. Social Indicators Research, 113, 609-625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0292-0

As we approach 2015 the question of what, if anything, should replace the MDGs becomes increasingly important. This paper presents findings from studies on the implementation of the poverty, education and gender MDGs in Kenya and South Africa. These... Read More about New MDGs, Development Concepts, Principles and Challenges in a Post-2015 World.

Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development (2013)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., & Nordensvard, J. (2013). Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development. In F. Urban, & J. Nordensvard (Eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues (81-93). Earthscan, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108628-22

This chapter discusses first the economics of low carbon development and then discusses options for financing the transition to a low carbon economy. The chapter addresses the economic impact of climate change, the costs of stabilizing GHG emissions... Read More about Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development.