Cambodia: Rapid Growth with Institutional Constraints

Unveiling constraints to cassava production in Cambodia: An analysis from farmers’ yield variations

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is currently the most important upland crop of Cambodia, but information on yield variations and causal factors which is important for efficiently targeting efforts to increase production is still lacking. The objectives of this study were to determine the yield variations and causal factors for cassava production in Kampong Cham province in Cambodia. Fort...

Sharing growth: equity and development in Cambodia

Institutional Determinants of Growth

Output per worker is correlated with productivity (Solow residual) is 0.89: richer countries tend to be more productive and vice versa (Figure I). Productivity is also correlated with human capital: 0.52. Much of the differences between output in the US and in LDCs is due to differences in productivity rather than due to factor endowments (Table I). Capital intensity, human capital and producti...

Institutional Investment Constraints and Stock Prices

We test the hypothesis that investment constraints in delegated portfolio management may distort demand for stocks, leading to price underreaction to news and stock return predictability. We find that institutions tend not to buy more of a stock with good news that they already overweight; they are reluctant to sell a stock with bad news that they already underweight. Stocks with good news over...

WinFood data from Kenya and Cambodia: constraints on field procedures.

BACKGROUND Researchers face myriad challenges in the design and implementation of randomized, controlled trials. Apart from summaries on limitations, these challenges are rarely documented in detail to inform future research projects. OBJECTIVE To describe methodological challenges encountered during randomized, controlled trials (WinFood Study) designed to assess the efficacy of locally prod...