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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862078
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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693301
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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696002
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Are African Countries Paying Too Much Attention To Agriculture?
Christiaensen, Luc; Demery, Lionel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498515
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Agricultural Supply Response and Poverty in Mozambique
Heltberg, Rasmus; Tarp, Finn - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031731
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How do we increase the share of aid to agriculture in Africa?
Quartey, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Agriculture plays an important role in terms of employment and its contribution to gross domestic product in many … African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739521
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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
Africa.s improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … agriculture there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766008
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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security: New institutional arrangements for related public goods
von Braun, Joachim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper … provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854487
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The political economy of food price: The case of Ethiopia
Admassie, Assefa - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
Food prices increased significantly in 2007.08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The Ethiopian government released emergency food grain reserves, imported and distributed wheat at subsidized price, banned the export of staple cer
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854496
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The Decarbonization of China's Agriculture
Huang, Yongfu; He, Jingjing - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854503