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We use the concept of the product space to analyze the key features of the transformation process in Africa with a focus on the agricultural sector. Between 1962 and 2008, we find that both specialization and diversification occur for the overall economy and across sectors. Our findings also...
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In this paper, we investigate factors affecting total household consumption and poverty in Uganda using household … effects of particular policies on the national poverty rate, we developed a simulation model from our regression estimates …
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poverty, and relative deprivation among smallholder maize growers in Zambia. The analysis contributes to the literature by …
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large price shocks with respect to poverty analysis. Using a Ugandan household survey data set and an estimated flexible … similar consumption side poverty impact analyses. Second, to provide a sense of the magnitude in the loss of fidelity from … using a less flexible instead of a more flexible demand system within computable general equilibrium analyses of poverty …
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reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife’s income provided by the husband and wife are in agreement in only … poverty. …
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A procedure is developed to examine the ex-post impacts of improved maize varieties on poverty in rural Ethiopia. Yield … effects to identify the counterfactual income distribution without improved maize arieties. Poverty impacts are estimated as … the differences in poverty indices computed using observed and counterfactual income distributions. Improved maize …
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reducing rural poverty among their objectives, but are ISPs achieving these objectives? We use data from two nationally …, poverty severity, and the probability of household income falling below the US$2 and US$1.25/capita/day poverty lines. Results … substantively reduce the probability or severity of poverty. …
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High poverty rate persists in rural Kenya, where farming households continue to depend on agriculture for food and ….Our objective in this paper is to test the effects of maize market participation on household income, poverty status, and income …, participation in the maize market has a significant impact on household income and poverty, with the magnitude of impact estimates …
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