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Property Rights, Optimal Public Enforcement, and Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - CESifo - 2011
We study the link between public enforcement of property rights, innovation investments, and economic growth in an endogenous growth framework with an expanding set of product varieties. We find that a government may assure positive equilibrium growth through public employment in the enforcement...
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application:
Yu, Bingxin; Guo, Zhe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200210
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
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Does China Still Have a Labor Cost Advantage?
Ceglowski, Janet; Golub, Stephen - CESifo - 2011
In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China’s cost … advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China’s relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998 …-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China’s unit labor costs fell, but since 2003 they have increased both absolutely and relative to US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323303
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Agricultural and economic development strategies and the transformation of China and India:
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996826
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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth Revisited in African Countries
Eggoh, Jude C.; Bangaké, Chrysost; Rault, Christophe - CESifo - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for 21 African countries over the period from 1970 to 2006, using recently developed panel cointegration and causality tests. The countries are divided into two groups:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320785
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Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in Middle East and North African Countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'Henni, Hatem - CESifo - 2012
This article extends the recent findings of Liu (2005), Ang (2007), Apergis et al. (2009) and Payne (2010) by implementing recent bootstrap panel unit root tests and cointegration techniques to investigate the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12...
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Overview: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Hazell, P.B.R.; Pachauri, J. K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"In recent years bioenergy... has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers and rural communities around the world. For many countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996937
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Biofuels and the global food balance: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Msangi, Siwa; Sulser, Timothy B.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Rising world fuel prices, the growing demand for energy, and concerns about global warming are the key factors driving the increasing interest in renewable energy sources, and in biofuels in particular. But some policymakers and analysts have voiced concern that aggressive growth in biofuel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997019