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Does voter turnout affect policy outcomes? This long-standing question has been re-visited recently with close …
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Among the important issues debated in the current phase pertaining to the agricultural sector include the expectations about the next technological phase and the efficiency parameters during the current phase. Growing population as well as income enhances the demand for agricultural products and...
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Among the important issues debated in the current phase pertaining to the agricultural sector include the expectations about the next technological phase and the efficiency parameters during the current phase. Growing population as well as income enhances the demand for agricultural products and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365396
This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies : Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and...
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Sustainable development remains high on the international agenda, even as policy makers are distracted by the political … fiscal stimulus to fast-track the greening of the economy. For New Zealand, getting its sustainability policy right is … context, this paper considers New Zealands current sustainable development policy in light of international approaches to …
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Policy in Pakistan has been fairly path-dependant, placing a higher weight on export promotion and domestic … sector in the economy. This paper argues that a more holistic policy, with no favourites, that allows for all sectors to grow …
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and policy interventions. The objective was to examine the effectiveness of resource enhancing policy interventions like … argued that resource endowments determine the level and dynamics of livelihoods at the household level rather than policy … interventions per se. On the other hand, policy interventions, given the status and structure of the economy, only act as catalysts …
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Narrowing the digital divide is an important goal of any ICT policy. It must promote on one hand a high degree of … the limitations imposed by Philippine laws. Also, there is no general framework or policy guidelines that would help both …
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, especially in rural areas. Off late slippage is attracting attention at the policy level though slippage is as old as the … causes of slippage at various levels; and iii) provide some pointers for policy based on the analysis. The extent of slippage … slippage is as high as 60 percent. Our analysis at the national, state and habitation levels suggests strongly that policy …
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