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Beyond food production : the role of agriculture in poverty reduction

Bresciani, Fabrizio (contributor); … - 2007

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm...

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Environment and agriculture in a developing economy : problems and prospects for Bangladesh

Alauddin, Mohammad; Hossain, Mosharaff - 2001

This book comprehensively examines the performance of Bangladeshi agriculture in light of the most recent thinking on …. Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy will therefore be of particular interest to developmental and environmental …

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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic...

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Global environmental change and agriculture : assessing the impacts

Frisvold, George B. (ed.); Kuhn, Betsey (ed.) - 1999

Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by … within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective …

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The Elgar companion to the Asian development bank

Quibria, Muhammad G. (ed.); Akanda, Albab (ed.) - 2024

"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas for reform, and challenges going forward. M.G. Quibria...

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The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries

Hu, Teh-wei (ed.); Hsieh, Chee-Ruey (ed.) - 2002

reform and health policy in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations …

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Biotechnology, agriculture, and the developing world : the distributional implications of technological change

Swanson, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2002

How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates …

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Rural poverty, risk and development

Fafchamps, Marcel - 2003

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In...

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Poverty targeting in Asia

Weiss, John (contributor) - 2005

channelling resources to the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries--India, Indonesia, the People … Srivastava -- 3. Poverty targeting in Indonesia / Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell -- 4. Poverty targeting in the People …

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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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