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The Relevance of Certifications and Business Practices in Linking Smallholders and Large Agro-businesses in Sub-Sahara Africa
Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
-agro-business relationships and contract success. This is what this article does. Data of 386 smallholders in the pineapple export sector in Ghana …Smallholders often have to certify according to international standards and produce under contract for large agro … is analyzed quantitatively and enriched by a detailed case study of a large-scale agro-business in Ghana called Blues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272153
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Can Oil-led Growth and Structural Change Go Hand in Hand in Ghana? A Multi-sector Intertemporal General Equilibrium Assessment
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Wiebelt, Manfred - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
the case of newly found oil in Ghana we develop a multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium model with endogenous …-term structural effects can indeed impede Asian-style economic transformation in Ghana (and other resource rich countries). We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886853
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Managing Future Oil Revenues in Ghana - An Assessment of Alternative Allocation Options
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Schweickert, Rainer; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
temporary oil revenue inflows to Ghana. The simulations show that beyond the short-run Dutch disease effects, the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012879
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Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana
Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982867
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Sustainable Intensification of Pineapple Farming in Ghana: Training and Complexity
Wüpper, David; Sauer, Johannes; Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Sustainable intensification of Ghana’s smallholder farming is critical to mitigate rural poverty. Innovations for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960600
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Including Maritime Transport in the EU´s Climate Change Policy: Country-Based Allocation and Effects
Heitmann, Nadine - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The European Union (EU) is actively campaigning for the global regulation of carbon emissions generated by maritime bunker fuels because these emissions are presently barely regulated and are projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. However, since a global regulation has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886874
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The Potential Contribution of the Shipping Sector to an Efficient Reduction of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Heitmann, Nadine; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
In this paper, we analyze how much the shipping sector could contribute to global CO2 emission reductions from an efficiency point of view. To do this, a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) for the shipping sector is generated that can be combined with a MACC for conventional CO2 abatement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886913
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Informed and Uninformed Opinions on New Measures to Address Climate Change
Kniebes, Carola; Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Climate engineering (CE) and carbon capture and storage sub-seabed (CCS-S) are currently controversially debated options to address climate change. Our paper provides empirical evidence on the public perception of two different CE measures, namely, stratospheric sulphate injection (SSI) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886920
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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production: accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886939
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Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia
Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905565