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The Role of Infrastructure Capital in China’s Regional Economic Growth

Shi, Yingying - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

This paper investigates the role of infrastructure capital in China’s regional economic development during 1990 to 2009 … land-line telephone. The results support a positive role of infrastructure in improving economic wellbeing in China. It … shows that infrastructure has contributed to the convergence among China’s provinces. However, declining growth momentum …

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Economic Growth, Lifestyle Changes, and the Coexistence of Under and Overweight in China: A Semiparametric Approach

Shimokawa, Satoru; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both … to 18.5 kg/m2), (2) whether China's continuing economic growth leads to further increase in the prevalence of overweight …, and (3) whether China's economic growth alone can lead to commensurate decrease in its remaining underweight. Based on the …

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Something of a Paradox: The Neglect of Agriculture in Economic Development

Bezemer, Dirk J.; Headey, Derek D. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper argues that investment in agriculture has a large and continuing developmental importance in terms of both economic growth and poverty reduction. Moreover, targeted public resources have proven to be indispensable in achieving these results. Both arguments are supported with novel...

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Access of Eastern African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints

Bahiigwa, Godfrey - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges that Eastern African farmers face in accessing domestic, regional and international markets. With rising population and incomes, domestic markets offer great opportunities for farmers. However, because of structural, institutional and...

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The Role of Agriculture on the Recent Brazilian Economic Growth

Spolador, Humberto Francisco Silva; Roe, Terry L. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

This paper investigates the contribution of the Brazilian agriculture to economic growth of the Brazilian economy. It draws upon the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) data base, and other time series data to construct a multi-sector Ramsey model that shows the transition growth of the...

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Land Inequality and Economic Growth: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach

Fort, Ricardo; Ruben, Ruerd - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The growing body of literature devoted to study the impact of inequality on economic growth have centred its attention in the income distribution effect, even though the theoretical relationships are more related to assets distributions than to income distribution. While some recent studies have...

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Re-testing the Resource Curse Hypothesis Using Panel Data and an Improved Measure of Resource Intensity

Rambaldi, Alicia N.; Hall, Greg; Brown, Richard P.C. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Most empirical studies of the Resource Curse Hypothesis (RCH) find evidence of a strong negative relationship between a country's natural resource abundance and economic growth. We question the reliability of these findings in relation to the definitions and measures used for both resource...

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The Nutrition Transition in High and Low-Income Countries: What are the Policy Lessons?

Popkin, Barry M.; Ng, Shu Wen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The world has seen a remarkable shift from a period when diets, activity patterns and body composition were characterized by the period termed the receding famine pattern to one dominated by nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NR-NCDs). This presentation first examines the speed of...

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Investigating linkages between economic growth, energy consumption and pollutant emissions in Tunisia

Chebbi, Houssem Eddine - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

The aim of this study is to understand long and short-run linkages between economic growth, energy consumption and carbon emission using Tunisian data over the period 1971-2004. Cointegration procedure is used to analyze the time series properties of the series and error-correction terms were...

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Do the BRICs and Emerging Markets Differ in their Agrifood Trade?

Haq, Zahoor Ul; Meilke, Karl D. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

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