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Modeling water resources management at the basin level: methodology and application to the Maipo River Basin

Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"With increasing competition for water across sectors and regions, the river basin has been recognized as the appropriate unit of analysis for addressing the challenges of water resources management. Modeling at this scale can provide essential information for policymakers in their resource...

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Assessing the impact of rice policy changes in Viet Nam and the contribution of policy research:

Ryan, James G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

The marketing and policy research on rice of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is described, and the conclusions and recommendations are discussed in the context of the decisionmaking processes in Viet Nam. The role of IFPRI's publication and communications in informing...

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IFPRI and the abolition of the wheat flour ration shops in Pakistan: a case-study on policymaking and the use and impact of research

Islam, Yassir; Garrett, James L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997

In February 1987, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) abolished the wheat ration shop system. Started as a food rationing program during World War II in colonial India, it had degenerated by the 1980s into a wasteful corrupt system that failed to reach the poor. Why did it take so long for this...

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Rice market liberalization and poverty in Viet Nam:

Minot, Nicholas; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

Market liberalization, though an important element in economic reforms in developing countries in the past two decades, has been accused of harming the poor through higher food prices, layoffs in formerly state-owned enterprises, and the erosion of social safety net programs. Since the 1980s...

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Poverty and inequality in Vietnam: spatial patterns and geographic determinants

Minot, Nicholas; Baulch, Bob; Epperecht, Michael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

inequality for provinces, districts, and communes of Vietnam. The method was applied by combining information from the 1997 …-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey and the 1999 Population and Housing Census... Mapping the density of poverty reveals that … in per capita expenditure is relatively low in Vietnam by international standards. Inequality is greatest in the large …

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