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Agricultural exit problems: Causes and consequences
Headey, Derek; Bezemer, Dirk; Hazell, Peter B. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Contrary to conventional economic theories, the relationship between income growth and the share of the population within the rural or agricultural sector is extremely diverse, even among regions starting from similar levels of development, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038038
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Taxation policy and gender employment in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A comparative analysis of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
Fofana, Ismaël; Corong, Erwin; Chatti, Rim; Bouazouni, Omar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
debate by assessing the induced gender employment bias of current taxation policies in these countries. It explores the … pattern of male and female employment and discusses the indirect tax distortions across sectors within each country and … between countries. The possible impact of the indirect tax distortion on male and female employment is quantitatively assessed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152377
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation?:
Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
generated additional jobs, but the share of employment growth from these sectors was small and skewed more toward higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132683
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Heterogeneous pro–poor targeting in India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:
Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest public works employment … project in the world. Its most direct poverty reduction pathway is through boosting employment and income for the poor. How …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132698
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Welfare and poverty impacts of India’s national rural employment guarantee scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh:
Deininger, Klaus; Liu, Yanyan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works programs globally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132747
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The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology:
Bhargava, Anil K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of...
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