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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
The evidence of improved performance of agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) in recent years has indeed been quite striking when compared with the past. For the first time, the sector has maintained a real growth rate of 3.4 percent per year, well above the population growth rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
of labor-intensive agricultural technologies, to extend and strengthen school systems in rural areas, to promote … competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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Employment risk and job-seeker performance:
Godlonton, Susan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper examines the relationship between employment risk and job-seeker performance. To induce exogenous variation in employment risk, the outside options for job seekers undergoing a real recruitment process were randomized by assigning them a 0, 1, 5, 50, 75, or 100 percent chance of real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755481
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630750
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Globalization, structural change, and productivity growth:
McMillan, Margaret; Rodrik, Dani - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of … developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to … pattern of structural change—with labor moving from low- to high-productivity sectors in Asia, but in the opposite direction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132641
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Migration, local off-farm employment, and agricultural production efficiency: Evidence from China:
Yang, Jin; Wang, Hui; Jin, Songqing; Chen, Kevin Z.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
an increasing concern about the potential negative effects of moving labor away from agriculture on China’s future food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132677
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Institutional capacity for designing and implementing agricultural and rural development policies and strategies in Nigeria:
Adebayo, Kolawole; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This study assessed the capacity for designing and implementing agricultural and rural development policies, strategies, and programs in Nigeria. Data for this study were derived from initial consultations at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (FMAWR), Federal Ministry of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132807
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Perceptions, impacts and rewards of row planting of teff:
Vandercasteelen, Joachim; Dereje, Mekdim; Minten, Bart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This study analyzes the perceptions, impacts, and rewards of farmers who adopted row planting for the production of teff as a result of being exposed to a technology promotion campaign for row planting of teff in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114765
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Summary of perceptions, impacts and rewards of row planting of teff:
Vandercasteelen, Joachim; Dereje, Mekdim; Minten, Bart; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114802