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What's economics worth? Valuing policy research

Pardey, Philip G. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In an era of limited research resources and limitless research needs, demonstrating the worth of any research discipline to policymakers and administrators is a prerequisite for obtaining future funding and making an impact in policy matters. Economists have worked diligently in developing both...

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A regional computable general equilibrium model for Honduras: Modeling exogenous shocks and policy alternatives

Morley, Samuel; Piñeiro, Valeria - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

In this paper we develop a dynamic regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Honduras that incorporates regional disaggregated sectors for agriculture. We undertook this research to address two pressing policy concerns in Honduras. First, what growth strategy should the country...

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Los pobres y la globalización de los alimentos y la agricultura:

von Braun, Joachim; Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

El sistema agroalimentario mundial está experimentando una creciente globalización. A medida que la mayoría de los habitantes del mundo se trasladan a las ciudades y los que residen en zonas rurales y están conectados con la infraestructura adoptan estilos de vida urbanizados, el consumo de...

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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor:

von Braun, Joachim; Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

by focusing on the way globalization of agri-food systems affects the world's poor and its impact on food and nutrition …The economic impact of globalization, particularly on poverty, and the changes in agri-food markets have received much … security in developing countries. Rather than offering a single policy prescription or simplistic messages about globalization …

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Reforming and promoting local agricultural markets

Badiane, Ousmane; Nuppenau, Ernst-August - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997

Although the techniques that are being used have become much more sophisticated, recent methodological developments in market research have hardly gone beyond the econometric test of market integration. While more efficient methods are being proposed to analyze price interdependence, the...

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Moving up and moving down: a new way of examining country growth dynamics

Rockmore, Marc; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

movement across income categories in the World Development Reports over a significant period of time. The results confirm the …

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Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Löfgren, Hans; Richards, Alan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural areas and concentrated within Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen. 25% of the MENA population may be poor and 7% undernourished. The key to increased national and household-level food...

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Exchange rate policy and devaluation in Malawi:

Pauw, Karl; Dorosh, Paul A.; Mazunda, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This study demonstrates why devaluation was ultimately necessary in Malawi and also what its eventual impact might be in terms of prices, income distribution, and domestic production. Our approach is to use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to evaluate the economywide impacts of...

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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income …

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Ending hunger in our lifetime: Food security and globalization

Runge, C. Ford (contributor); Senauer, Benjamin (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be …

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