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Impact simulation of ECOWAS rice self-sufficiency policy:

Fofana, Ismaël; Goundan, Anatole; Domgho, Magne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to external shocks stemming from the global market. Given...

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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:

Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...

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The Idea of Inclusive Growth and Development Policy:

Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

The evolution of development policy over time can be characterized as a faltering pursuit of inclusive growth: namely, an integrated program of achieving highest possible rate of growth of the real GDP that doubles per capita income within a short period of time, with an eye on distributive...

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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries

Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

public investment on urban and rural poverty through case studies of India, China, Thailand, and Uganda. And it highlights …

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Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013â€“2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gen...

Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

productivity in accordance with the NDP may more than double average agricultural growth rates and add an average of 0.7 percent …

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Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model:

Diao, Xinshen; McMillan, Margaret S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Africaâ€™s recent economic growth is at a historical high, the patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite different from the Asian experiences where rapid growth was fueled by labor intensive, export-oriented manufacturing. Because this pattern differs with our typical view of...

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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India

Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nationsâ€™ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and Indiaâ€™s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …

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Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth:

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

drivers of China's rapid economic growth. But the same factor can veer those individuals being deprived of land into violence … and social unrest, which may undermine China's social stability and long-term sustainable growth." from Authors' Abstract …

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