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The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course:
Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This paper examines the impact over the life course of early childhood growth failure as measured by achieved height at 36 months. It uses data collected on individuals who participated in a nutritional supplementation trial between 1969 and 1977 in rural Guatemala and who were subsequently...
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Six billion and counting
Leisinger, Klaus M.; Schmitt, Karin M.; Pandya-Lorch, Rajul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80 million people each year. "Six Billion and Counting" examines the consequences of continuing population growth for the world's resource systems and for national and global food security. Leisinger,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996862
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Livestock development planning in Uganda
Benson, Todd; Mugarura, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Livestock are an important element of the livelihoods of many Ugandan households, and considerable efforts at economic development by the government of Uganda have focused on the livestock sector. However, these development efforts have suffered due to a lack of detailed data on the distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519798
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Climate change: Pro-poor adaptation, risk management, and mitigation strategies
Yohe, Gary; Burton, Ian; Huq, Saleemul; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996968
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Early childhood nutrition and academic achievement
Glewwe, Paul; Jocoby, Hanan; King, Elizabeth M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
Early childhood nutrition is thought to be an important input into subsequent academic achievement. This paper investigates the nutrition-learning nexus using a unique longitudinal data set, which follows a large sample of Philippine children from birth until the end of their primary education....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997248
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Income effects of alternative trade policy adjustments on Philippine rural households: a general equilibrium analysis
Bautista, Romeo M.; Thomas, Marcelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
Three types of trade policy adjustments to deal with an unsustainable current account deficit are examined in this paper for their economywide income and equity effects, based on the results of simulation experiments using a CGE model of the Philippine economy. Gross domestic product (GDP)...
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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
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Evaluating the Mexico city policy: How US foreign policy affects fertility outcomes and child health in Ghana
Jones, Kelly M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
US development assistance represents a significant source of funding for many population programs in poor countries. The Mexico City policy, known derisively as the global gag rule, restricts activities of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive such assistance. The intent of...
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Population policy and individual choice: a theoretical investigation
Nerlove, Marc; Razin, Assaf; Sadka, Efraim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1987
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The impact of technical change in agriculture on human fertility: district-level evidence from India
Vosti, Stephen A.; Witcover, Julie; Lipton, Michael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1994
human fertility. Little comprehensive research, however, has been done on the effects of those technologies themselves on … human fertility leaving unanswered the question of whether particular types of agricultural technologies were actually … agricultural change (from 1961 to 1981) and changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to assess the impact of the former on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996708