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Rural non-farm development in China and India
Mukherjee, Anit; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
India the growth in output and employment in this sector has been rather stagnant. The paper argues that the observed … nonfarm economy in China and India highlights the potentials and challenges of growth in the sector. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037971
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A framework for physical growth and child development:
Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Glewwe, Paul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core economic model that illustrates the interrelationship of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272220
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Natural disasters, self-Insurance, and human capital investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. Our empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967162
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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses household panel and village census data from Indonesia to examine the impact of spatial connectivity (road) development on household income growth and nonagricultural labor supply. The empirical results show that the impacts of improvements in local road quality (which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment. Non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are being asked to take the lead in the provision of government services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996754
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would … include and reach out to the rural poor and a reorientation of subsidies toward such investments: 1. India should increase …&D (leading to improved technologies for farmers). 2. India should reorient its social safety nets to create more employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996791
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997018
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Facing alternative futures: prospects for and paths to food security in Africa
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Cline, Sarah A.; Li, Weibo; Sulser, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Food security in Africa has substantially worsened since 1970. Although the proportion of malnourished individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa has remained in the range of 33–35 percent since around 1970, the absolute number of malnourished people in Africa has increased substantially with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997057
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997085
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would … include and reach out to the rural poor and a reorientation of subsidies toward such investments: 1. India should increase …&D (leading to improved technologies for farmers). 2. India should reorient its social safety nets to create more employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997089