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Public investment to reverse Dutch disease: the case of Chad
Levy, Stephanie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
irrigation infrastructure. Our model takes into account the integration of markets and migration processes. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037966
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The role of agriculture in the fast-growing Rwandan economy: Assessing growth alternatives:
Diao, Xinshen; Bahiigwa, Godfrey; Pradesha, Angga - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
is slow. With an overvalued exchange rate, growth in the tradable sector slows down and its share in the economy stays …
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
. Overall, the studies find that investments in agricultural research, infrastructure, and human capital are beneficial in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia:
Islam, Nurul ed. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Investment Priorities for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia Shenggen Fan, Joanna Brzeska, and Ghada Shields
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996513
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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon:
Cattaneo, Andrea - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
and in Brazil as a whole. It considers the effects of currency devaluation, building roads and other infrastructure in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037904
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Identifying agricultural expenditures within the public financial accounts and coding system in Ghana: Is the ten percent government agriculture expenditure overestimated?:
Benin, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper is part of four country case studies that take a detailed look at public expenditures in agriculture, and at how the data on expenditures are captured in government financial and budget accounts. The objective of these studies is to unpack the black box of public expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933120
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The growth-poverty convergence agenda: Optimizing social expenditures to maximize their impact on agricultural labor productivity, growth, and poverty reduction in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Ulimwengu, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
related to the symptoms of poverty at the expense of the longer-term needs to raise productivity and incomes, and thereby … smallholder productivity, achieve food security, and reduce poverty, while providing the social services that respond to immediate … on social services, that is, the extent to which they are optimized with respect to their impact on labor productivity …
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Navigating the perfect storm: Reflections on the food, energy, and financial crises
Headey, Derek; Malaiyandi, Sangeetha; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"The closely interlinked food, fuel and financial crises pose a significant new challenge to the global effort to reduce poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export restrictions and panic purchases turned a tightened...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967180
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Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique:: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?
Mogues, Tewodaj; Benin, Samuel; Woldeyohannes, Sileshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
This paper undertakes a two-pronged investigation of agricultural public investments in Mozambique. Firstly, it estimates the public resources required in the agricultural sector—both in magnitude and in type or composition—in order for the country to sustainably meet its own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762094
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Public spending at the district level in Ghana:
Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Osei, Robert Darko; Quarmine, William; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Public spending may influence poverty alleviation objectives at several levels including overall spending plans of government (aggregate fiscal policy), policy decisions funded in the budget and the flow of budgeted resources to Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs); frontline service...
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