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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara:
Domènech, Laia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within the household, income generation, and women’s empowerment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272211
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Development and evaluation of a regional water poverty index for Benin:
Heidecke, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The paper discusses the application of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) as a monitoring tool for Benin's water sector. Benin is currently in a process of political decentralization shifting responsibility for and administration of rural water supplies from the national to the communal level....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996703
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The governance of service delivery for the poor and women: A study of rural water supply in Ethiopia
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This study presents empirical findings on drinking water supply in Ethiopia from a set of qualitative and quantitive surveys on rural public services. Access to safe drinking water is very low: 32% of the surveyed households use safe drinking water sources, and the average time to get to safe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132626
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The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply:
Kosec, Katrina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Can private-sector participation (PSP) in the urban piped water sector improve child health? The author uses child-level data from 39 African countries during 1986–2010 to show that introducing PSP decreases diarrhea among urban dwelling children under five years of age by 5.6 percentage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132720
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Institutional reform in the Burkinabè cotton sector and its impacts on incomes and food security: 1996-2006
Kaminski, Jonathan; Headey, Derek; Bernard, Tanguy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459974
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Agricultural producer support estimates for developing countries: Measurement issues and evidence from India, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam
Orden, David; Cheng, Fuzhi; Nguyen, Hoa; Grote, Ulrike; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
intervention in agricultural markets, each of the four countries in the study has undergone a substantial reform process." from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037869
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Petroleum subsidies in Yemen: Leveraging reform for development
Breisinger, Clemens; Engelke, Wilfried; Ecker, Olivier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Petroleum subsidy reform is increasingly seen as an opportunity for consolidating public finances and fostering … level of energy subsidies, started to reduce subsidies in 2010 and is discussing further options for reform. The results of … this paper support a comprehensive petroleum subsidy reform in Yemen. Economic growth is projected to accelerate between 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009000957
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Impacts of global change on the Nile basin: Options for hydropolitical reform in Egypt and Ethiopia
Martens, Anja Kristina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
demands. Avenues for hydropolitical reform, including the Nile Basin Initiative, and the role of China and other donors or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862336
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Assessment of the capacity, incentives, and performance of agricultural extension agents in western Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Ragasa, Catherine; Ulimwengu, John M.; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper provides an in-depth review of the agricultural extension system of DRC including an analysis of its policies and legal framework, organization, and management; links to critical institutions; and capacity and incentive of different actors in the system. This review involved document...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132685
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Does efficient water management matter?: physical and economic efficiency of water use in the river basin
Cai, Ximing; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
applied to the Maipo River Basin in Chile. A series of modeling scenarios are defined and policy implications from physical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996619