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The policy landscape of agricultural water management in Pakistan
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Wielgosz, Benjamin; Zaidi, Fatima; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Policy Research Institute’s Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) is working to address these topics through high … policy landscape for agricultural water management in Pakistan, to better understand how to engage with stakeholders in the … between various institutions influencing the water sector in Pakistan. Group interviews were conducted with national …
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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 …
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Taking successful development interventions to scale is critical if the world is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to support scaling up in these three areas, however, is a...
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Demand for high-value secondary crops in developing countries
Bouis, Howarth E.; Scott, Gregory J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
characteristics, is applied, illustrating its usefulness for analysis of demand for potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Asia, the …
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Remittances, income distribution, and rural asset accumulation
Adams Jr., Richard H. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
—on income distribution and asset accumulation in rural Pakistan. Using income decomposition techniques on a three-year panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997375
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: An exploration into alternative investment options
Headey, Derek; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; You, Liangzhi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The most recent (2010–2011) drought in the arid and semiarid lowlands (ASAL) of the Horn of Africa has rendered over 13 million people in need of food, and caused a devastating famine in southern Somalia. The drought has also raised concerns that pastoralist livelihoods in this region are...
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A regional computable general equilibrium model for Honduras: Modeling exogenous shocks and policy alternatives
Morley, Samuel; Piñeiro, Valeria - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
In this paper we develop a dynamic regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Honduras that incorporates regional disaggregated sectors for agriculture. We undertook this research to address two pressing policy concerns in Honduras. First, what growth strategy should the country...
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The development push of refugees: Evidence from Tanzania:
Maystadt, Jean-François; Duranton, Gilles - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Every year, thousands of people flee their country of origin to seek protection mainly in neighboring countries. Understanding better the consequences of temporary population shocks on hosting economies should help to guide policies to enhance resilience in emergency situations. This study...
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation?:
Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved social welfare through an empirical and systematic analysis of the country’s growth trajectory during 1991–2010. We find that growth after 2002 was accompanied by...
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