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Gender equality and investments in adolescents in the rural Philippines:

Bouis, Howarth E.; Palabrica-Costello, Marilou; Solon, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

"...Many studies have looked at the way resources are distributed to men, women, and especially to small children, but one age group within the family has been largely ignored: the adolescents. Adolescence is a crucial period in that teenagers can make major contributions to their families'...

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Farmers' health status, agricultural efficiency, and poverty in rural Ethiopia: A stochastic production frontier approach

Ulimwengu, John M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

probit. This framework allows policy simulations that underscore the impact of farmers' health status on both agricultural … efficiency and poverty reduction. Overall, regression results confirm the negative impact of health impediment on farmers …' agricultural efficiency. Simulation results show that improving farmers' agricultural efficiency by investing in farmers' health …

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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"This paper examines dynamics in public good accessibility and cross-community inequality in Indonesia, using village-level panel data from 2000 to 2006 from their decentralized public-good allocation system. The introduction of decentralization makes public-good investment dependent on initial...

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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...

Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the … of contributions to evolving conventional wisdom) on topics including food subsidy programs, nutrition, health, gender …

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Food safety in food security and food trade:

Unnevehr, Laurian J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

CONTENTS: Overview / Laurian J. Unnevehr; Food Safety as a Public Health Issue for Developing Countries / Fritz K …

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Poverty traps: Exploring the complexity of causation

Dasgupta, Partha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Livestock and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Catelo, Maria Angeles - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"The linkages between livestock and health are significant, particularly for the poor, whether as livestock raisers or … bring both benefits and problems for human health... Livestock production and consumption can lead to four main types of … human health risks: (1) diseases transmitted from livestock to humans; (2) environmental pollution; (3) foodborne diseases …

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Case study the shrimp export industry in Bangladesh

Cato, James C.; Subasinge, S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

"By the end of the 1970s, the Bangladesh seafood processing industry had expanded rapidly. But sanitary facilities, technology adaptation, and adequate training did not keep pace. Shrimp exports suffered in the late 1970s, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration placed seafood imports from...

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The Millennium Development Goals: How realistic are they?

Keyzer, Michiel; van Wesenbeeck, Lia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Overview

Unnevehr, Laurian J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

Food safety is receiving heightened attention worldwide as the important links between food and health are increasingly …

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