Similar Search Results

Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries

Adato, Michelle (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752679

Modeling the effects of trade on women at work and at home

Fontana, Marzia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

This working paper documents the construction of a 1993-94 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bangladesh. The SAM distinguishes 10 agricultural sectors —including two different kinds of rice technology — and 19 manufacturing sectors, out of 43 sectors in total. It also differentiates between...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038194

Macroeconomic and agricultural reforms in Zimbabwe

Bautista, Romeo M.; Thomas, Marcelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

Using a CGE (computable general equilibrium) model for Zimbabwe with 1991 as base period, this paper examines … producers and grain millers. The model makes use of a 1991 SAM (social accounting matrix) for Zimbabwe as database. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038245

Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

, Zambia, and Zimbabwe â€” and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811

Evaluating the Mexico city policy: How US foreign policy affects fertility outcomes and child health in Ghana

Jones, Kelly M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

US development assistance represents a significant source of funding for many population programs in poor countries. The Mexico City policy, known derisively as the global gag rule, restricts activities of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive such assistance. The intent of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395595

Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia:

Tadesse, Fanaye; Headey, Derek - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762100

Population policy and individual choice: a theoretical investigation

Nerlove, Marc; Razin, Assaf; Sadka, Efraim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1987

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113262

The impact of technical change in agriculture on human fertility: district-level evidence from India

Vosti, Stephen A.; Witcover, Julie; Lipton, Michael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1994

human fertility. Little comprehensive research, however, has been done on the effects of those technologies themselves on … human fertility leaving unanswered the question of whether particular types of agricultural technologies were actually … agricultural change (from 1961 to 1981) and changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to assess the impact of the former on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996708

Population growth and policy options in the developing world

Bongaarts, John; Bruce, Judith - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

place despite declining fertility rates and identify a number of factors. Well-designed population policies are broad in … discrimination against women and improve the lives of children, as well as those seeking to reduce fertility and population growth …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101369

The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course:

Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

This paper examines the impact over the life course of early childhood growth failure as measured by achieved height at 36 months. It uses data collected on individuals who participated in a nutritional supplementation trial between 1969 and 1977 in rural Guatemala and who were subsequently...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009000963