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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
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Wage subsidies to combat unemployment and poverty
Burns, Justine; Edwards, Lawrence; Pauw, Karl - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Wage or employment subsidies have been used in both developed and developing countries to raise employment levels. Various advisers to the South African government have endorsed wage subsidies as a policy measure to deal with this countrys massive unemployment problem. This paper takes stock of...
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Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique
Arndt, Channing; Benfica, Rui; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Large private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution. Our results indicate that biofuels provide an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction....
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Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops:
Gardebroek, Cornelis; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets … in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of … evaluate the level of interdependence and volatility transmission across these major crops on a daily, weekly, and monthly …
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Building a resilient global food system by lowering food price spikes and volatility:
Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277412
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Are shocks really increasing? A selective review of the global frequency, severity, scope, and impact of five types of shocks:
Zseleczky, Laura; Yosef, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
of shocks: conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, food price volatility, and health crises related to food safety …
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Should private storage be subsidized to stabilize agricultural markets after price support schemes are removed?:
Femenia, Fabienne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Currently, there is increased focus on the methods in which public interventions stabilize agricultural markets. The subsidization of private storage is one of the options advocated. However, the efficiency of such an instrument is still being discussed and has not yet been explored in the...
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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Price, inventories, and volatility in the global wheat market
Pietola, Kyösti; Liu, Xing; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
volatility and exogenous shocks in the price and inventory series are controlled for in estimation. Redressing the empirical … linkage between volatility, prices, and inventories is important because volatility increases returns to inventories, which in … volatility is an important determinant in the short-run conditional mean processes for both the price and inventories. The …
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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