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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:

Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

resort to external funders to finance fixed export costs and investments in production capacities. We assume that sectors … allows firms to finance fixed export costs at a lower interest rate. On the other hand, financial health reduces the cost of … of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …

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Property rights and crop choice in rural Peru, 1994-2004:

Field, Alfred J.; Field, Erica; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"The period of 1994 to 2004 was one in which rural households in Peru experienced dramatic changes in ownership rights through a large nation-wide land titling program and a significant opening of the economy to international trade. This paper takes this prime opportunity to examine whether lack...

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Two opportunities to deliver on the Doha Development pledge:

Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"In this brief, we evaluate the effects of a possible Doha agreement based on proposals currently on the table from the United States, the European Union, and the Group of Twenty (G20)....[The brief presents] two development-oriented alternatives...which demonstrate that more can be accomplished...

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The marginalization of Africa in world trade:

Bora, Saswati; Bouet, Antoine; Roy, Devesh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"In recent years, trade in Africa has assumed greater importance as a means of alleviating poverty, especially since the initiation of the Doha Round for development. At the same time, skepticism regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid has grown (Easterly 2006). Trade and aid have often been...

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More or less ambition?: modeling the development impact of U.S.–EU agricultural proposals in the Doha Round

Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"What is at stake in the standoff between the United States and Europe over agriculture in the Doha Round of trade talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO)? What impact would an agreement based on greater or lesser levels of ambition have on developing countries, whose economies depend...

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The potential cost of a failed Doha Round:

Bouet, Antoine; Laborde, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

or raise revenues in order to finance domestic programs. Using the highest applied or bound rate imposed by countries … billion under the more modest scenario. While such an increase in duties would particularly impact agricultural exports (–6 ….9 percent), especially in developing countries (–11.5 percent), exports of industrial goods could also face a substantial …

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Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?:

Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Rashid, Shahidur; Borzaga, Carlos; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia … service providers on agricultural technology adoption. The results suggest that access to institutional finance has …

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2011 Social Accounting Matrix for Senegal:

Fofana, Ismaël; Diallo, Mamadou Yaya; Sarr, Ousseynou; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

This document describes the construction of a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Senegal. The SAM is based upon 2011 national accounts statistics and provides a consistent framework for the assessment of growth and employment policies.

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Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency: Evidence from handloom enterprises in Ethiopia

Ali, Merima; Peerlings, Jack; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Using data from microenterprises of the handloom sector in four regions of Ethiopia, the paper shows that clustering, through specialization and division of labor, can lower entry barriers by reducing the initial capital required to start a business. This effect is found to be significantly...

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Paying for agricultural productivity

Alston, Julian M. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Agricultural research and development has stimulated enormous increases in agricultural productivity in the twentieth century. Now, in response to common pressures, countries the world over are changing how they manage and pay for agricultural R&D. Paying for Agricultural Productivity reviews...

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