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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil:
Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967179
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Economic growth and distribution of income: A growth model to fit Ghanaian data
Nelson, Harumi T.; Roe, Terry L.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476195
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A multi-level analysis of public spending, growth and poverty reduction in Egypt:
Fan, Shenggen; Al-Riffai, Perrihan; El-Said, Moataz; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Egypt is a lower middle-income country with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2003 of US$3,949 measured in international dollars, or purchasing power parity (World Bank 2005a). In the decade from 1975 to 1985, Egypt enjoyed rapid economic growth... however... Egypt still lags behind...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037961
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Economic partnership agreements between the European Union and African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries: What is at stake for Senegal
Berisha-Krasniqi, Valdete; Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"In recent years the European Union has sought to transform its trading regime with the ACP countries by advocating reciprocal free trade agreements with them through Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). As a result, the EPA talks were launched in 2002 and were expected be completed by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038111
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper examines macro-economic developments in Ethiopia between 2004/05 and 2008/09, focusing on the external accounts and the real exchange rate. Simulations using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Ethiopia's economy show that, compared to a policy of foreign exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114815
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Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth:
Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
rights. Globalization and fiscal decentralization have intensified this difference. On the one hand, in the presence of … drivers of China's rapid economic growth. But the same factor can veer those individuals being deprived of land into violence … and social unrest, which may undermine China's social stability and long-term sustainable growth." from Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037952
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132824
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Philippine agricultural and food policies: Implications for poverty and income distribution
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Corong, Erwin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
The Philippines has undergone a series of trade reforms since the mid-1980s that have reduced protection on nonagricultural goods. However, protection on key food items is still in effect, and this has led to high domestic food prices. Such high prices have a considerable negative effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496527
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Designing and evaluating social safety nets
Coady, David P. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"This paper reviews issues highlighted in the literature on the performance of commonly found social safety net programs in developing countries. It makes particular reference to food subsidies (universal and administratively targeted), public works schemes, and targeted human capital subsidies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997181