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A long-term census and survey program for Ghana:
Muñoz, Juan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
the long-term census and survey system through interviews held with diverse stakeholders. I thus identified the clients … the Ghanaian census and household survey system as a production process. Finally, I evaluated GSS’ resources … Census and Household Survey Systems’ main clients are the Ghanaian decisionmakers in the line ministries and international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132787
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Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
Maystadt, Jean-Francois; Ecker, Olivier; Mabiso, Athur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618001
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Do girls pay the price of civil war? Violence and infant mortality in Congo:
Dagnelie, Olivier; De Luca, Giacomo; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper documents the impact of the violent civil war affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo in the period 1997–2004 on infant mortality. It adopts an instrumental variable approach to correct for the nonrandom timing and location of conflict events using mineral price index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132718
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A framework for physical growth and child development:
Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Glewwe, Paul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core economic model that illustrates the interrelationship of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272220
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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses household panel and village census data from Indonesia to examine the impact of spatial connectivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment. Non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are being asked to take the lead in the provision of government services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996754
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would cut hunger, malnutrition, and unemployment at a much faster pace than has been the case so far. The five areas for action are interlinked and would best work if pursued in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996791
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997018
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Facing alternative futures: prospects for and paths to food security in Africa
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Cline, Sarah A.; Li, Weibo; Sulser, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Food security in Africa has substantially worsened since 1970. Although the proportion of malnourished individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa has remained in the range of 33–35 percent since around 1970, the absolute number of malnourished people in Africa has increased substantially with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997057
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997085