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Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan: A CGE Analysis of Alternative Financing Options: Summary of ESSP Working Paper 30 (November 2011)
Engida, Ermias; Tamru, Seneshaw; Tsehaye, Eyasu; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132773
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El impacto del tratado de libre comercio de Centroamérica en la industria Centroamericana de maquila textil:
Jansen, Hans G.P.; Morley, Samuel; Kessler, Gloria; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"While the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) remains a hotly debated issue in all five Central American countries that are part of the treaty, most discussions are based on preconceived opinions rather than grounded in research-based results. The point of departure of the paper is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611941
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The impact of CAFTA on poverty, distribution, and growth in El Salvador:
Morley, Samuel; Nakasone, Eduardo; Pineiro, Valeria - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"In this paper we develop a dynamic CGE model to examine the impact of CAFTA on production, employment and poverty in El Salvador. We model four aspects of the agreement: tariff reductions, quotas, changes in the rules of origin for maquila and more generous treatment of foreign investment. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038005
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The impact of the Central America Free Trade Agreement on the Central American textile maquila industry:
Jansen, Hans G.P.; Morley, Samuel; Kessler, Gloria; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"While the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) remains a hotly debated issue in all five Central American countries that are part of the treaty, most discussions are based on preconceived opinions rather than grounded in research-based results. The point of departure of the paper is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038008
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The impact of CAFTA on employment, production, and poverty in Honduras:
Morley, Samuel; Nakasone, Eduardo; Pineiro, Valeria - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"In this paper we develop a dynamic CGE model to examine the impact of CAFTA on production, employment and poverty in Honduras. We model four aspects of the agreement: tariff reductions, quotas, changes in the rules of origin for maquila and more generous treatment of foreign investment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038158
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Is MERCOSUR’s External Agenda Pro-Poor?: An assessment of the European Union-MERCOSUR free-trade agreement on poverty in Uruguay applying MIRAGE
Estrades, Carmen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
of households, but the richest households benefit the most. In spite of this, inequality decreases as a consequence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132652
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Aligning public expenditure for agricultural development priorities under rapid transformation: The case of China:
Yu, Bingxin; Chen, Kevin Z.; Zhang, Haisen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive review of agricultural policy and public agricultural expenditure (PAE) in China. China shifted away from taxing agriculture to supporting agriculture in the mid-2000s, but the sector faces mounting demographic, biophysical, and trade challenges. PAE in China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114782
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Rural non-farm income and inequality in Nigeria:
Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper investigates the contribution of rural non-farm income to income inequality by examining the contribution …-farm income) to income inequality in Nigeria. The results reveal the relative importance of specific income sources to income … inequality and the various determinants of income inequality in rural Nigeria. Although non-farm income is distributed more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008482042
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Estimating the impact of agricultural technology on poverty reduction in rural Nigeria:
Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"It has often been argued that new agricultural technologies lead to poverty reduction. This paper argues that any changes in poverty situation attributed to those who adopt new agricultural technology (treatment group) without a counterfactual comparison of carefully selected nonadopters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008482044
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Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria
Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main objective of this paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505315