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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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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
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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/10004997089
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The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs
Caldés, Natàlia; Coady, David P.; Maluccio, John A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"This paper proposes and implements a methodology for a detailed, comparative analysis of the level and structure of costs for three similar poverty alleviation programs in Latin America: the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) in Mexico, the Programa de Asignación...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997162