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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Highlights from Indonesia
Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth on in the general equilibrium setting, we examine the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685630
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001-2011:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132707
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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS:
Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277432
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
among its individual members. They look at how these differences in land holdings and education affect what sons and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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Natural disasters, self-Insurance, and human capital investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. Our empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967162
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Financial literacy
Cohen, Monique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The global financial crisis has intensified the problems of over-indebtedness, especially for the poor. In this context, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products that respond to their needs and preferences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523834
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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
transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...
Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996477
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Empowering women to achieve food security:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman Brief 7. Labor Markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996500