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Migration and technical efficiency in cereal production: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Wouterse, Fleur S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
continental migration on technical efficiency in the production of two cereals—millet and sorghum—by rural households. Econometric … positive relation between continental migration and technical efficiency and a negative relation between intercontinental … migration and technical efficiency. In an imperfect market environment, continental migration is associated with greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038144
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Philippine rice and rural poverty: an impact analysis of market reform using CGE
Cororaton, Caesar B. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
Doha is very small and generates biased effects against agriculture. The impact of Philippine trade reform within the Doha … impact of a free world trade economy is favorable in terms of higher export prices and export demand for agriculture and … agriculture-related manufacturing industries. This mitigates the biased effects against agriculture, and is therefore favorable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996528
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Do limitations in land rights transferability influence mobility rates in Ethiopia?:
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
The migration of household members is potentially an attractive pathway out of poverty for many rural households in … households, labor is their main productive asset. Access to opportunities in distant labor markets through migration can increase … the earning potential of members of such households (Harris and Todaro 1970). Furthermore, if migration takes place as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762102
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Innovations in rural and agriculture finance
Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate; Sharma, Manohar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Most rural households lack access to reliable and affordable finance for agriculture and other livelihood activities … contribute immensely to making sustainable access to finance a reality. Table of Contents: •Innovations in rural and agriculture … in financing agriculture by Mark D. Wenner •New approaches for index insurance: ENSO insurance in Peru by Jerry R. Skees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008460683
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Property rights and crop choice in rural Peru, 1994-2004:
Field, Alfred J.; Field, Erica; Torero, Maximo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The period of 1994 to 2004 was one in which rural households in Peru experienced dramatic changes in ownership rights through a large nation-wide land titling program and a significant opening of the economy to international trade. This paper takes this prime opportunity to examine whether lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996575
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Agricultural trade liberalization under Doha: the risks facing African countries
Badiane, Ousmane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
African countries tend to be affected by global agricultural policies in the same way as other economies but with much more severe economy-wide repercussions... The present discussion paper 1) examines the vulnerability of Africa economies with respect to global agricultural trading policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037943
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Public investment to reverse Dutch disease: the case of Chad
Levy, Stephanie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
irrigation infrastructure. Our model takes into account the integration of markets and migration processes. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037966
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Migration, poverty, and inequality: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Wouterse, F. S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
migration and internal migration within the African continent and inequality, poverty, and social welfare in rural households … negative correlation between internal migration and inequality and a positive correlation between international migration and … inequality. International migration, which involves high costs and risks, appears to be mainly accessible to already wealthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038054
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Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey 2012 (Round 1): Methodology and community characteristics:
Nazli, Hina; Haider, Syed Hamza - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) conducted this Rural Household Panel Survey (RHPS) during March-April 2012 in three provinces of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, and KPK). The survey aims to provide the quantitative basis to identify and address the urgent economic policy priorities related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132835
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Micro-level practices to adapt to climate change for African small-scale farmers:
Below, Till; Artner, Astrid; Siebert, Rosemarie; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
management and technology; farm financial management; diversification on and beyond the farm; government interventions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521830