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"Contrary to conventional economic theories, the relationship between income growth and the share of the population within the rural or agricultural sector is extremely diverse, even among regions starting from similar levels of development, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing...
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debate by assessing the induced gender employment bias of current taxation policies in these countries. It explores the … pattern of male and female employment and discusses the indirect tax distortions across sectors within each country and … between countries. The possible impact of the indirect tax distortion on male and female employment is quantitatively assessed …
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generated additional jobs, but the share of employment growth from these sectors was small and skewed more toward higher …
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India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest public works employment … project in the world. Its most direct poverty reduction pathway is through boosting employment and income for the poor. How …
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India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works programs globally …
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This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of...
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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an … in harsh environments, improvements in infrastructure can significantly increase labor productivity in a cluster. In …
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functioning of rural nonfarm labor markets is therefore crucial in determining who has access to nonfarm employment. Previous … contacts are more likely to obtain nonfarm jobs. Moreover, guanxi has a larger effect on the nonfarm employment opportunities …
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