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Risks, ex-ante actions, and public assistance: Impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

disaster risks. Our results also show that among ex-ante actions, human capital accumulated in the household prior to disasters …

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Agriculture and health in the policymaking process: understanding the links between agriculture and health

Benson, Todd - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Earlier briefs in this series make the case that there is added value for the agricultural and health sectors in working more closely together to address problems of human well-being that fall at the intersection of the two sectors. Yet the divisions between the two sectors are wide and...

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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries

Adato, Michelle (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

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Global food demand and the contribution of livestock as we enter the new millennium

Delgado, Christopher L.; Courbois, Claude; Rosegrant, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

production has in fact occurred in regions such as developing Asia, and most particularly China. Per capita consumption of animal …. Sensitivity analysis of the impact of restrictions on China's ability to produce more feedgrains illustrates that in a system of …

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Past and future sources of growth for China:

Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Xiaobo; Robinson, Sherman - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

This study develops an analytical framework to account for sources of rapid economic growth in China. The traditional …

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Industrialization, urbanization, and land use in China:

Zhang, Xiaobo; Mount, Tim D.; Boisvert, Richard N. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

, threatening China's capability to feed itself. This paper analyzes the determinants of land use by modeling arable land and sown …

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The economics of generating and maintaining plant variety rights in China:

Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Qian, Keming; Zhang, Yi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

empirically examine the pattern of plant variety protection applications in China since its PVP laws were first introduced in 1997 …. We place those PVP rights in the context of China's present and likely future seed markets to identify the economic …

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The achievements and experiences of poverty alleviation in rural China:

Liu, Jian - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"In its pursuit of poverty alleviation and development, China has charted its own path, suitable for its own conditions …, and an integrated development approach... Although China has made enormous progress in poverty alleviation and development …

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Agricultural and economic development strategies and the transformation of China and India:

von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous …

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The politics of precaution

Paarlberg, Robert L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

developing countries: Brazil, India, Kenya, and China. …

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