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intervention in agricultural markets, each of the four countries in the study has undergone a substantial reform process." from …

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Petroleum subsidies in Yemen: Leveraging reform for development

Breisinger, Clemens; Engelke, Wilfried; Ecker, Olivier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

Petroleum subsidy reform is increasingly seen as an opportunity for consolidating public finances and fostering … level of energy subsidies, started to reduce subsidies in 2010 and is discussing further options for reform. The results of … this paper support a comprehensive petroleum subsidy reform in Yemen. Economic growth is projected to accelerate between 0 …

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Impacts of global change on the Nile basin: Options for hydropolitical reform in Egypt and Ethiopia

Martens, Anja Kristina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

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Assessment of the capacity, incentives, and performance of agricultural extension agents in western Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Ragasa, Catherine; Ulimwengu, John M.; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This paper provides an in-depth review of the agricultural extension system of DRC including an analysis of its policies and legal framework, organization, and management; links to critical institutions; and capacity and incentive of different actors in the system. This review involved document...

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Power, politics, and performance: community participation in South African public works programs

Adato, Michelle; Hoddinott, John; Haddad, Lawrence James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"...Through a study of seven public works programs implemented in Western Cape province, this report examines the benefits and challenges of pursuing community participation, together with the effects of participation on meeting the other objectives of the programs. Although aspects of South...

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Community forestry in Nepal: a policy innovation for local livelihoods

Ojha, Hemant; Persha, Lauren; Chhatre, Ashwini - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

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The political economy of Zambiaâ€™s recovery: Structural change without transformation?:

Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved social welfare through an empirical and systematic analysis of the countryâ€™s growth trajectory during 1991â€“2010. We find that growth after 2002 was accompanied by...

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Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all

Hazell, P. B. R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Many developing countries have achieved impressive growth rates in agriculture in recent decades....[but] hunger and malnutrition persist in many countries, often because past patterns of agricultural growth were insufficient or failed to adequately benefit the poor. These patterns have...

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World trends in fertilizer use and projections to 2020

Bumb, Balu L.; Baanante, Carlos A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996

Fertilizers have played an important role in increased crop production, especially in cereal yields, and will continue to be a cornerstone of the science-based agriculture required to feed the expanding world population. Fertilizers replenish the nutrients removed from soils by harvested crops,...

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