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Wage subsidies to combat unemployment and poverty
Burns, Justine; Edwards, Lawrence; Pauw, Karl - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
massive unemployment problem. This paper takes stock of the international literature and conducts an economywide macro … investigates whether this policy measure is appropriate in dealing with South Africas particular sources of unemployment. We argue … dominant policy instrument for dealing with the broader unemployment problem. To enhance the effectiveness of wage subsidies …
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Social security: What can developing countries learn from developed countries?
Dethier, Jean-Jacques - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996988
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China has reached the lewis turning point
Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; Wang, Shenglin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
In the past several years, labor shortages in China have become an issue. However, there is heated debate as to whether China has passed the Lewis turning point and moved from a period of unlimited supply to a new era of labor shortage. Most empirical studies on this topic focus on estimation of...
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Has trade liberalization in South Africa affected men and women differently?:
Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
considerable reforms, the country has failed to generate pro-poor growth, with both unemployment and inequality worsening over the … differently and whether liberalization has contributed to the faster rise in female unemployment and poverty. The results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037945
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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A literature review of the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on women's and men's assets and well-being in developing countries:
Goh, Amelia H. X. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850592
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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and quality of maternal and child care to carry out a cluster analysis of country typologies. The purpose is to identify where agriculture-led interventions might address binding...
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Infrastructure and cluster development: A case study of handloom weavers in Ethiopia
Ayele, Gezahegn; Chamberlin, Jordan; Moorman, Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important industrial organization in the rural non-farm sector. Based on primary surveys of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia which took place in May/June...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933117
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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