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Accelerated growth and structural transformation: Assessing Ghana’s options to reach middle-income status
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Yu, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The … require Ghana to double its per capita income over the next decade. In this paper we explore the growth experiences of other … evaluate sources of accelerated growth and their contributions to overall growth and transformation... The authors conclude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132791
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The role of agriculture in the fast-growing Rwandan economy: Assessing growth alternatives:
Diao, Xinshen; Bahiigwa, Godfrey; Pradesha, Angga - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
change. The analysis shows that with the current investment pattern, rapid growth is possible but structural transformation …This study assesses the future growth prospects of Rwanda. The report first focuses on broad economic growth using a … rather aggregated 18-sector dynamic general equilibrium model to display the trade-off between rapid growth and structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886779
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Identifying agricultural expenditures within the public financial accounts and coding system in Ghana: Is the ten percent government agriculture expenditure overestimated?:
Benin, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper is part of four country case studies that take a detailed look at public expenditures in agriculture, and at how the data on expenditures are captured in government financial and budget accounts. The objective of these studies is to unpack the black box of public expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933120
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Agricultural research: a growing global divide?
Pardey, Philip G.; Beintema, Nienke M.; Dehmer, Steven; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
investment patterns, highlighting developments in the public and private sectors. It revises and carries forward to 2000 data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996767
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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. This path involves government leadership, social participation, self-reliance, an orientation toward economic development, and an integrated development approach... Although...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996816
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Reducing poverty and hunger in India: the role of agriculture
Ahluwalia, Montek S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"India's strategy for reducing poverty and hunger has always placed a great deal of importance on the agricultural sector, reflecting the fact that 70 percent of the population lives in rural areas and the overwhelming majority of them depend upon agriculture as their primary source of income....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996842
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Investment priorities for economic growth and poverty reduction:
Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Shields, Ghada - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996987
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How to mobilize public resources to support poverty reduction:
Fan, Shenggen; Saurkar, Anuja; Shields, Ghada - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997020
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Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Xing, Li; Fan, Shenggen; Luo, Xiaopeng; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
these villages and households can not participate in the growth process and how development programs and various transfer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037963
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Public investment to reverse Dutch disease: the case of Chad
Levy, Stephanie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
impact of using this country's annual oil revenue for public investment, particularly in the development of road and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037966