Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 158
Cover Image
Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model?
Houssou, Nazaire; Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
-term potential market opportunity in Ghana and in other west African countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634909
Cover Image
Economic transformation in Ghana: Where will the path lead?
Kolavalli, Shashi; Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
, this paper provides a case study of economic transformation in Ghana, exploring patterns of growth, sectoral transformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132635
Cover Image
Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
public investment on urban and rural poverty through case studies of India, China, Thailand, and Uganda. And it highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
Cover Image
Impact simulation of ECOWAS rice self-sufficiency policy:
Fofana, Ismaël; Goundan, Anatole; Domgho, Magne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to external shocks stemming from the global market. Given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152381
Cover Image
Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013–2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gen...
Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper estimates the potential effects of achieving the agricultural goals set out in Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2013–2017 using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The findings suggest that raising agricultural productivity in accordance with the NDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132687
Cover Image
Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model:
Diao, Xinshen; McMillan, Margaret S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Africa’s recent economic growth is at a historical high, the patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite different from the Asian experiences where rapid growth was fueled by labor intensive, export-oriented manufacturing. Because this pattern differs with our typical view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132690
Cover Image
Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208
Cover Image
The Idea of Inclusive Growth and Development Policy:
Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The evolution of development policy over time can be characterized as a faltering pursuit of inclusive growth: namely, an integrated program of achieving highest possible rate of growth of the real GDP that doubles per capita income within a short period of time, with an eye on distributive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762158
Cover Image
Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model?
Houssou, Nazaire; Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The Government of Ghana (GoG) since 2007 has been providing subsidized agricultural machines to individual farmers and … private investors. Using firm investment theory and field-based data on costs, revenues, and tractor efficiency, this research … scale is the most important constraint to the profitability of investment in specialized agricultural mechanization service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762135
Cover Image
Direct seed marketing program in Ethiopia in 2013: An operational evaluation to guide seed-sector reform:
Benson, Todd; Spielman, David J.; Kasa, Leulsegged - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
In 2013 the Bureaus of Agriculture in the regional states of Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples of Ethiopia supported a program of direct marketing of certified seed by seed producers to farmers across 31 woredas (districts). This program stands in contrast to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850567