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In pursuit of votes: The capture of the allocation of local public goods by the central state in Ghana
Horowitz, Leah; Palaniswamy, Nethra - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Decentralization reforms have been the overwhelming response to failures in the targeting of public resources by the central state in developing countries. The policy debate on decentralization typically revolves around several a priori hypotheses on how the design of formal institutions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862337
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: Addressing institutional challenges to large-scale implementation:
Kohl, Richard - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736383
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Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation?: A look at local public finance dynamics in Ghana
Mogues, Tewodaj; Benin, Samuel; Cudjoe, Godsway - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476184
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Sarpanch raj: is the President all powerful?
Palaniswamy, Nethra - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
facto model of local governance in India is therefore an unanswered empirical question. This paper examines the question of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505339
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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145647
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Explicitly integrating institutions into bioeconomic modeling:
Swallow, Kimberly A.; Swallow, Brent M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Bioeconomic models can provide powerful insights into the interactions between people and the natural ecosystems on which they depend. For example, bioeconomic models of fisheries have long been used to provide early warnings about the sustainability of harvest levels or the impacts of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200206
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Is more inclusive more effective? The “new-style†public distribution system in India:
Kishore, Avinash; Chakrabarti, Suman - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This paper tries to account for the changes in household consumption patterns associated with the change in PDS policy in these states using data from household consumption surveys by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). These data show improvement in the coverage of TPDS and average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200213
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204459
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Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: Critical challenges for governance in Cambodia
Ratner, Blake D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges … initiatives depends on more systemic governance reforms that address issues of stakeholder representation, mechanisms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395596
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Decentralization and public service delivery in Nigeria:
Okojie, Christiana - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
sector that fosters agricultural productivity and development outcomes. However, access to rural services, has only had … policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is … level governments or agencies. It consists of a transfer of public functions from higher tiers to lower tiers of governance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762141