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Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The Government of Ghana has declared its new development goal of reaching middle-income status by 2015. Achieving this goal will require Ghana to double its per capita income over the...
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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 change. The analysis shows that with the current...
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technologies may be necessary to ensure technology diffusion throughout communities. This information may be taken as an indicator … in the context of land management. The limited impact of agriculture and environment focused organizations on technology … adoption is discouraging though may be linked to the limited profitability of technology adoption in the short-run. …
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output per worker but also to accelerate technology adoption and total factor productivity (TFP) growth. According to the … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … and development (R&D), highlighting the need to facilitate farmers access to technology, markets, and the necessary …
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impacts on growth and development. The global impact of malaria on human health, productivity, and general well-being is … illness (morbidity), disability, or death; and all three effects have direct and indirect costs that can affect productivity … adopt new agricultural technology and improved practices, and keep farm and household assets. It is equally important to …
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little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation … smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector … that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks." from Author …
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, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate … pursuit of innovation. For innovation to occur, knowledge must be created, accumulated, shared, and used. Innovations …
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Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
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