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Including women in the policy responses to high oil prices: a case study of South Africa
Fofana, Ismaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
recent high oil prices through a gender lens in South Africa. A multisector general equilibrium framework is developed to … shock. The gender employment gap also increases under the fixed petroleum price scenarios regardless of the tax … decomposed by type of industry to further explore its gender employment impact. Simulation results indicate that the gender …
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630750
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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition:
Kabunga, Nassul S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The introduction and dissemination of improved dairy cow breeds in Uganda is arguably the most significant step taken to develop a modern and commercial dairy industry in the country over the last two decades. This study uses a nationally representative sample of Ugandan households to rigorously...
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Investigating the role of poultry in livelihoods and the impact of avian flu on livelihoods outcomes in Africa
Birol, Ekin; Asare-Marfo, Dorene; Ayele, Gezahegn; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
In this paper we investigate the role of poultry in households’ livelihoods portfolios and the impact of supply-and-demand shocks that may be caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on households’ various livelihoods outcomes in four Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The study...
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Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid? Evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The primary goal of emergency food aid after an economic shock is often to bolster short-term food and nutrition security. However, these transfers also act as insurance against other shock effects, such as destruction of assets and changes in economic activity, which can have lasting...
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From the ground up: Impacts of a pro-poor community-driven development project in Nigeria
Nkonya, Ephraim; Phillip, Dayo; Mogues, Tewodaj; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"The community-driven development (CDD) approach has become increasingly popular because of its potential to develop projects that are sustainable, are responsive to local priorities, empower local communities, and more effectively target poor and vulnerable groups. The purpose of this study is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038031
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Assessing the livelihood impacts of a livestock disease outbreak: An alternative approach
Birol, Ekin; Ndirangu, Lydia; Roy, Devesh; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Because of the substantive role played by livestock in the income and asset portfolios of the poor, livestock diseases can be an important threat to livelihoods. Yet for a variety of reasons, there are few applicable methods and consequently scant literature to assess the impacts of livestock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189438
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Investigating economywide and household-level impacts of sector-specific shocks in a poor country: The case of avian flu in Ethiopia
Ayele, Gezahegne; Birol, Ekin; Diao, Xinshen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Do the economic effects of potential avian flu outbreaks justify policy attention and resource allocation in a poor country like Ethiopia? We address this question by assessing both economywide (macro-level) economic impacts and household (micro-level) livelihood impacts that might be caused by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862321
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Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program:
Benin, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Use of mechanization in African agriculture has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food prices crisis. Many developing country governments—including Ghana, the case study of this paper—have resumed support for agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132738
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Household and plot level impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management (SLWM) practices in the Blue Nile: Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 42, “Household and plot level Imp...
Schmidt, Emily; Tadesse, Fanaye - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114806