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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Efficiency and productivity differential effects of land certification program in Ethiopia: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tigray:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru; Holden, Stein - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Taking advantage of a unique quasi-experi-mental survey design, this study analyzes the productivity impacts of the … envelopment analysis-based Malmquist-type productivity index to decompose productivity differences into (1) within-group farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762118
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Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Yu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395594
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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038002
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Growth in total factor productivity in the Ethiopian agriculture sector: Growth accounting and econometric assessments of sources of growth
Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
area expanded at 4.7 percent. The remaining growth resulted from intensive use of other inputs, increased productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132633
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The determinants of employment status in Egypt
Assaad, Ragu; El-Hamidi, Fatma; Ahmed, Akhter U. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited. Educated young women are more adversely affected than their male counterparts by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997145
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The determinants of employment status in Egypt
Assaad, Ragu; El-Hamidi, Fatma; Ahmed, Akhter U. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited. Educated young women are more adversely affected than their male counterparts by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997309
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The mixed-complementary approach to specifying agricultural supply in computable general equilibrium models:
Lofgren, Hans; Robinson, Sherman - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
Egypt, we show how such a model can generate realistic results concerning water use and productivity that cannot be captured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863990
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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
four case studies on Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It argues that food security-related policies and programs build …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114824
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Migration and technical efficiency in cereal production: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Wouterse, Fleur S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This paper uses data envelopment analysis and new data from Burkina Faso to test the impact of intercontinental and continental migration on technical efficiency in the production of two cereals—millet and sorghum—by rural households. Econometric evidence supports our theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038144