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agricultural growth? In attempting to answer this question, we survey the empirical literature at micro and macro levels concerning … estimation methods, definition and measurement of health variables, choice of economic outcomes, single-equation versus multiple … to estimation bias caused by the endogeneity of health outcomes. We also found significant gaps in the literature; for …
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as a continent-wide framework to facilitate faster agricultural growth and progress toward poverty reduction and food and … and investment planning and the review, dialogue, and partnership modalities and evaluates their likely impact on future … growth and poverty-reduction outcomes. …
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-change-induced higher global prices for food will lower Yemen's overall GDP growth, raise agricultural GDP, decrease real household incomes …
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investment-to-productivity-growth efficiency, public investments take longer to overcome the negative growth effects the higher … support the development of manufacturing or export-oriented service sectors. Yet the recent growth experience of many African … economic growth and structural change by developing a multisector intertemporal general equilibrium model. We find that the …
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growth and poverty. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of a biofuels industry in Tanzania …-poor growth than do sugarcane-based systems. However, if smallholder yields can be improved rather than expanding cultivated land …
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development (R&D) investment across developing regions (1) to maximize agricultural growth or (2) to maximize poverty reduction at …This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output … different values of R&D and poverty elasticities on the optimal allocation of R&D investment across regions. Our simulation …
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internal conflicts, decreasing oil revenues, and governance failure. The latest official growth numbers date back to precrisis … consistent economic framework is presented to help close this information gap and to better understand growth and poverty … dynamics during crises. Results show that economic growth in Yemen accelerated during the food and fuel crises in 2008 because …
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among firms in the cluster. Although the investment amount needed to start a business has more than tripled, this amount …
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, the relationship between windfall profits, growth, and households' welfare is less straightforward than what the simple … both productivity-enhancing investments and an oil fund is crucial to achieving shared growth and macroeconomic stability …
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