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Resource-Rich Yet Malnourished: Analysis of the demand for food nutrients in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ulimwengu, John M.; Roberts, Cleo; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Endowed with 80 million hectares of arable land (of which only 10 percent are used), diverse climatic conditions, and abundant water resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the potential to become the breadbasket of the entire African continent. Instead, the country is one of the...
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The value of customized insurance for farmers in rural Bangladesh:
Clarke, Danielle; Das, Narayan C.; de Nicola, Francesca; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Farmers in rural Bangladesh face multiple sources of uninsured risk to agricultural production and household assets. In this paper, we present results from an experimental demand-elicitation exercise in rural Bangladesh to shed light on smallholder farmers’ interest in formal insurance...
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Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.†Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral poverty–growth elasticities using economywide...
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How does food price increase affect Ugandan households?: An augmented multimarket approach
Ulimwengu, John M.; Ramadan, Racha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Almost unaffected by the 2008 wave of soaring world food prices, Ugandan local market prices exhibit signs of high price volatility in the first quarter of 2009. At the household level, while net producers may reap some benefits from this increase in food prices, net consumers are more likely...
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Impact of soaring food price in Ethiopia: Does location matter?
Ulimwengu, John M.; Workneh, Sindu; Paulos, Zelekawork - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Previous studies implicitly assume uniform price-effects across regions or provinces within countries. They also do not address the issue of integration between the world food market and local markets. Instead, they assume a complete transmission of changes in world food prices to local food...
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The impact of Oportunidades on human capital and income distribution: A top-down/bottom-up approach
Debowicz, Dario; Golan, Jennifer - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
In an effort to inform social policy in Mexico, this paper analyzes the effects of a major social program on school attendance and household income distribution, accounting for its partial and general equilibrium effects. Linking a microeconometric simulation model and a general equilibrium...
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Has trade liberalization in South Africa affected men and women differently?:
Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Trade liberalization is a central part of South Africa's post-Apartheid development strategy. However, despite considerable reforms, the country has failed to generate pro-poor growth, with both unemployment and inequality worsening over the last ten years. This has raised concern that trade...
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Estimating income mobility in Colombia using maximum entropy econometrics.:
Morley, Samuel; Robinson, Sherman; Harris, Rebecca Lee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
how individuals move from an income status in time t to a new status in time t+1. Direct estimation of transition matrices … to determine the coefficients mathematically, let alone provide enough degrees of freedom for estimation. In this paper … from Colombia. Using a cross-entropy estimation method, we make efficient use of prior information about the structure of …
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Income effects of alternative trade policy adjustments on Philippine rural households: a general equilibrium analysis
Bautista, Romeo M.; Thomas, Marcelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
Three types of trade policy adjustments to deal with an unsustainable current account deficit are examined in this paper for their economywide income and equity effects, based on the results of simulation experiments using a CGE model of the Philippine economy. Gross domestic product (GDP)...
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
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