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The evolution of development policy over time can be characterized as a faltering pursuit of inclusive growth: namely … link that ties these apparently disparate policy objectives; but these links need to be strengthened by deliberate … government policy to make them fully functional.2 It is only by achieving these connected objectives simultaneously or in quick …
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, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years … public investment on urban and rural poverty through case studies of India, China, Thailand, and Uganda. And it highlights …, and Poverty will aid policy makers and encourage further, more analytic study of worldwide poverty reduction programs. …
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developed a national strategy for rice development alongside their agricultural sector-wide policy. In addition, the Economic …
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This paper estimates the potential effects of achieving the agricultural goals set out in Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2013–2017 using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The findings suggest that raising agricultural productivity in accordance with the NDP...
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Africa’s recent economic growth is at a historical high, the patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite different from the Asian experiences where rapid growth was fueled by labor intensive, export-oriented manufacturing. Because this pattern differs with our typical view of...
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In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
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"Do the countries which grow share the same features as those which decline? How can some countries achieve such long-term sustainable growth while others fail so badly? This paper builds on the emerging literature on growth asymmetries by examining movement across income categories in the World...
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China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … policy and strategic options for future growth and poverty reduction. These include setting the right priorities for public …
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discipline to policymakers and administrators is a prerequisite for obtaining future funding and making an impact in policy … Worth? Valuing Policy Research, several expert economists take an important first step towards redressing this imbalance …
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regional disaggregated sectors for agriculture. We undertook this research to address two pressing policy concerns in Honduras …
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