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Risks, ex-ante actions, and public assistance: Impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public assistance, potentially creating … substitution between the two actions. We find that higher future probabilities of disaster increase the likelihood of agents … holding more human capital and/or livestock relative to land; this asset-portfolio effect is significant in disaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967165
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A framework for physical growth and child development:
Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Glewwe, Paul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core economic model that illustrates the interrelationship of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272220
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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses household panel and village census data from Indonesia to examine the impact of spatial connectivity (road) development on household income growth and nonagricultural labor supply. The empirical results show that the impacts of improvements in local road quality (which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment. Non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are being asked to take the lead in the provision of government services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996754
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
investments in rural infrastructure including transport and information technology that connects villages) and agricultural R … physical infrastructure. 3. Water is going to be increasingly scarce. Investing large sums in new mega-irrigation schemes may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996791
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997018
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Facing alternative futures: prospects for and paths to food security in Africa
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Cline, Sarah A.; Li, Weibo; Sulser, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Food security in Africa has substantially worsened since 1970. Although the proportion of malnourished individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa has remained in the range of 33–35 percent since around 1970, the absolute number of malnourished people in Africa has increased substantially with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997057
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Strengthening Africa's capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates' limited incountry experience, poor governance, and failure to monitor the sustainability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997085
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
investments in rural infrastructure including transport and information technology that connects villages) and agricultural R … physical infrastructure. 3. Water is going to be increasingly scarce. Investing large sums in new mega-irrigation schemes may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997089
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The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs
Caldés, Natàlia; Coady, David P.; Maluccio, John A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"This paper proposes and implements a methodology for a detailed, comparative analysis of the level and structure of costs for three similar poverty alleviation programs in Latin America: the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) in Mexico, the Programa de Asignación...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997162