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The economic impact and the distribution of benefits and risk from the adoption of insect resistant (Bt) cotton in West Africa:
Falck-Zepeda, Jose; Horna, Daniela; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
greater confidence in the process of setting agricultural research investment priorities." from Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038130
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Crop price indemnified loans for farmers
Karlan, Dean; Kutsoati, Ed; McMillan, Margaret; Udry, Chris - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
investigate (1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among famers and (2) how risk mitigation changes farmers …’ investment decisions. In rural Ghana, we offer farmers loans with an indemnity component that forgives 50 percent of the loan if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519793
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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
average rate of developing countries. Previous studies concluded that SSA should increase investment in agricultural research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:
Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
The goal of this paper is to examine how financial constraints affect firms’ decisions to export when the mode of intra-sectoral competition is endogenous. We propose an extension of Neary and Tharakan’s (2012) model, in which firms resort to external funders to finance fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272219
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Do health investments improve agricultural productivity?
McNamara, Paul E.; Ulimwengu, John M.; Leonard, Kenneth L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge for economists. This review paper aims to answer the question: Does improved population health lead to higher rates of agricultural growth? In attempting to answer this question,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519795
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Impacts of considering climate variability on investment decisions in Ethiopia:
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rosegrant, Mark; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
investment strategies for Ethiopia, as well as on the country's gross domestic product growth rates and poverty rates." from text …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996777
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Impacts of considering climate variability on investment decisions in Ethiopia [in Amharic]:
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rosegrant, Mark; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
investment strategies for Ethiopia, as well as on the country's gross domestic product growth rates and poverty rates." from text …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996780
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
on Investment Decisions in Ethiopia by Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 14 … Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 16: Risk Aversion in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996801
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Public investment and poverty reduction in Tanzania
Fan, Shenggen; Nyange, David; Rao, Neetha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
insufficient public investment in all kinds of regions. Nevertheless, the results show that there is opportunity to improve on the … growth and poverty impacts of total public investment through better regional targeting of specific types of investment. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037942
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Understanding the investment and abandonment behavior of poor households: An empirical investigation
Vargas Hill, Ruth - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This paper uses models of irreversible investment under uncertainty to examine the investment and abandonment behavior … trees. The observed levels of investment and abandonment are found to be consistent with models of investment that allow for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038094