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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa … safety net programs and a chapter devoted solely to the vexing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, Public Expenditures, Growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges
Dorosh, Paul A.; Rashid, Shahidur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253099
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland … change makes the challenges greater. Southern Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114824
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Impact simulation of ECOWAS rice self-sufficiency policy:
Fofana, Ismaël; Goundan, Anatole; Domgho, Magne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result … external shocks stemming from the global market. Given its economic and social importance, most countries in West Africa have … rice consumption, and then simulates the economywide impacts of achieving rice self-sufficiency in West Africa. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152381
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Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013–2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gen...
Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132687
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Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model:
Diao, Xinshen; McMillan, Margaret S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
€™s (1954) dual-economy model to the economies of Africa to better understand the role that the “in-between†sector as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132690
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
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)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208