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"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
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, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why … farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India …. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension …
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Economic development transforms an economy from one that is largely agricultural to one that is largely manufacturing …
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integration of climate change in national development strategies, agricultural and rural policies, and disaster risk management …
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Peter Hazell.
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"La comunidad mundial y las instituciones internacionales han dado una alta prioridad al desarrollo y el alivio de la pobreza. Los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, establecidos por Naciones Unidas para el 2015, hacen un llamado para reducir en un 50% el número de personas que viven con...
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"Trade liberalization is expected to act positively on development and poverty reduction... The traditional argument in …
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This brief is based on Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential …, Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications, published … variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their …
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