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Productivity convergence in Brazil: The case of grain production
Magalhaes, Eduardo; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
regions with focus on the evolution and patterns of land productivity. To assess such spillovers, we examine three cereal … agricultural growth in Brazil has largely been the result of gains in productivity over the last several decades. Still, there … remain some sub-national regions and states that lag behind in both agricultural productivity and levels of per capita income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038022
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¿Cuánto ayudará la liberalización comercial a los pobres?: Comparación de modelos globales de comercio
Bouet, Antoine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996776
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How much will trade liberalization help the poor?: comparing global trade models
Bouet, Antoine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Trade liberalization is expected to act positively on development and poverty reduction... The traditional argument in favor of a positive relationship between liberalization and poverty reduction focuses on... [key] linkages. A large proportion of poor people work in the agricultural sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996798
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The road to pro-poor growth in Zambia
Thurlow, James; Wobst, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Zambia is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost three-quarters of the population were considered poor at the start of the 1990s, with a vast majority of these people concentrated in rural and remote areas. This extreme poverty arose in spite of Zambia's seemingly promising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037969
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Does freer trade really lead to productivity growth?: Evidence from Africa
Bresnahan, Lauren; Coxhead, Ian; Foltz, Jeremey; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
We use firm-level data from the World Bank’s Regional Program on Enterprise Development, covering Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania for 1991–2003. Econometric results confirm well-known relationships, such as a positive association between export intensity and TFP, which implies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132723
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Accelerated growth and structural transformation: Assessing Ghana’s options to reach middle-income status
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Yu, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The Government of Ghana has declared its new development goal of reaching middle-income status by 2015. Achieving this goal will require Ghana to double its per capita income over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132791
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa
Sebastian, Kate (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850582
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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, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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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
support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272208
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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
hiring services and nonadopters of similar characteristics. The results are two-fold: (1) adoptions patterns of tractor … services are partly explained by basic factor endowments, suggesting that the market for custom hiring is in some way …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272216