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Nutrition mapping in Tanzania: an exploratory analysis
Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
's nutritional status as measured by anthropometry. This research in Tanzania is the first attempt to map nutrition in an African … spatial distribution of undernutrition in Tanzania?...The answer to the question of whether nutrition mapping is feasible is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997106
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Rapid assessments in urban areas
Garrett, James L.; Downen, Jeanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997141
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Nutrition mapping in Tanzania: an exploratory analysis
Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
Tanzania to explore the possibility of applying small-area estimation methods to the study of children's nutritional status as … districts and subdistricts. In the case of Tanzania, the nutrition mapping approach reveals considerable heterogeneity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997238
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Rapid assessments in urban areas
Garrett, James L.; Downen, Jeanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997301
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A 1992 social accounting matrix (SAM) for Tanzania:
Wobst, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
As part of the Tanzania country study being done under the IFPRI research project on Macroeconomic Reform and Regional … agricultural production in Tanzania accounts for about half of GDP, the disaggregated Tanzania SAM contains 21 agricultural sectors … out of 56 sectors in total. The Tanzania SAM consists of 56 activity accounts capturing the flows belonging to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863973
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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Economic development transforms an economy from one that is largely agricultural to one that is largely manufacturing and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to what its role should be in getting from here to there. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850557
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Urbanization and spatial connectivity in Ethiopia: Urban growth analysis using GIS
Schmidt, Emily; Kedir, Mekamu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopia has a low urbanization rate. According to the World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2009, Sub-Sahara Africa is 30% urbanized, whereas Ethiopia is only 10.9% urbanized. Urbanization rates differ according to methodologies and data base...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933118
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Estimating the impact of access to infrastructure and extension services in rural Nepal:
Dillon, Andrew; Sharma, Manohar; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
During the period of Nepal's ninth Five-Year Plan (1997–2002), agricultural growth in the predominantly rural society was disappointing. The recent peace process, however, gives the country new opportunities to develop its economy with less interference due to internal conflict. This research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542215
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International conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas: workshop summary paper
Ngaido, Tidiane; McCarthy, Nancy; Di Gregorio, Monica - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
"The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored an International Conference on Policy and Institutional Options for the Management of Rangelands in Dry Areas, May 7-11, 2001 in Hammamet, Tunisia. The conference focused on institutional aspects of rangeland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113255
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Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in the presence of multiple equilibria in rural Ethiopia
Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O.; Winter-Nelson, Alex - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Effective poverty reduction programs require careful measurement of poverty status. Several studies have shown conceptually that assets reflecting productive capacity form a more robust basis for identifying the poor than do flow variables such as expenditures or income. Nonetheless, little work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505341