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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Massler •Rehabilitating China’s Loess Plateau by John Mackedon •Building on Successes with Regreening in the West African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735452
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Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Xing, Li; Fan, Shenggen; Luo, Xiaopeng; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and … China. This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037963
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second 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 security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea,...
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Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria
Omilola, Babatunde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main objective of this paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505315
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Growth and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments
Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Linxiu; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
growth in rural China since the late 1970s. This rapid growth has also led to dramatic reductions in rural poverty. In this … differential impact of different types of public investments on growth and poverty reduction in rural China. The results show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996721
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Gender and poverty
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Haddad, Lawrence James; Peña, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995
This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical analysis of 11 data sets from 10 developing countries. The paper computes income- and expenditure-based poverty measures and investigates their sensitivity to the use of per capita and per adult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997273
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Livestock income, male/female animals, and inequality in rural Pakistan
Adams Jr., Richard H. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
This paper uses income decomposition techniques to demonstrate the importance of livestock income in improving rural income distribution. It is based on three-year household panel data (1986 to 1989) from rural Pakistan. The paper first decomposes total income among five sources: agricultural,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997303
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Market development and food demand in rural China
Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995
This paper seeks to understand how market imperfections affect the behavior of consumers in China's rural economy. A … results show that market development plays an important role in explaining food consumption behavior in China. As the market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997321